I used a Braille and speak in about 1988 or so. The thing seemed revolutionary at the time. It was so small for what it did and the battery life was so good. I also liked the instant on feature. I saw nothing else that had those features at the time for the price. Doug
Sent from my iPhone On 2010-11-11, at 5:36 PM, Austin Seraphin <[email protected]> wrote: > I just wanted to chime in on this thread. I went from using a netbook to a > MacBook Air, and definitely notice the difference. Admittedly, for me, my > netbook had a rather nonstandard configuration. It came with a Windows XP > partition, and a second blank partition presumably for media files and the > like. I just installed Arch Linux on the second partition and made a sweet > dual boot setup with a minimum of fuss. I could even access the Windows > partition from Linux, from which I did most of my work. I put together a good > enough environment, but Mac just kills it! For me, it feels like owning two > computers in one, since I can do a lot of cool Unix stuff on it as well, > including using ssh to control my other linux servers. Just so cool! > > That won't matter to most. Most will care about the hardware differences. The > macBook feels a lot more solid because of its unibody frame. You can tell. > You get what you pay for. The Air also uses flash for everything. When they > say "Instant On," they mean it! It also sounds better. The netbook, at least > the Asus I have, has its speakers on the bottom, whereas the Air has them > under the keyboard. I think the unibody frame also acts as a sort of > resonance chamber or something, it seems to help the sound instead of > hindering it. Oh and of course, unlike a Windows or Linux netbook, you can > actually use the trackpad! Don't get me wrong, I loved the setup I created, > and still have to find some ways of doing some things on the Mac, but for me > the Air just seemed like a no-brainer! > > As for comparing the Air to notetakers, I never really got into reading > braille displays, so it didn't really bother me. I just got a sweet case and > now have the whole notetaking thing covered too. I just have to find the best > ways to take the notes! I like MacJournal for journaling and blogging. > TextEdit works for quick things. I know little of Pages, but will want to. > Either way, for me, the MacBook Air seems like the perfect computer and > notetaker. I still have a place in my heart for the Braille 'n Speak though. > > - Austin > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
