Re: Introducing the new MacBook Air.

2010-11-01 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hi Neil. I'm so pleased that you are persevering with your Mac Pro even though you have had issues. Kawal Gucukoglu On 1 Nov 2010, at 10:14 AM, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav wrote: > All, > > I bought one of these three days after they came out, the 11.6in model, I > used it along side my new

Re: Introducing the new MacBook Air.

2010-11-01 Thread Neil Barnfather - TalkNav
All, I bought one of these three days after they came out, the 11.6in model, I used it along side my new Mac Book Pro 15in model that arrived the day earlier. I have subsequently returned the Mac Book Air, as it just simply isn't up to a days full typing. there's nothing wrong with the specific

Re: Introducing the new MacBook Air.

2010-10-22 Thread Courtney Curran
Hi, And the fact that the Toshiba one isn't mac is a huge problem to me, (Smiley). Courtney On 22/10/2010, at 3:42 in the morning, Simon Fogarty wrote: > They are a great little machine, but although they can do everything, > Someone like me that wants power and portability they just aren't yet >

Re: Introducing the new MacBook Air.

2010-10-22 Thread Scott Howell
The funny part of this discussion is the camp that needs more power. I used to think that faster processor and more ram was the ticket. I do not believe this is the case any longer. Where I believe the new Air will shine is in the SSD. I believe if your going to do any audio editing or run a cou

Re: Introducing the new MacBook Air.

2010-10-21 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, I don't know this for a fact but, I would say it will support Lion. After all, it wouldn't make sense to put out a computer like this and have it not be able to run an OS that is coming out in less then a year. And I would think there wouldn't be another macbook air refresh in that time

Re: Introducing the new MacBook Air.

2010-10-21 Thread Scott Granados
Actually, if you're looking for good quality and much less expensive / lighter Asus is the way to go. Someting like the 1201PN or even the 1008HA if you want really small. You have to buy jfw or Window-Eyes though so you might as well buy the Apple unless you need windows natively. I wouldn't

Re: Introducing the new MacBook Air.

2010-10-21 Thread Ricardo Walker
The price is really driven up by the solid state hard drive. Those are still very expensive. You also have the build quality. almost every netbook I've come across feels cheap and flimsy. They also use inferior parts. This might not be a big factor to most but, Macs retain their value way b

Re: Introducing the new MacBook Air.

2010-10-21 Thread Chris Moore
You would not get the Mac OS or VoiceOver on a netbook. Also netbooks are more under powered then the Macbook Air and tend to have smaller keyboards and do not have track pad gestures. Other netbooks will not have the same build quality either. The Macbook is a fantastic note taker and offers

Re: Introducing the new MacBook Air.

2010-10-21 Thread Ben Mustill-Rose
No one's going to have one of these since they were only released yesterday. I personally don't really see the point; it's a portable mac with very mid range specs with a good battery. It's apples answer to the netbook except you could by 3 netbooks for the same price as one of these. On 21/10/20

RE: Introducing the new MacBook Air.

2010-10-21 Thread RATTRAY J.
HI, I DO have one and really like it in general - it gets rid of the need to have a separate note taker because of its portability - it is very robust inspite of its size. The limitation I find is memory space - I can't keep all my files and itunes stuff on it - I did get one when they first came

Re: Introducing the new MacBook Air.

2010-10-20 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hello, Why would you worry about this breaking more than any other computer? The entire thing is made out of metal. It has a solid state hard drive. No moving parts. Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter & Skype: rwalker296 Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 On Oct 20, 2010, at 10:49 PM,

Re: Introducing the new MacBook Air.

2010-10-20 Thread GEOFF WAALER
Greetings Robert, I suspect most on the list already received this directly. In a subsequent email Apple mentions the inclusion of SD drives and lighter weight. HTH. Geoff On Oct 20, 2010, at 10:49 PM, Robert Hooper wrote: > It’s Apple, thought I’d pass it along. Does anyone on the list have