Hi Chris, Yes the keyboard on the Macbook air is the same as that of the mac book retina
I for one find these keyboards great it's the kb on the new mac books that I find hard to get to grips with. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of christopher hallsworth Sent: Sunday, 11 September 2016 6:44 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Future technology gifts for my girlfriend Thank you. She is totally blind, so retina or non-retina she would not care less about. Is the keyboard on the macbook like a standard Apple keyboard as found on this Macbook Pro I’m writing on? If so, I’m sure she could handle that. I’m going to give her lessons on the mac as early as our next vacation towards Christmas so she has plenty of time to learn and practice. > On 10 Sep 2016, at 19:36, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > > The Air is definitely perfect for that list, but the Retina MacBook may also > be an option. Only consider this if she can get used to the keyboard, and if > a mobile processor with no fan is okay. This machine also has just one USB-C > port and one audio jack. But its advantages are great battery, a very small > size and weight, and--if she's sighted, she'll like--the retina display. The > Air doesn't have nearly so good a screen. You should also wait until the end > of the year, to see what Apple comes out with for Mac updates. >> On Sep 10, 2016, at 14:24, christopher hallsworth <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Yeah it does thank you. Will sleep on it. >>> On 10 Sep 2016, at 19:09, Scott Granados <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I think your mac application screams MacBook air to me. The pro is a real >>> work course and has a lot of power you may not need. The 15 especially has >>> a lot of horse power and is probably over kill. The air is super light, >>> decently powered and has good performance for the money. It’s also not to >>> heavy and is great to just keep handy for doing exactly what you mention. >>> If your girl friend wants to run windows and other operating systems in >>> parallel or do heavy computing then go Pro but if you want to stick to the >>> list you posted then by all means go for the air. You can get a dual core >>> I7 in the air and 512 MB of storage. That’s pretty good. >>> >>> Hope that helps. >>> >>> >>>> On Sep 10, 2016, at 1:55 PM, christopher hallsworth >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello everyone. >>>> >>>> I'm writing to let you know about some future technology gifts my >>>> girlfriend. her birthday she will be getting a new iPhone, no problem >>>> what to get her there. But for her 30th I'm thinking of getting her a mac. >>>> But I would like to know what would be suitable someone who just reads >>>> emails, browsing the web, including using Facebook, listening to music, >>>> watching Youtube, you get the idea. I'm leaning towards either a Macbook >>>> Air or Macbook Pro, the latter being a good option I think as she would be >>>> used to machines equivalent of a Windows laptop. >>>> >>>> Any responses are very welcome. 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