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Is MacBook Air Good For Programming / Blogging ?

I'm a passionate java developer who just migrated from a Windows PC netbook ( Dell mini ) to a 13 inch MacBook Air. Before the netbook I owned a Dell inspirion 1501. I'm quite a bit of an avid blogger as well. I purchased Dell mini just as it was launched hoping that it's compact and mobile architecture would solve all of my need as a programmer and a writer. Unfortunately it turned out that it was a worthless device.The rest of the story goes... Do Not Compare a Netbook With MacBook Air MacBook's astonishing features far exceeds anything that of a normal Netbook. Before Buying a netbook for programming and blogging was one of the biggest blunders I ever made on choosing a machine. The screen was 11 inch and clumsy icons of the Windows were a disgrace all the time. The tightly arranged keys in the keyboard made typing a pain. It's slow Intel Atom Processor is too sluggish to run even VLC player. After  The Mac's backlit spacious keyboard layout,

Top 10 Features Of Samsung Galaxy S4 That Overtake Tablets and Smartphones

Samsung Galaxy S4 The Samsung Galaxy S4 is launched with terrific features that exceeds the features in any other smartphone or may be even tablets available in market today. I'd say, they've focused more on the software side of the device this time and brought in several intutive features to make life fun n simple. Some of the interesting ones are:  Instantly preview and speeddial your contacts Preview videos by hovering finger above the screen.  Instantly preview and speeddial your contacts (even when you hover on top of the dial pad without touching the screen). Recognize your eye movement to know when to pause and play the video. Recognize information from images. This is one feature I always want and believed to be the future of computing. It helps recognize the information in newspapers, visiting cards etc. Touch and use even with gloves. Use multiple phones as speaker . No cellular data, Wi-Fi access point or bluetooth required!