Hi Andy, The best I could tell you although late in the pease is The mac book air keyboard is pretty much a standard mac keyboard in feel, only f and J keys have tactile indicators other than that it’s bloody easy to use really, feels to me like a standard apple keyboard just in a slightly smaller frame.
The Air is the cheapest option of the mac notebooks but in no way the least option, it’s got a better processor, usb 3, thunderbolt and sd card slot for the 13 inch, up to 512 GB ssd storage, and up to 8 GB ram. That’s what I have in the 11” model from 2013 mid. And I don’t think I’m really going to go past it for reliability and quality. Price would be best seen on the apple site for scottland / UK, are you guys still part of the UK?? If you wanted another slightly different option, Think about an iPad mini Very accessible and small enough to fit in a large pocket or bag and your able to do pretty much everything on it including movies and music etc. Just another thought for you. Good luck with the search. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Andy Sent: Wednesday, 29 June 2016 6:13 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Mac book recommendation please Oh Scott. I do need a portable device because I'm going on a 14 day hotel trip later this year to train with my new dog, and I simply could not stand being stuck in a hotel room with nothing. Also, I'm hoping to have a holiday later this year if I can get the dog out of the way firstly, so again, I need something to keep me in contact with civilasation . In addition, I think it would be quite nice to go to my local pub and sit there doing my email and other things, so hiring a mac book is no good. You recommend a Macbook Air. Does that have a tactyle keyboard or is there perhaps something better to consider? Very best wishes. Andy. ----- Original Message ----- From: Scott Granados<mailto:sc...@qualityip.net> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com<mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2016 3:45 PM Subject: Re: Mac book recommendation please Hi Andy, Depends on what you want to do. A Macbook Air would be a fine option especially for a secondary machine. Probably low enough on the cost especially on the second hand market. A pro will give you more horse power but if you already have that IMac I think you’re probably in good shape. Here’s a whacky idea, what about renting a Macbook Pro for a few days for the training and then going back to your iMac when you’re done. Less expensive and you don’t end up with hardware you don’t sound like you need. On Jun 28, 2016, at 10:42 AM, Andy <meikle.ai...@btinternet.com<mailto:meikle.ai...@btinternet.com>> wrote: Hi all. I have just purchased an imac desk-top computer but in order for me to undergo one-to-one training in my area, I need to buy a second hand portable device. Once I have a recomendation, a friend can have a look on Ebay. I'd like a mac lap-top and if possible, running El Capitan. My sense of touch is very poor so I need a mac book with a pretty good keyboard on it. I could attach the Apple USB keyboard if necessary, but that's another bit of equipment to carry. 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