Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air Hey Chris, Yeah, the lack of memory card is no big deal for me, I tend to use a USB drive most of the time. The one that gets me is the lack of a DVD drive. That 11-inch Air is *really calling my name. I would have given anything

Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

] On Behalf Of Donna Goodin Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 1:05 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air Hey Chris, Yeah, the lack of memory card is no big deal for me, I tend to use a USB drive most of the time. The one that gets me

Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

Hi Anouk, Actually, the internal speaker on the MBA really isn't bad. As Neil said, it lacks some of the fullness of the speaker on the MBP, but I don't think it's unacceptable at all. And it puts out a lot of volume. I know you said you were planning to buy headphones, but thought you'd

Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

of doing things. Best, mika -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Donna Goodin Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 1:05 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

, etc? Thanks, Mika -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Blouch Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 11:56 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air I've hauled the Macbook

Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Donna Goodin Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 1:05 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air Hey Chris, Yeah, the lack of memory card

Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

So, Donna, you got the 13 inch MBA? I ask because you mentioned getting the 256 gb of storage, and I thought that was only on the 13 inch. That is one expensive upgrade for the 128 to the 256 gb of storage! Mary Mary Otten motte...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are

Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

Hi Mary, You can get the 256 of storage on the 11-inch, and that's what I got. And yeah, it is expensive. Still not sure if I'm going to keep it, or just live with lugging around my MBP. Cheers, Donna On Aug 27, 2011, at 1:58 PM, Mary Otten wrote: So, Donna, you got the 13 inch MBA? I ask

Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

Hi, at least in the Dutch apple store you can also get the 256 gb upgrade for the 11 inch model but it is indeed really expensive. I htought about getting it but in the end dicided against it. The decision between 13 and 11 inch was tough but in the end I opted for ultraportability.

Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

I bought one in July and it's great.You will love it! It flies. On Aug 27, 2011, at 2:15 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: Hi Mary, You can get the 256 of storage on the 11-inch, and that's what I got. And yeah, it is expensive. Still not sure if I'm going to keep it, or just live with lugging

Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

that's certainly been my impression so far. Glad to hear you're liking yours. Cheers, Donna On Aug 27, 2011, at 4:13 PM, David McLean wrote: I bought one in July and it's great.You will love it! It flies. On Aug 27, 2011, at 2:15 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: Hi Mary, You can get the 256 of

Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

Hi, for me the internal speaker sound isnt as much of an issue because I will probbably buy a pair of headphones to go with it at some point, i now still have my audio system in the living room to connect it to but am going to sell that (funds have to come from somewhere) but then for

fuwion + win7 on current mba:Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

Op 27-8-2011 22:44, Donna Goodin schreef: that's certainly been my impression so far. Glad to hear you're liking yours. Cheers, Donna On Aug 27, 2011, at 4:13 PM, David McLean wrote: I bought one in July and it's great.You will love it! It flies. On Aug 27, 2011, at 2:15 PM, Donna Goodin

Re: fuwion + win7 on current mba:Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

I'd stick with Xp if you try that. Win 7 might bog down although as yet I have tried either with the MBA. The SSD might help though. On Aug 27, 2011, at 5:24 PM, anouk radix wrote: Op 27-8-2011 22:44, Donna Goodin schreef: that's certainly been my impression so far. Glad to hear you're

Re: fuwion + win7 on current mba:Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

Hi, I am HOOING it will run ok. I currently have no mbp just a 3 year old tecra with a 2.0 (i think) core 2 duo 2 gig of ram and internal graphics. Win7 runs okish on this although a bit slowish now that i finally installed hitman pro and avg antivirus. I guess I will find out soon enough,

Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Donna Goodin Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 1:05 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air Hey Chris, Yeah, the lack of memory card is no big deal for me, I tend

RE: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

: Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air Hi Neil, thanks for paying such close attention to my message, and for writing such a great response. I actually picked up an MBA last weekend, and am inclined to agree with you on all points. Happily this particular store actually carried the models

Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

[mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Donna Goodin Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 9:15 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air Hi Neil, thanks for paying such close attention to my message, and for writing such a great response. I

Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

Subject: Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air Hi Neil, thanks for paying such close attention to my message, and for writing such a great response. I actually picked up an MBA last weekend, and am inclined to agree with you on all points. Happily this particular store actually

Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air Hey Chris, Yeah, the lack of memory card is no big deal for me, I tend to use a USB drive most of the time. The one that gets me is the lack of a DVD drive. That 11-inch Air is *really calling my name. I would have

Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

Hi Donna, There is a noticeable difference in sound from a macbook air to a macbook pro. But this is to be expected on a smaller machine. Sound is so poor in my opinion, headphones will come in handy a lot. Especially in noisy public environments. As far as performance, I don't think you

Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

Hi Ricardo, thanks for responding. What you said was pretty much what I expected, but good to have it confirmed. As for high-resource tasks,I am hoping to do a lot more with garage-band once I get a keyboard. But another option would be for me to keep my MBP as my main computer, and just

Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

hi Dona, just a thought, what about keeping the mbp as main computer, and get an ipad for your travel use? On 15/08/2011, Donna Goodin goodi...@msu.edu wrote: Hi Ricardo, thanks for responding. What you said was pretty much what I expected, but good to have it confirmed. As for

Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

Hi Joanne, I thought about that. But when I teach I hook my MBP up to the monitor in my classroom, and use it to display material for my students. an iPad would be a lot slower when I need to type information during class. My thinking was that by the time I paired the iPad with a Bluetooth

Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

Having shlepped my MacBook to work for many years I found that it wasn't that big a deal in a nice backpack. I used to use those computer bags with a shoulder strap but it started bothering my shoulder. I finally picked up one for cheap from Megamacs and have really liked it. Very comfortable

Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

Some apps cannot be projected from an iPad. I am very happy with my Macbook Air, but I have not owned the Macbook Pro. I bought mine last year and got the extra RAM and larger hard drive in the smaller model. So it runs Lion just fine. If you can afford it, it is usually good to get a

Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

Hi Chris, In the past, I've always felt as you do, that the MBP is very easy to haul around. But unfortunately, I'm not just looking at schlepping my MBP to and from work. Every class I teach is in a different building, and all those buildings are different from the building where my office

Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

I've hauled the Macbook all over the place and didn't mind so much with the backpack. Maybe because the old computer bag was just so bad. Made the change when I was presenting at a conference (cough - CSUN) that could no longer fit in its venue and rented two hotels. Of course the session I

RE: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

[mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Blouch Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 11:56 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air I've hauled the Macbook all over the place and didn't mind so much with the backpack. Maybe because the old computer bag was just

Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Blouch Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 11:56 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air I've hauled the Macbook all over the place and didn't mind so much with the backpack. Maybe because the old computer bag was just so bad

Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Blouch Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 11:56 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air I've hauled the Macbook all over the place and didn't mind so much with the backpack. Maybe because the old computer bag was just so bad

Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

of the machine, etc? Thanks, Mika -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Blouch Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 11:56 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air I've

Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

Subject: Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air I've hauled the Macbook all over the place and didn't mind so much with the backpack. Maybe because the old computer bag was just so bad. Made the change when I was presenting at a conference (cough - CSUN) that could no longer fit in its venue

RE: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Donna Goodin Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 1:05 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air Hey Chris, Yeah, the lack of memory card is no big deal

Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Blouch Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 11:56 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air I've hauled the Macbook all over the place and didn't mind so much

Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air Hey Chris, Yeah, the lack of memory card is no big deal for me, I tend to use a USB drive most of the time. The one that gets me is the lack of a DVD drive. That 11-inch Air is *really calling my name. I would have

Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air Hey Chris, Yeah, the lack of memory card is no big deal for me, I tend to use a USB drive most of the time. The one that gets me is the lack of a DVD drive. That 11-inch Air is *really calling my name. I would have given

Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

what do you mean hard drive? do you have an ssd and an hdd in a macbook pro? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

, 2011 11:56 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air I've hauled the Macbook all over the place and didn't mind so much with the backpack. Maybe because the old computer bag was just so bad. Made the change when I was presenting at a conference

Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

? Thanks, Mika -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Blouch Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 11:56 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air I've hauled

Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

yes it does -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options,

Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

James, and ssd is a hardcrive replacement. The SSD is 2 or three times the speed of a SATA harddrive, but since a ram bus is about 5 times faster again the drive is still the bottleneck even though it's much faster on SSD. Best, Erik Burggraaf This month in Ebony Promos: Two new gps systems

Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

I know this! I was just clarifying Sent from my iPhone On Aug 15, 2011, at 6:25 PM, erik burggraaf e...@erik-burggraaf.com wrote: James, and ssd is a hardcrive replacement. The SSD is 2 or three times the speed of a SATA harddrive, but since a ram bus is about 5 times faster again the drive

Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

i know this! i have one in my desktop. i was just clarifying, i was confused about what you were talking about earlier -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To

Re: going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

The macbook air does not have a dvd drive or ethernet port, this may not be an issue for you, but it's something to be aware of. On Aug 15, 2011, at 6:01 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: Hi Donna, There is a noticeable difference in sound from a macbook air to a macbook pro. But this is to be

going from an MBP to a MacBook Air

Hi all, Since I'm going to be schlepping my Mac around a lot for work in the next several months, and possibly then some, I'm seriously considering shelling out the $$ for an 11-inch MacBook Air. I'm looking at one of the new ones, with all the specs maxed out. My MBP is two years old,