[LRUG] Development on Macbook Air

[Claudio Ortolina]

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to wrap my head around a the new 13" Macbook Air.

Judging by the specs it seems a nice machine to develop on.

I'm currently using a Core 2 Duo Macbook (2 Ghz) with 4GB of RAM and a 
SSD, however I'm starting to have some issues with loading times for 
Rails and Cucumber/RSpec. I use Spork when I can, however it doesn't 
play nice with some gems so many times I simply need to run specs and 
features without it.

I'm wondering if any of you either has or has tried developing Ruby and 
Rails on a MBA, how fast it is and if it's a good choice. I'd like to 
avoid another Macbook Pro as I'd like to have a light machine.

Thanks!

Claudio