RE: More About Buying My First Mac

2018-03-07 Thread Simon Fogarty
Yeah same here. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Donna Goodin Sent: Wednesday, 7 March 2018 12:17 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: More About Buying My First Mac I'm still not used to it, and I've had my MBP since August. I much prefer the keyb

Re: More About Buying My First Mac

2018-03-06 Thread Donna Goodin
> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Re: More About Buying My First Mac > > I agree with Simon here. I am not a fan of the MBP keyboard. I find it more > difficult to orient to the keyboard, and I make many more typos th

RE: More About Buying My First Mac

2018-03-06 Thread Simon Fogarty
: Re: More About Buying My First Mac I agree with Simon here. I am not a fan of the MBP keyboard. I find it more difficult to orient to the keyboard, and I make many more typos than I did on my 2013 Air.. Cheers, Donna On Mar 5, 2018, at 1:32 AM, Simon Fogarty mailto:si...@blinky-net.com

Re: More About Buying My First Mac

2018-03-05 Thread Alex Hall
--- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On > Behalf Of Anders Holmberg > Sent: Monday, March 05, 2018 8:11 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: More About Buying My First Mac > > Hi! > Don’t forget the refurbished ones that lay around these days. &g

RE: More About Buying My First Mac

2018-03-05 Thread Rhanda Hasley
Yes, I'll definitely consider that as well. Thanks much, Rhanda -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Anders Holmberg Sent: Monday, March 05, 2018 8:11 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: More About Buying My First Mac Hi! Don’t f

RE: More About Buying My First Mac

2018-03-05 Thread Rhanda Hasley
: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: More About Buying My First Mac I agree with Simon here. I am not a fan of the MBP keyboard. I find it more difficult to orient to the keyboard, and I make many more typos than I did on my 2013 Air.. Cheers, Donna On Mar 5, 2018, at 1:32 AM, Simon

Re: More About Buying My First Mac

2018-03-05 Thread lenron brown
The new keyboard sucks. I am a fan of the older style keyboard. On 3/5/18, Anders Holmberg wrote: > Hi! > Don’t forget the refurbished ones that lay around these days. > It can be something to consider if you’re out of money. > /A > >> 4 mars 2018 kl. 20:16 skrev Mike Arrigo : >> >> Based on what

Re: More About Buying My First Mac

2018-03-05 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Don’t forget the refurbished ones that lay around these days. It can be something to consider if you’re out of money. /A > 4 mars 2018 kl. 20:16 skrev Mike Arrigo : > > Based on what you said you wanted to do, you would probably be fine with the > macbook air, I do similar things and that's

Re: More About Buying My First Mac

2018-03-05 Thread Donna Goodin
I agree with Simon here. I am not a fan of the MBP keyboard. I find it more difficult to orient to the keyboard, and I make many more typos than I did on my 2013 Air.. Cheers, Donna > On Mar 5, 2018, at 1:32 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > > Hi Rhonda, > > I’ve only had a shortish time with the

RE: More About Buying My First Mac

2018-03-04 Thread Simon Fogarty
Then upgrade the processor ram and ssd to the full amounts possible,or look at the lower end 13inch without touch bar. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Alex Hall Sent: Monday, 5 March 2018 8:47 AM To: 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries Subject: Re: More About Buyin

RE: More About Buying My First Mac

2018-03-04 Thread Simon Fogarty
Hi Rhonda, I’ve only had a shortish time with the pro mac book with touch bar so can’t really say a lot other than, go to a store if you can and have a look at one to get the feel of them. One of the things I’m not currently a fan of is the flatness of the keyboards in the new mac books be the

RE: More About Buying My First Mac

2018-03-04 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
I say the 13 inch pro w/o touch bar, or the Macbook 12 inch. Wait till summer though, will have good deals and a frefresh. Sarai D Bucciarelli www.linkedin.com/in/SaraiDBucciarelli From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Rhanda

Re: More About Buying My First Mac

2018-03-04 Thread Alex Hall
I agree. It sounds like you don't need anything very intensive, so an Air should be fine. I'd suggest, as others have, getting it upgraded some. Go for more ram and storage, if possible. I'd guess 8GB of ram should be enough, and storage depends on how much you'll want to keep on the computer ve

Re: More About Buying My First Mac

2018-03-04 Thread Mike Arrigo
Based on what you said you wanted to do, you would probably be fine with the macbook air, I do similar things and that's what will be my next laptop, unless Apple discontinues them. > On Mar 4, 2018, at 10:32 AM, Rhanda Hasley > wrote: > > Hi All, > > Thank you for your very informative and