Neil, I know you can go all-out on storage, but for $40 plus the cost of the card you could get cheaper storage. Every time you double the storage of the onboard drive in an Air or Pro, the price goes up at least a hundred dollars. I haven't priced out micro sd cards, but at some point a Nifty drive will be cheaper. I'm not saying it's for everyone, my only point is that the 11-inch Air has no sd slot while the 13-inch does. Someone mentioned that sd cards are not used much anymore, so I pointed out the expansion possibilities of products like the Nifty.
On 1/11/13, Cheryl Homiak <cahom...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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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