It depends on what kind of working your doing with the app. A air might be able to handle the task. I found it to be very efficient in it's management of its resources. To be fair, I only had about 30 minutes to play with it.
Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 On Nov 12, 2010, at 1:39 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > I've never seen an air yet but I'm starting to get more impressed. No I will > never be able to use amadeus on it but I can take notes and some how sync > them to my mbp or what ever I will have at the time. > > Good luck. > > S > On Nov 12, 2010, at 12:30 AM, Justin Kauflin wrote: > >> I also have good memories of the Braille 'n Speak and the Braille Lite. >> Besides them crashing and losing all of my data multiple times, I loved >> using them in class. I was extremely disappointed when I tried out the Pac >> mate. It seemed to me like FS took a step backwards. >> Once I have the budget for it, I look forward to working with a MacBook >> Air. The newer models definitely sound like a huge step up from the >> previous iteration. One thing that I really liked about the Braille 'n >> Speak and Braille Lite models were that instant on feature. It made it a >> breeze to keep up with real live. I'm glad to see that the Air is taking >> Mac in this direction. Another hooray for Apple and accessibility. >> >> Justin >> On Nov 11, 2010, at 4:45 PM, Doug Lawlor wrote: >> >>> I used a Braille and speak in about 1988 or so. The thing seemed >>> revolutionary at the time. It was so small for what it did and the battery >>> life was so good. I also liked the instant on feature. I saw nothing else >>> that had those features at the time for the price. Doug >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On 2010-11-11, at 5:36 PM, Austin Seraphin <aus...@behindthecurtain.us> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I just wanted to chime in on this thread. I went from using a netbook to a >>>> MacBook Air, and definitely notice the difference. Admittedly, for me, my >>>> netbook had a rather nonstandard configuration. It came with a Windows XP >>>> partition, and a second blank partition presumably for media files and the >>>> like. I just installed Arch Linux on the second partition and made a sweet >>>> dual boot setup with a minimum of fuss. I could even access the Windows >>>> partition from Linux, from which I did most of my work. I put together a >>>> good enough environment, but Mac just kills it! For me, it feels like >>>> owning two computers in one, since I can do a lot of cool Unix stuff on it >>>> as well, including using ssh to control my other linux servers. Just so >>>> cool! >>>> >>>> That won't matter to most. Most will care about the hardware differences. >>>> The macBook feels a lot more solid because of its unibody frame. You can >>>> tell. You get what you pay for. The Air also uses flash for everything. >>>> When they say "Instant On," they mean it! It also sounds better. The >>>> netbook, at least the Asus I have, has its speakers on the bottom, whereas >>>> the Air has them under the keyboard. I think the unibody frame also acts >>>> as a sort of resonance chamber or something, it seems to help the sound >>>> instead of hindering it. Oh and of course, unlike a Windows or Linux >>>> netbook, you can actually use the trackpad! Don't get me wrong, I loved >>>> the setup I created, and still have to find some ways of doing some things >>>> on the Mac, but for me the Air just seemed like a no-brainer! >>>> >>>> As for comparing the Air to notetakers, I never really got into reading >>>> braille displays, so it didn't really bother me. I just got a sweet case >>>> and now have the whole notetaking thing covered too. I just have to find >>>> the best ways to take the notes! I like MacJournal for journaling and >>>> blogging. TextEdit works for quick things. I know little of Pages, but >>>> will want to. Either way, for me, the MacBook Air seems like the perfect >>>> computer and notetaker. 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