Hi,

Yes David, I'd say that you're remembering correct.  The MacBook Pro 17" was 
the largest laptop Apple produced and they stopped it a number of years ago.  
Nice powerful machine but a beast to carry.

Later...

Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada

On Jul 2, 2014, at 5:04 PM, David Chittenden <dchitten...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I may be miss remembering, but I believe the largest one was 17 inches.
> 
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>> On 3 Jul 2014, at 10:10, Jessica D <jldai...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I never knew their was a 17 inch MacBook Pro.
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>>> On Jul 2, 2014, at 6:08 PM, David Chittenden <dchitten...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> In an Apple store two years ago, we measured the Apple Bluetooth keyboard 
>>> and found it to be the exact same size as the MacBook Air 11" keyboard. We 
>>> then compared it against the other MacBook computers, and found it is the 
>>> exact same keyboard, even on the MacBook Pro 17". 
>>> 
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>>> 
>>>> On 3 Jul 2014, at 9:19, Kayaker <sea...@me.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi,
>>>> 
>>>> I agree with David's comments below. 
>>>> 
>>>> I would absolutely upgrade the RAM.  The SSD upgrade depends solely on 
>>>> your use case. Can you split both the Mac and PC data in that size?  If 
>>>> not, upgrade.
>>>> 
>>>> I'm not sure what the value added is for the Apple BT keyboard. It's about 
>>>> the same size as the Air keyboard, minor size differences between the 11, 
>>>> 13 and BT.  But for me, they all feel the same.
>>>> 
>>>> I do concur that any Air will do you well.
>>>> 
>>>> Best,
>>>> --k
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On Jul 2, 2014, at 5:10 PM, David Taylor <e.david.tay...@icloud.com> 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Either the 11 or 13 inch will be perfect for what you need. Really, the 
>>>>> only gain from the 13 is some extra batter life and much more weight to 
>>>>> carry around, I'd go for the 11 personally, unless the 13 has something 
>>>>> you specifically need.
>>>>> 
>>>>> It would be very highly advisable to upgrade your RAM, in terms of 
>>>>> performance. Unless you don't use it very much, and don't mind using 
>>>>> external storage, I would also upgrade the SSD. It is not that important 
>>>>> to upgrade the processor, though doing so will get you some extra speed.
>>>>> 
>>>>> The Apple wireless keyboard is an alternative, but it doesn't have a 
>>>>> power button so you'll always need to use the built in keyboard for that. 
>>>>> It is the same, standard, Apple keyboard you always get now, same size 
>>>>> keys, no numpad etc Must admit, I don't use my VM as much as I thought I 
>>>>> would, but when I do, it runs faster than on any Windows machine
>>>>> 
>>>>> Cheers
>>>>> Dave
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 2 Jul 2014, at 21:54, Juliette <jmswi...@samobile.net> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>> I am looking at purchasing a Mac book Air 13-inch model with 256 GB haed 
>>>>>> drive. I am planning to run windows via VMware fusion. Would it be 
>>>>>> necessary in this case to do any or all of the following:
>>>>>> 1. Upgrade the hard drive to 512 GB?
>>>>>> 2. Upgrade the RAM from 4 GB to 8 GB?
>>>>>> 3. Upgrade the processor from 1.4 to 1.7 GHZ?
>>>>>> I also have one more question. Is the Apple wireless keyboard that we 
>>>>>> use with iOS devices the same one that Apple sells as a full-sized 
>>>>>> alternative to using the laptop keyboard on the Mac Book?
>>>>>> Thanks in advance for any help with this.
>>>>>> Juliette
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