Oh yes, if i were going to buy an Air I would get the dongle. Sometimes you can get slow wifi connections and then having the ethernet cable really would help.
-- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) On Jan 11, 2013, at 1:05 PM, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com> wrote: > Hi Neal, > > Yeah, I've thought about buying one of those. It's funny. Really, the issue > comes up very rarely, but when it does come up, it's usually a real pain not > to have it. Every time I have a situation where it would really be handy to > have a hard connection, I swear I'm boing to buy the dongle, but then I > forget about it when the need is no longer there. :) > Take care, > Donna > On Jan 11, 2013, at 1:01 PM, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav <for...@talknav.com> > wrote: > >> Donna, >> >> I sometimes too find that irritating, but, I have the Apple USB to ether net >> dongle, its compact and tidy when folded back on itself, just like >> everything Apple does, well thought out. >> >> I keep that in my laptop case, if I need ether net, its there. >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Neil Barnfather >> >> Talks List Administrator >> Twitter @neilbarnfather >> >> TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, as well as an Apple >> iOS, Macintosh and Android accessibility specialist. For all your >> accessible phone, PDA and GPS related enquiries visit www.talknav.com >> >> URL: - www.talknav.com >> e-mail: - serv...@talknav.com >> Phone: - +44 844 999 4199 >> >> On 11 Jan 2013, at 15:17, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com> wrote: >> >>> I don't know. I wouldn't let that be a deciding factor. I've got an >>> 11-inch, and absolutely love it's small size. I did max out all the specs >>> when I got it, but I don't find I'm lacking for memory. If there was >>> anything that would make me change from the 11-inch MBA, it'd be to go back >>> to an MBP, and the only reason I would do that would be for the built-in >>> ethernet. Honestly, that's the only thing I've missed. >>> Cheers, >>> Donna >>> On Jan 11, 2013, at 9:06 AM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Sorry, I didn't explain. The Nifty Mini Drive is a new product for $40, on >>>> sale at the end of this month I believe. Normally, an sd card sticks out >>>> of your mac a bit, making it impractical to leave one in there long-term. >>>> However, this product is a mini sd card adapter which sits flush with the >>>> mac's body, making it able to be left inserted all the time with no fear >>>> of damage to the card and/or sd slot. So, if you got the 64gb Air, you can >>>> double your storage and just use the sd card for media. It's there all the >>>> time and is flash-based, but you don't need to spring for the much more >>>> expensive 128gb Ari, just get the adapter and as many cards as you want. >>>> To relate this to the topic at hand, my point was that the 13-inch Air can >>>> be expanded in this way, while the 11-inch, lacking an sd slot, cannot. >>>> On Jan 11, 2013, at 9:57 AM, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> why would you want an SD card if you can use a thumb drive? I don't even >>>>> own any SD cards any more. Any extra file storage I need just goes on a >>>>> USB drive. >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> Donna >>>>> On Jan 11, 2013, at 8:48 AM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> The one thing to remember is that the 11-inch model has no SD card slot, >>>>>> whereas the 13-inch model does. Coupled with a Nifty Mini drive and a >>>>>> micro SD card, you can then add up to 64gb of extra storage to the >>>>>> 13-inch; the 11-inch, lacking the SD slot, cannot do this. Yes there are >>>>>> USB card readers, but that takes up one of the two ports on the machine. >>>>>> On Jan 11, 2013, at 5:44 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu <kawa...@me.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I don't know why people would be concerned about the Mac Book Air, >>>>>>> after all, it's as small as a net book. If I were to buy a portible lap >>>>>>> top, it would be the 11 inch MacBook Air. At the moment I'm very happy >>>>>>> with what I have. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Kawal. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 11 Jan 2013, at 10:12 AM, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav >>>>>>> <for...@talknav.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I'm not sure why folk keep talking about smaller keys on the Air, The >>>>>>>> iMac blue tooth keyboard and the 11in and 13in Air have identical >>>>>>>> sized keys. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The only caveat is the Function row of keys, which on an 11in Air are >>>>>>>> slightly reduced in height. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> otherwise, the actual keys, numeric and alpha are all the identical >>>>>>>> size. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Neil Barnfather >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Talks List Administrator >>>>>>>> Twitter @neilbarnfather >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, as well as an >>>>>>>> Apple iOS, Macintosh and Android accessibility specialist. For all your >>>>>>>> accessible phone, PDA and GPS related enquiries visit www.talknav.com >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> URL: - www.talknav.com >>>>>>>> e-mail: - serv...@talknav.com >>>>>>>> Phone: - +44 844 999 4199 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 9 Jan 2013, at 14:01, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> The air acts exactly like any other Mac. The only difference is the >>>>>>>>> presence of the trackpad and what might be smaller keys, depending on >>>>>>>>> what keyboard you are used to. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Jan 9, 2013, at 8:49, Brian Fischler <blindga...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Hey all, >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I have been a long time Imac user and need to get a laptop for >>>>>>>>>> travel. >>>>>>>>>> I love voiceover on the Imac most of the time, and wanted to see if >>>>>>>>>> anyone had experience using voiceover both on an Imac and mac air, >>>>>>>>>> and >>>>>>>>>> if there was any notable difference or anything I need to be aware >>>>>>>>>> of? >>>>>>>>>> I looked at it in the Apple store, but you can't really hear anything >>>>>>>>>> in there. I don't need any kind of power computing, just be using the >>>>>>>>>> Mac Air 13 for browsing, email, news rack, twitter, itunes match, >>>>>>>>>> cloud computing, pages and numbers mostly so not having a big hard >>>>>>>>>> drive shouldn't be a problem. Thinking about bumping up the RAM to >>>>>>>>>> 8GB >>>>>>>>>> instead of the 4 it comes with, and will probably get a thumb drive >>>>>>>>>> for anything big I might need. I am not interested in the Ipad as I >>>>>>>>>> hate typing on it, and do like a full keyboard and the option >>>>>>>>>> voiceover on the Imac gives me. 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