The MacBook Air does have fans. The fans run occasionally. The holes for the fan are concealed behind the hinge.
David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone > On 19 Jun 2014, at 14:03, Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com> wrote: > > One consideration is that, aside from battery life and a few iPad-only apps, > the iPad offers no significant advantages (that I can think of) over the > iPod. At the least, they are identical in terms of VO keystrokes, so hook a > keyboard to the iPod and see what you think. I believe you said you have an > iPod - if not, ignore me. <smile> > > No, command-tab won't work, but go-h is your home button; press h twice while > holding down the vo keys and you are in the App Switcher. It is kind of > similar to the Application Chooser on the Mac. Certainly it is far less > convenient, but the option is there. > > I like having a full computer for apps the iOS platform can't run (Xcode, > some nice Youtube apps, etc) but those aren't a concern for you. However, > someone mentioned external drives, and that's a great point. Also, iOS lacks > commanders, so no assigning frequently used actions or even ApleScripts to > gestures or keystrokes. Overall, because of the shortcut key support in apps > Not necessarily in VO) I find the Mac or a Windows machine more efficient to > use. That's just me though. > > Finally, the new Macbook Airs, and even the Pros from the brief times I've > felt them, have very little in the way of vents or other holes. They use > solid state drives, so have no moving internal parts except for some > amazingly quiet fans you really can't access (the Airs seem to have no fans, > but I could be wrong). Debris, then, is really not as much of a concern, and > of course they make a myriad of cases for all these devices. >> On Jun 18, 2014, at 9:44 PM, Ryan Mann <rmann0...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> A lot of the IOS key strokes are similar. For example, you can hit Left and >> Right Arrow together to turn Quick Nav on and Off. You can hit Left and Up >> Arrow together to switch between rotor settings then Up/Down Arrow to move >> to the next or previous rotor item. One thing you can't do on IOS is hit >> Command+Tab to switch between open applications. If you are in an edit >> box, you can hit Option+Shift+Arrow key to select text just like on Mac OS. >> >> Ryan >> Follow me on Twitter @progressivecat. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Jun 18, 2014, at 6:39 PM, Teresa Cochran <batsfly...@me.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, all, >>> >>> If my poor old late 2009 Mac Mini doesn't have a fried logic board, I'll >>> replace the hard drive so it can limp along for another year. If it's >>> destined for the scrap heap, I'm going to get an iPad. I'll probably use a >>> keyboard with it. I use a Braille display and the virtual keyboard with my >>> iPod 5th gen and iOS currently. I'm wondering if a lot of the basic VO >>> functions work the same with the same keystrokes, such as opening apps, >>> text selection, etc.? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Teresa >>> >>> Winging its way from my iPod >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex Hall > mehg...@icloud.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
