Hi Marlaina! The problem of missing letters (or rather vo not keeping up with your typing) is the exact problem i have with my macbook pro. : ( I guess like you, i must either slow down or do tons of editing. I had wanted a macbook air but when i went to the apple store, the gentleman tried his level best to convince me that for a student in that price range, the pro was best. So thats what i got but i don't mind switching it for an air lol. (oooh please no hurt feelings to my pro, it's served me well.) :) The fact it doesn't have a cd drive is a bit annoying but not a deal breaker b/c you can get an external drive for a decent price at lots of electronic stores. When i was mac shopping though there wasn't a 11 inch air available though *frowns* i would have pushed to buy it no matter what the rep had said hahaha.
Marlaina Lieberg wrote: > I so love how quickly my Air powers up for me. It makes me laugh every time > I use it. I wil tell you one small thing I do not like about he Air, but it > is so small it's not worth being upset about. I am a very very fast typist > and the keyboard appears to be less sensitive to my flying fingers because > when I really get going, I see words with missing letters even though I know > I hae typed them. Ah, see the word have which I just typed, is h a e but I > did hit the v. So, I will either do a lot of editing, or slow down a tad. > But, I have not even had this for a week, so perhaps I'll get use to it in > time. Aside from that, this thing is wonderful and oh yah, I have had a > netbook with all the attendant windows issues, smile. > > Marlaina > On Nov 7, 2010, at 5:04 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > > Ok you bring up a good point but given time and program will not the macbook > air boot up in about a minute just like my pro? lol! > > S > On Nov 7, 2010, at 4:45 PM, Buddy Brannan wrote: > > > Apple *never* said that the Air was anything like a netbook. In fact, > > Apple's doing its level best to distance itself from the whole netbook > > thing. Of course, one could argue that it's a similar form factor and size, > > and a rose by any other name, etc. etc., but there are a couple of key > > differences: > > > > 1) They refused to compromise on the keyboard size, so the Air has a full > > sized keyboard for typing. I think someone said that function keys are a > > bit reduced, though. > > > > 2) The Air isn't using anything like the mobile Atom processor. It's using > > a standard issue Core2 Duo, admittedly one at a lower clock speed than the > > newest ones, but nonetheless, it's a full dual core processor, not one > > optimized for low power consumption with processing power sacrificed. > > > > 3) No netbook I've ever seen claims instant, or even near instant, powerup. > > -- > > Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA > > Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY > > > > > > > > On Nov 7, 2010, at 7:34 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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