Hey all, Wow really enjoying all the useful info in this thread about the mac air. Counting the days until mine gets here. Has anyone run VM Fusion and used windows on a mac air? Not sure I am going to have to do this, but I started a home project on my iMac which started with me getting an external drive and backing everything up so I could do a clean install as I was having a lot of problems with Mountain Lion, since the install my Imac seems to be running a lot better. There are still some minor quirks with Mt. Lion, but nothing as bad as it was before. I plan to get VM Fusion and buy Windows 7 to use a few programs on the Windows side. Also the only screen reader I have ever used is Voiceover and I would like to start learning NDVA and maybe a couple of the other cheaper Windows screenreaders, and I figure why not do this on my mac to get a little familiar with them. Back when I had a windows machine I still had enough vision using Zoomtext. I will have to make a decision between a thumb drive and SD cards, and Alex what you had to say about the SD cards and the expansion thing is real intersting, I may look into that. Thanks.
On Jan 11, 1:23 pm, ppowell...@aol.com wrote: > Hi folks, > I have an 11 inch MacBook air. I love it's portability. It's also very light, > does not get warm due to its SSD drive versus a spinning hard drive, The keys > are not smaller yet are closer together slightly because of the size. The one > caveat I would offer, Is to consider the environment in which you are using > the MacBook air. It has stereo speakers, yet they are very small and very > tinny. Unless you are using headphones or are in a very quiet environment, it > can be difficult to hear. However, even that as a con, might be the only con > I can find. It's an excellent machine. Also, keep in mind the air along with > the new MacBooks, are one solid machine. They cannot be opened up and added > to. > > Pam Francis > > On Jan 11, 2013, at 9:19 AM, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com> wrote: > > True, enough. I don't leave a USB drive plugged in all the time, of course. > But I find that that set meets my needs, and I suspect would meet most > peoples. At least, for most people it wouldn't speak to a need for the > larger MBA. > Cheers, > Donna > On Jan 11, 2013, at 9:12 AM, Cheryl Homiak <cahom...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Well, this is a case of "to each his/her own". Usb thumb drives are larger > > than sd cards and usually stick out some. Also, if you have limited usb > > ports and make regular use of other usb devices, the sd card slot is more > > valuable to you. It is obvious from my wording that I am one of those who > > would want the sd slot. But you just have to assess your own needs and > > preferences. > > > -- > > Cheryl > > > May the words of my mouth > > and the meditation of my heart > > be acceptable to You, Lord, > > my rock and my Redeemer. > > (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) > > > On Jan 11, 2013, at 8:57 AM, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com> wrote: > > >> why would you want an SD card if you can use a thumb drive? I don't even > >> own any SD cards any more. Any extra file storage I need just goes on a > >> USB drive. > >> Cheers, > >> Donna > >> On Jan 11, 2013, at 8:48 AM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >>> The one thing to remember is that the 11-inch model has no SD card slot, > >>> whereas the 13-inch model does. Coupled with a Nifty Mini drive and a > >>> micro SD card, you can then add up to 64gb of extra storage to the > >>> 13-inch; the 11-inch, lacking the SD slot, cannot do this. Yes there are > >>> USB card readers, but that takes up one of the two ports on the machine. > >>> On Jan 11, 2013, at 5:44 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu <kawa...@me.com> wrote: > > >>>> I don't know why people would be concerned about the Mac Book Air, after > >>>> all, it's as small as a net book. If I were to buy a portible lap top, > >>>> it would be the 11 inch MacBook Air. At the moment I'm very happy with > >>>> what I have. > > >>>> Kawal. > > >>>> On 11 Jan 2013, at 10:12 AM, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav > >>>> <for...@talknav.com> wrote: > > >>>>> I'm not sure why folk keep talking about smaller keys on the Air, The > >>>>> iMac blue tooth keyboard and the 11in and 13in Air have identical sized > >>>>> keys. > > >>>>> The only caveat is the Function row of keys, which on an 11in Air are > >>>>> slightly reduced in height. > > >>>>> otherwise, the actual keys, numeric and alpha are all the identical > >>>>> size. > > >>>>> Regards, > > >>>>> Neil Barnfather > > >>>>> Talks List Administrator > >>>>> Twitter @neilbarnfather > > >>>>> TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, as well as an > >>>>> Apple iOS, Macintosh and Android accessibility specialist. For all your > >>>>> accessible phone, PDA and GPS related enquiries visitwww.talknav.com > > >>>>> URL: -www.talknav.com > >>>>> e-mail: - serv...@talknav.com > >>>>> Phone: - +44 844 999 4199 > > >>>>> On 9 Jan 2013, at 14:01, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >>>>>> The air acts exactly like any other Mac. The only difference is the > >>>>>> presence of the trackpad and what might be smaller keys, depending on > >>>>>> what keyboard you are used to. > > >>>>>> Sent from my iPhone > > >>>>>> On Jan 9, 2013, at 8:49, Brian Fischler <blindga...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >>>>>>> Hey all, > > >>>>>>> I have been a long time Imac user and need to get a laptop for travel. > >>>>>>> I love voiceover on the Imac most of the time, and wanted to see if > >>>>>>> anyone had experience using voiceover both on an Imac and mac air, and > >>>>>>> if there was any notable difference or anything I need to be aware of? > >>>>>>> I looked at it in the Apple store, but you can't really hear anything > >>>>>>> in there. I don't need any kind of power computing, just be using the > >>>>>>> Mac Air 13 for browsing, email, news rack, twitter, itunes match, > >>>>>>> cloud computing, pages and numbers mostly so not having a big hard > >>>>>>> drive shouldn't be a problem. Thinking about bumping up the RAM to 8GB > >>>>>>> instead of the 4 it comes with, and will probably get a thumb drive > >>>>>>> for anything big I might need. I am not interested in the Ipad as I > >>>>>>> hate typing on it, and do like a full keyboard and the option > >>>>>>> voiceover on the Imac gives me. 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