I rarely use a CD drive, other than when at home. So yes, if I needed to use one, it would have to be an external. Also, if you get an 11 inch which is what I have, you will need a card reader; the 13 inchers have that built in but weight almost a pound more. This old blind lady wants lightweight in her dottage, smile!
Gotta go and eat some yummy chicken and drink some delicious wine! Marlaina On Nov 7, 2010, at 5:05 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: Oh nice. I do have a question though. No cd drive so I hear so I'm guessing you use an external? I'm just curious in case I want to save for one at class and leave my mbp at home. or what not. S On Nov 7, 2010, at 4:46 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: > Yah; I never said it was inexpensive, smile. I sold my iPad to get it. It > does for me what I > had hoped the iPad would do. but for me, Pages on iPad was really hinky, and > sometimes my bt keyboard would just quit or other times the battery would be > dead. Pages told me after every character I typed that the word was miss > spelled. So if I wrote the word dog, instead of hearing d o g or dog, I'd > hear word miss spelled word miss spelled word miss spelled. I even turned > off auto correction and still had the same problem. I really wanted > something light and reliable for business travel and this Air Book, as I like > to call it, is just the thing. The battery lasts me about 6 hours with VO > echoing words as I type, and most of that time being typing time not reading > time. > > Marlaina > On Nov 7, 2010, at 4:34 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > > OH nice, but if apple says it is going to make it like the pc netbook the > price is sure wrong. the average netbook is around $300 the macbook air is > about $1000. But glad you like the air. I want to try one one day. They > sound cool for quick things like note taking in class o what not. > On Nov 7, 2010, at 2:07 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: > >> I am typing this message on a MacBook Air while flying home from Reno, NV >> where yesterday, I used that same MacBook Air to take 9 hours worth of >> minutes during the American Council of the Blind Board Meeting. I am ACB >> Secretary, and this machine performs just like my MacBook Pro but without >> all the weight. I got the 11 inch size and it is absolutely wonderful. >> >> >> Marlaina Lieberg >> >> >> 1guide...@gmail.com >> >> On Nov 6, 2010, at 8:42 AM, Kevin Shaw wrote: >> >> The Macbook Air runs OS X Snow Leopard. It should be just as accessible as >> any other Macbook. >> >> Kevin >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
