I don't know if the current Pro line still come with DVD drives, but if so, that's yet another reason to go with a Pro model over an Air. Egun On, Lagunak! (Basque for "G'Day, Mates") Louie P. "Pete" Nalda http://www.myspace.com/musikonalda/ http://www.facebook.com/lpnalda/ http://www.linkedin.com/in/lpnalda twitter @lpnalda
-----Original Message----- From: Paul Erkens <paul.erk...@gmail.com> Sender: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 10:20:41 To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Reply-To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Mac for college Hi Louis, The pro 13 inch highest model gives a very good experience, just like the air does, from a daily user's perspective, and from what I understand in my experiences compared to those of a nearby friend who has an air, they don't differ very much in usability speed. The air has a solid state 64 or 128 gb drive, and in a 13 inch you have a 500 gb normal hard drive. The air boots up very quickly, compared to my 13 inch, and I think this is because of the solid state drive, which is faster than a 5400 rpm normal hard disk in the 13 inch pro. As I said, in real life experiences, they don't differ very much in speed. The air has a slower processor than the 13 inch, but it all depends on what you want to do with your machine. If you want to do text editing, spread sheets and school stuff, mail, web etc, then an air is lighter to carry and a very useful machine for that job. The 13 inch weighs more, has a slower hard drive, but on the other hand it does have a cd dvd drive, which if I'm not mistaken, is not in the mac air. You might want to go to an Apple store, look and feel both models, and get advice from the people there. I got the 13 inch because I want to run windows on the mac, and that eats up a lot of space very rapidly if you make snapshots from time to time. If you don't want or need windows on your mac, or you are able to run it from bootcamp, then an air will suffice. On Oct 14, 2011, at 7:12 AM, Louis Do wrote: > Yes, this is very useful information. I am leaning more towards the > macbook Pro. Are there reasons why the pro is better than the air or > vice versa? > > On 10/13/11, Gavin <g.batw...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi Louis, >> >> It sounds like a MacBook Air would be your best bet, though I don't know >> what kind of specs it has. I've also heard that the MacBook Air has a >> similar price to the 13 inch MacBook Pro, which you could also try. If you >> don't want to spend too much, you could also go for the ordinary MacBook >> model which, if my memory serves me correctly, is made out of a kind of >> plastic as opposed to the MacBook Pro, which is aluminium. >> >> As far as equivalent software to Microsoft Office goes, Apple has a >> productivity suite called iWork that contains 3 applications. Pages, for >> word processing, Numbers, for spreadsheets, and Keynote, for creating >> presentations. It's very accessible with VoiceOver. >> >> Hope this info heaps. >> >> Regards, >> >> Gavin >> >> >> On 14 Oct 2011, at 5:25 AM, Louis Do wrote: >> >>> Hello. i am planning on purchasing a mac for my first year of college >>> next year. i am currently learning voiceover and I prefer it to the PC >>> screenreaders available. I have a few questions that hopefully you >>> kind folks can answer to help me make a more informed purchase. >>> 1. What macbook would fit my needs? i will need to watch a lot of >>> videos, do reasearch, write long papers, and create spreadsheets or >>> powerpoints. >>> 2. I heard that microsoft office is not accesible on the Mac. Is this >>> a true statement? >>> 3. What equivalent mac softwares are available for powerpoint, word, and >>> excell? >>> Thanks for your help, >>> Louis >>> >>> -- >>> 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. 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