[SOLVED] Wireless AC Macbook Pro

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Hey guys thinking of getin a laptop with some epic battery life for school, however my school had wireless N and some of the latest Macbook pros have Wireless AC, will it work? (max n bandwidth) or should i just buy a wireless n macbook pro and sacrifice future wireless AC standard.?
 
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It's backwards compatible... You're good bro.
 
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Thanks for the response man, but will i get my usual fast wireless n speeds or will it be slower than average wireless n speeds? (not sure if you understand that i'm trying to say apologies.)
 
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The bad thing with laptops like the Macbook Air / Macbook Pro is that you trade processing power for portability - which I totally get, although it's never a good thing because if you plan on running any high end applications like Autodesk Suite or Adobe CS5/6, you're SOL.
 
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yeah i know what you mean, i'm into music/video editing, cad softwares with light gaming but i don't do it very often, at the end of the day i'm a student looking for a laptop that can provide these services and or allow me to do school work 7-9hrs at a time without having to worry about finding an outlet while class is still going on. :(
 
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Well yeah I get that but there's a coupe of things I've learned in my years of experience:

1. Actual laptop battery is *NEVER* what the advertised battery life is, and that's mainly because manufacturers figure that you're going to be running the display on low brightness which translates to longer life (higher brightness = less battery life), and they fail to take into account programs that run in the background (Mac OS / Windows processes) that can also zap battery life.

2. The laptop CPUs and GPUs also do not deliver advertised performance because they're made for low power requirements. Also laptops can't be upgraded and the more you spend, the faster it will depreciate.

You should definitely know those things going in.
 
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First off... you are limited to the network you on. If it's wireless N you will be running at those speeds. That should be the close of this thread. Second, as a moderator why are you responding and trying to dissuade him of his already decided laptop choice AND not even answering the question of topic? Third, how can you say a mobile i5/i7 is less powerful in a Mac than it's windows counterparts? Reading that response again, i think you might be comparing laptops to desktops. If that's the case, it's not even relevant to his need for a laptop as a student. Also, as a macbook air owner, I found the quoted battery life of 12 hours to be accurate and unmatched in any laptop of similar form factor.

 
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1. I'm not questioning network choice here.
2. I'm not trying to dissuade anybody, the OP is free to choose whatever laptop fits their needs, but I'm saying from my own personal experience that the advertised battery life is never what the actual battery life is, it's all about perception and I think everyone needs to realize that if you're buying a laptop thinking that it's going to have a 9 hour battery life, when it really only has four, you're going to be very disappointed, that's all.
3. This is true that i5 and i7 mobile CPUs are no way equal to their desktop counterparts. Read this: http://www.bit-tech.net/blog/2013/05/25/don-t-be-fooled-by-laptop-cpus/
The mobile CPUs that are used in Macbooks come off the exact same assembly line as the one that I use in my Lenovo, there's no discernible difference, and the people that say there is don't know what they are talking about.
4. That's true, but on a laptop like that, you trade power for portability, and if you're going to do any video editing or rendering, it will be ridiculously slow, and that's where the laptop / desktop comparison is warranted.
 
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