Based on what you said you wanted to do, you would probably be fine with the macbook air, I do similar things and that's what will be my next laptop, unless Apple discontinues them.
> On Mar 4, 2018, at 10:32 AM, Rhanda Hasley <rhanda.has...@sbcglobal.net> > wrote: > > Hi All, > > Thank you for your very informative and helpful responses to my questions. I > can definitely see the advantages of buying an Air, but as has been > mentioned, Mac will discontinue this model at some point. I mostly plan on > doing e-mail, web surfing, and word processing, but might also like to do > some recording, and utilize this computer to do work from home. I also like > to chat on line with Skype and maybe other programs. For years, I’ve used a > Windows desktop and would like a machine that’s powerful, yet portable. > > Whether I get the Air or the Pro, would there be any other advantages to a > unit with a touch bar, other than easy insertion of emojis and Touch ID? > That’s something I’ve not gotten into yet, and honestly don’t think I’d be > doing it too much. A couple of friends have indicated that units with touch > bars have a better processing speed, but is that really significant or > necessary? In looking at Macs recently, I notice that ones without touch > bars have the function keys that we’re used to on Windows computers, but the > other ones use the FN and other keys to simulate these functions. > > Will keep looking, but meanwhile, thanks for your valuable input. Should you > have any other questions, please let me know. > > Rhanda > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
