Hi Joanne, I thought about that. But when I teach I hook my MBP up to the monitor in my classroom, and use it to display material for my students. an iPad would be a lot slower when I need to type information during class. My thinking was that by the time I paired the iPad with a Bluetooth Keyboard, I wouldn't be much more portable than I already am with my MBP. Good suggestion, though, for other uses that would have made a lot of sense. Cheers, Donna
On Aug 15, 2011, at 8:43 AM, Joanne Chua wrote: > hi Dona, > > just a thought, what about keeping the mbp as main computer, and get > an ipad for your travel use? > > On 15/08/2011, Donna Goodin <goodi...@msu.edu> wrote: >> Hi Ricardo, >> >> thanks for responding. What you said was pretty much what I expected, but >> good to have it confirmed. As for high-resource tasks,I am hoping to do a >> lot more with garage-band once I get a keyboard. But another option would >> be for me to keep my MBP as my main computer, and just use the Air for >> travel, teaching, and other situations where I need portability, which >> speaks to your suggestion of just getting the standard 11 inch. >> Cheers, >> Donna >> >> On Aug 15, 2011, at 7:01 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: >> >>> Hi Donna, >>> >>> There is a noticeable difference in sound from a macbook air to a macbook >>> pro. But this is to be expected on a smaller machine. Sound is so poor >>> in my opinion, headphones will come in handy a lot. Especially in noisy >>> public environments. As far as performance, I don't think you will see >>> any difference at all. From following your post the last couple years, >>> you don't seem to do many resource intensive tasks like audio production, >>> or anything like that. I think you could probably even be able to make do >>> with the standard 11 inch air. >>> >>> Ricardo Walker >>> rwalker...@gmail.com >>> Twitter & Skype: rwalker296 >>> www.mobileaccess.org >>> >>> On Aug 14, 2011, at 7:46 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> Since I'm going to be schlepping my Mac around a lot for work in the next >>>> several months, and possibly then some, I'm seriously considering >>>> shelling out the $$ for an 11-inch MacBook Air. I'm looking at one of >>>> the new ones, with all the specs maxed out. My MBP is two years old, >>>> running a 2.53GHZ processor with 4G of ram. I'm wondering if there's >>>> anyone on list who can give me an accurate comparison of the user >>>> experience on these two models. A couple of the things I'm wondering >>>> about are: >>>> 1. Speed. How will day-today- use compare. My MBP has the faster >>>> processor, but the Air has the solid state drive, which I assume will >>>> compensate, at least to some extent. >>>> >>>> 2. Sound quality? this won't be a deal breaker, but wondering how the >>>> two compare. >>>> >>>> If there are any other differences that people have experienced, either >>>> good or bad, I'd love to hear. >>>> Best, >>>> Donna >>>> >>>> P.S. I am aware of the connectivity differences, that's something I can >>>> live with. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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.
