Ah ok. Most likely for all the things I do, the macbook pro would be the way to go then.
May and Wynter with a y ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Howell" <s.how...@verizon.net> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 2:12 PM Subject: Re: Mae, iMac, Macbooks and other Apple computers. > > I can't recall all of the specs and I'd encourage you to go to the > Apple site at http://www.apple.com and read up on all the various > models. I will tell you that in my opinion, the MacBook Air is a great > machine for carrying to and from the office, school, or as a second > machine. It is very light, very thin, and lacks a lot of what the > larger MacBook and MacBook Pros have. That is correct, there is no CD/ > DVD drive, you can however access one from the network on another > machine if you choose with some software. They do have a full-size > keyboard and are capable of handling a fair number of tasks, but heavy > audio processing is not something you'd want to really do with the > machine or probably running VmWare on it might not be the best option, > but I wouldn't go so far as to say it can't be done. I myself gave my > iMac to my wife since she would much prefer the 20-inch screen, but I > opted to replace that machine with something equivalent, so I got a > MacBook Pro. I ended up with the 15-inch model because I could not > have gotten the cpu speed or other options I wanted since I was > looking for a direct replacement for my iMac. > All this to say if you decide to purchase a Mac, consider carefully > all the things you will want to do. There is nothing worse than > plunking down a chunk of change to find you didn't make the best choice. > > Good luck, > p to an 80Gb or 160Gb drive. There is only a usb connector and an > audio out from > > On Jul 12, 2009, at 4:40 PM, May and Wynter wrote: > >> >> Ah ok. One more question, what is the difference between the >> macbook pro >> and the air? >> >> May and Wynter with a y >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jenny Kennedy (Howard)" <blueskyes9112...@gmail.com> >> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >> Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 1:38 PM >> Subject: Mae, iMac, Macbooks and other Apple computers. >> >> >>> >>> Hi Mae, >>> >>> The iMac is the apple version of a full featured desktop computer. >>> They have another "desktop" that lots of people use as a home >>> entertainment hub called the Mac Mini. It's all the features of a CPU >>> but you provide things like speakers, keyboard/mouse monitor. Then >>> there are the notebook computers the macbook, macbook pro which has >>> more power and some different options than the macbook and the >>> macbook >>> air which is a smaller lighter sort of notebook, I think they call >>> them sub-notebooks? But not as small as these netbook things that >>> seem >>> to be all the rage. >>> HTH >>> Jenny >>> Olathe, Kansas Usa >>> >>>> >> >> >> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
