Yeah don't forget it's thinner. When haptics comes out think of the screen room you wil have for braille right there. On Mar 5, 2011, at 7:22 PM, Cheree wrote:
> Cheree Heppe here: > I like the IPad, actually. > > I went for the I-devicees first because they open a very intuitive, easy > entre into the Apple environment. No commands and keystroke chording and > what seemed to me a quick start interface. > > In a bit, I'm ggoing to get an Air or Mac, but would have done so with much > more trepidation if not having tried the I-devices first. > > As to the base measurements of a PacMate being smaller than an IPad, true, > but that's only a single dimension. > > Regards, > Cheree Heppe > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 05/03/2011, at 19:07, "David Tanner" <david.tanner...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Well, let's see, the iPad is clunkier to carry around than an iPhone or >> iTouch. The iPad is almost as expensive as buying the basic MacBook Pro 13 >> with two gigabytes of memory, and the processor in the new iPad is only a >> 1.0 gigahert duel core processor. The MacBook Pro 13 has a lot faster >> processor than that and so does the Ayer if you want to pay the higher price >> for solid state memory instead of a hard drive. >> >> The iPad makes me think of all the blind folks that have complained about >> the size of the PacMate QT. In fact, I don't think that the PacMate QT >> would be as large in flat area as the iPad. >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ricardo Walker" <rwalker...@gmail.com> >> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >> Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 6:46 PM >> Subject: Re: macbook air vs ipad 2 >> >> >> Me personally, >> >> If I need to get work done, I would go with a Macbook air. Its a full >> fledged computer, and besides the added size, you will find yourself bumping >> up against less barriers when trying to get things done. Especially if you >> have an iPhone or iPod touch already. What are you really missing in not >> getting an iPad? >> >> JMO >> >> Ricardo Walker >> rwalker...@gmail.com >> Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 >> >> >> >> >> On Mar 4, 2011, at 8:48 AM, Denise Avant wrote: >> >>> hello all, >>> i am contemplating getting another apple device. i need something that is >>> light to take when i travel. i was thinking of the ipad 2 because you can >>> get pages to write with. the only problem here is that there is no port for >>> external media like a usb drive, is there? >>> my other alternative is that i can get the macbook air. but its a little >>> bigger. i really don't need a screen. but i would have a port for external >>> media. of course i would miss all of those apps you can have on the ipad. >>> that can be negated by the fact that i have an iphone. >>> well, i would be interested in hearing from those with the air. i know the >>> ipad 2 is not out yet, but i'm sure there are some first generation ipad >>> users here. >>> thanks. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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.
