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just to add a counterpoint to this classic everything sucks on the internet thread:

no issues at all with a 13" 2012 MBAir. best machine I've ever owned, had Lenovos in the past. Last Thinkpad bluescreened sometimes when connecting a USB headset. The Air? Nothing has brought it out of step so far, which for a former Windows user, is simply amazing.

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I've a slightly different machine: MBA 4.2, 2011. However, I still encounter an annoying bug in the SMC: fan won't shut up unless there's a sleep - wakeup cycle. http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3964 - it doesn't help. Had a SMC upgrade this year, but no dice. As a silent computing adept this is a major annoyance. The memory management of OS X is broken since 10.7. The only thing that keeps this machine responsive is the SSD. Call me a nostalgic, but I still think OS X 10.4 was probably the best release.

Same here, tried reproducing the issue without any success. Also, I can express the same feelings towards my 13" 2012 MBA - best machine I've ever had.

Third'd. Mine has been dead nuts reliable; no problems, no regret spending the most I have ever spent on a laptop.

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