[mac4theblind] Re: why have they dis continued the Mac Book?

  • From: Sarah Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 23:01:16 -0700

No. not at all. but Yeah I gues if they do get rid of the mbp models I guess 
I'll just go for a mini. It is cheaper by far in th elong run  depending on 
what I'm looking for in a new computer, this would be about 3 years from now 
btw.
On Oct 26, 2011, at 10:23 PM, col shawx wrote:

> must be carless with your equipment.
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sarah Alawami" <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 4:01 PM
> Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: why have they dis continued the Mac Book?
> 
> 
> I dunno. the way I go through drives and thum drives? Yeah. I can use one in 
> a year and it will be broken. so think on it when using a 250 gig ssd drive.
> On Oct 26, 2011, at 5:50 PM, Bubba wrote:
> 
>> That use to be the problem and that is not so any more and the number is so
>> high now it is like it don't exist . By then it will be time for a new
>> computer. JMO
>> 
>> 
>> Bubba
>> bubbathegeek@xxxxxxxxx
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sarah Alawami
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 8:45 PM
>> To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: why have they dis continued the Mac Book?
>> 
>> a SSD drive though has a finite number of read write cycles. The ios devices
>> don't have an SSD drive in them though, they are the SSD drive hence you
>> must back up more often then you probably would if you have a regular hd in
>> there.
>> 
>> I'll wait until the 100 dollar price tag goes down for a 500 gig ssd drive.
>> lol!
>> On Oct 26, 2011, at 5:39 PM, Bubba wrote:
>> 
>>> Actually the SSD is nowhere as big yet as the mechanical drives are.
>>> The SSD is much faster and less moving parts and much more reliable
>>> now. Why do you think Apple has them in the Mac Book air, Offer them
>>> in their desktops even the Mac mini and in the Mac Book pros. They
>>> have flash drives which is basically a ssd drive on board in all there
>>> IOS devices. That is why they are so fast and reliable. So think you
>>> have it backwards. JMT and JMO
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Bubba
>>> bubbathegeek@xxxxxxxxx
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> [mailto:mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sarah Alawami
>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 8:10 PM
>>> To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: why have they dis continued the Mac Book?
>>> 
>>> I still want a mack book pro as I don't trust  solid state drives. All
>>> they are are huge fjash drives that are waiting to die a violent
>>> death. and I want a 500 gig ssd drive and I won't be able to get that in
>> an air.
>>> 
>>> Take care.
>>> On Oct 26, 2011, at 1:49 PM, John Panarese wrote:
>>> 
>>>> There is no real market need for the Mac Book.  The Mac Book Air
>>>> specs
>>> were updated significantly in July with processor and memory and disk
>>> space increases.  So, it really made the regular Mac Book not
>>> necessary.  There really would be no category between the Mac Book Air and
>> the Mac Book Pro.
>>> You can get an Air for the same price as the old Mac Book, and it's a
>>> much better system now.  Mike's podcast was prior to Apple's complete
>>> overhaul of the Mac Book Air at the same time Lion was released.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Take Care
>>>> 
>>>> John D. Panarese
>>>> Director
>>>> Mac for the Blind
>>>> john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Oct 26, 2011, at 4:09 PM, Daniel McGee wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi all, as I'm not really up on the Mac history it still struck me
>>>>> that
>>> why they should discontinue the Mac Book all together.
>>>>> I red or heard somewhere that it was to be replaced by the Mac Book
>>>>> Air
>>> and from what I understand you don't get alot of memory on that merchine.
>>> Mike Arrigo says on a podcast of his that it is 64GB which is not
>>> alot. Im comparison I wonder how much the Mac book had before apple
>> discontinued it.
>>>>> But before I stray off the line my question was why do you and
>>>>> everyone
>>> hear I invite people to make there own theories and ideas that apple
>>> decided to stop the mac book line. Because as a consumer that was
>>> going to be the Mac that I would buy but since that's no longer around
>>> then I would proably go for the Mac Book Pro option.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> 
>>>>> Daniel
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