FYI: Apple offered me $160 for my 2013 era 11' Air when I bought my Mac Mini a couple months ago. I declined and kept the Air.
At the moment it's a handy sized laptop I sometimes use in bed, when I'm too lazy to head down the hall. Hey, I can cast from it, so why not? Where I to get serious and start using it for more than email and web browsing, I'd want it for loading my Native Instruments (Komplete Kontrol) sound fonts over the USB3 port. Now, I'd expect the gating factor here is the speed provided by the port, not the CPU. Though having more than 8Gb RAM would probably be important. In fact it would probably help this use case to have as much RAM as possible so that the sound fonts could perhaps be accessed from RAM in actual use with an app like Mainstage. Best, Janina 'andrew' via MacVisionaries writes: > Hi Simon. > > I like the idea of having a CD/DVD reader, though I hardly ever use that. > > My 2013 Macbook Pro has a decent keyboard as the keys are quite distinctive. > > I use an external full size keyboard because it has a full numeric keypad and > it has about 3 USB'S. It's very sturdy and feels so nice and smoove. > > I was only thinking of jumping up to something a little fresher and of > course, I'll still get a couple of hundred for my old one. > > Very best wishes. > > P.S Simon. We are all very impressed with NZ over here for it's response to > the virus. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Simon A Fogarty > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2020 4:41 AM > Subject: RE: whitch Macbook pro > > > Andy, > > > > Why do you need a pro? > > > > I have been playing around with the 2020 mac book air recently and I really > liked it. > > > > It has the finger print sensor but no touch bar, > > 2 USB_C ports on the left hand edge, > > And the new keyboard replacement to the butterfly keyboard. > > > > Otherwise a great little device. > > Personally I can’t see what the average person would need the pro for now > days. > > > > From: 'andrew' via MacVisionaries <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, 27 June 2020 10:38 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: whitch Macbook pro > > > > Hi all. > > > > Thinking of upgrading my Macbook Pro 2013 to a new machine. > > > > I need a nice full keyboard with sizable buttons and as many USB's as I can > get. > > > > I hate the sound of the Tuch Bar that took over from the F keys. > > > > I'll probably also get an external full size keyboard. > > > > Any ideas on which model to look for. > > > > Very best wishes. > > > > Andy. > > > > > Virus-free. www.avast.com > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac > Visionaries list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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