This is what I use at work everyday. I have snowleopard setup onto an external firewire drive. With vm fusion running windows 7 and jaws. It works only slightly slower than it would if on the main hdd within the imac I use it on.
-----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Buddy Brannan Sent: Monday, 8 November 2010 3:19 p.m. To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: accessibility of MacBook Air Of course not. You can run from an external hard drive, boot from it even, and have it as your main drive if you like. I've booted from a full carbon copy cloner - made backup of my system, it really isn't at all difficult. -- Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY On Nov 7, 2010, at 9:14 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > but how would you restore from a usb drive?I thought you could only run voice over from the cd or from a cd and install that way? > > S > On Nov 7, 2010, at 5:46 PM, Kaare Dehard wrote: > >> think but not sure I read that the new air came with a flash drive version, but not certain if they had the plans to extend it to other places or not... >> On 2010-11-07, at 8:39 PM, Ryan Mann wrote: >> >>> So when the next OS after Snow Leopard comes out, you could ask for the OS on a USB flash drive instead of DVD? >>> >>> On Nov 7, 2010, at 8:36 PM, Kaare Dehard wrote: >>> >>>> comes with a usb drive with the os on it for restore. >>>> On 2010-11-07, at 8:32 PM, Ryan Mann wrote: >>>> >>>>> Since you don't have a CD drive, how would you upgrade the operating system? If it was me, I wouldn't want to have to go without whatever new VoiceOver features are in the next cat. >>>>> >>>>> On Nov 7, 2010, at 8:27 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> 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. 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