Please, any advice on moving to Air?

Question

Hello everyone!
I am a new Apple customer. I recently bought an iPad 2 and suddenly I discovered the Apple world.
Now, I was thinking about the possibility of switching from my notebook Acer 15" (T4400 2.2 GHz, 3 GB RAM) to a Macbook Air 11" or 13".
I would like to ask for a suggestion from this Forum.
I usually spend 8 hours a day publishing articles on a Joomla site (cutting texts, copying, formatting, modifying...). While I am at home/office I use my desktop but while I am abroad I need to take with me only my notebook. I spent almost 6 months per year abroad, working on my notebook.
I loved the form factor of that Macbook Air and the idea of having a SSD and an iOS, but my question is about usability in my work.
Not to forget I wear glasses.
I found my Acer 15" display (1366 x 768 pixels) good enough for me, and I was wondering if Air 11" or 13" are TOO small to work with or not.
Any suggestions? Thanks!

Answer 1

I'm a writer and I write for many long hours every day on my 11" (and I wear contacts). Which is to say, the size of the 11" won't prevent you from doing all the work you want to do on its full-sized keyboard.
However, I got an 11" because I like to write all over the place, meaning I sometime walk for long stretches with that laptop getting it to the library or coffeehouse I'm going to that day, or I might want to balance it on my knee while I rest on the couch. So, the lighter the better, and given that I might have lunch or books cluttering up the tiny table at the café where I'm writing, the less space my computer takes up, the better as well. This is not to say that the 13" is a heavy-weight or that big, it's just not as small and light as the 11". I love the fact that I'm carrying around a computer that isn't much bigger than a notebook.
If, however, my tendency was to write at a desk and that is where the laptop would be most of the time, I'd probably have gone for the 13". And I suspect that you'd probably be happier with that size as well. However, as you are now part of the Apple World, we'll tell you the ultra-secret-secret to picking out an Apple computer (all other factors like cost and needs being equal): Go to a store, put the two side by side, play on both and go with the one you fall in love with
If you love the computer, you'll be happy on it. As for the screen size, I think most people would agree that the 11" can certainly seem too small to some, but the 13" probably won't. These computers have a real crispness to their screens that makes things pop and should compensate the inches you'll be sacrificing. Also, the battery life on both is terrific. So check 'em out and see which one says it's yours. That's the one to get.