[macvoiceover] Re: laptop
- From: Cheryl Homiak <cahomiak@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 14:17:08 -0500
Can you use the Air with ethernet or only with wireless? That might be a
consideration.
--
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 Aug 10, 2012, at 1:25 PM, David Chittenden <dchittenden@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Life is all about prioritising your requirements.
>
> Keyboard - All MacBooks use the same size keyboard, so this is not a
> consideration.
>
> Memory - The new Air can go up to 8GB whilst the new pro can go up to 16GB.
>
> Display - If you do not have much useable vision, there is no significant
> difference between the Air 11" and the Air 13" except that the Air 13" has a
> built-in SD card reader (I use a USB to SD converter.
>
> Boot up times / storage - As you know, the computer's OS is stored on its HD
> (hard drive). All Airs use SSD (solid state drive) for their HD. SSDs have
> significantly faster access speeds than even the fastest standard mechanical
> HD. You can get similar boot-up speeds from a pro if you upgrade to one of
> the SSD options. Note that they are significantly more expensive for less
> storage compared with the standard HD.
>
> DVD/CD - The pro has it built-in. For the Air, you need an external USB
> drive. Apple recommends their SuperDrive, which is what I have. I only access
> discs once every few weeks.
>
> Portability - The 11" Air is the lightest, most portable option. I prefer it
> because it doesn't fatigue me at all to carry it long distances. As you go up
> in size, weight increases.
>
> If you need to go with high-end video and sound editing, you will want a Pro.
> Otherwise, an Air is quite sufficient.
>
> I am a doctoral candidate. I mainly use my Air for online library database
> research, much of my writing (especially now that ML has speech dictation),
> and scanning of print / OCR of scanned PDF files.
>
> For my personal use, including email, contact management, appointment
> management, financial tracking/management, and reading long documents, I use
> my iPhone. I also use my iPhone for most of my business management
> requirements. Oh, I use my iPhone for OCR of personal mail as well.
>
> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA
> Email: dchittenden@xxxxxxxxx
> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 11/08/2012, at 4:58, "Don" <nancydc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Which do I want a mac book air or mac book pro. Which will give me the most
>> bang for the buck. I need a dvd drive once in a while and I know that the
>> pro has one. I do want 4 gigs memory. I am told by apple that the air loads
>> faster than the pro, I don't understand this as the pro is more money. I
>> would appreciate thoughts on this. I use a imac now. My computer use is not
>> specialized and I am not into to phots and the like Please let me hear some
>> ideas on this. Thanks Don
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