OK, that's a pretty light audio recording requirement. Before buying an older machine, though, you might want to be sure you can upgrade its OS to the minimum requirement for Audio Hijack.
Beyond that it's just a question of how many hours of audio you want to store. As you'll likely use mp3, this too becomes a light requirement. Note that you could also store the captured audio on an external drive, some kind of Thunderbolt (or USB) SSD, but this piece could always come later. The advantage here is that you can take the external drive to another machine, should you wish. And, just for grins, we should probably note you could use Airfoil to broadcast your captured audio across whatever PDA devices you have scattered around your home. Best, Janina Terri Stimmel writes: > Hello everyone, > > > First of all, I would like to say thank you to all of you who took the time > to try and help me out. I really appreciate all the great information, and > thoughts. It has really helped me to understand things, when it comes to > Macbooks. > > > Karen asked if I would like to explain my goals. I appreciate this, because > I think that could be helpful. I think it might help me figure out what > exactly I might need. > > > So my main goal is to be able to purchase a device, such as a Mac, or an > iPad, so that I can record audio. I am huge into collecting audio described > content. We have Spectrum cable. Some of the channels that carry audio > described content that I would like to capture, don't carry the audio > description over my cable box. > > However, I can get it, using the Spectrum App. > > > So I would like to be able to use a program like audio hijack, and capture > the streaming audio. I want to go to the Spectrum site, and stream the > channel I want, and capture the audio description. > > > That is the main thing I am hoping to do. I could use my windows laptop. But > in order to do this, I would have to go through many steps to make this > happen. Including purchasing a sound card. > > But then I would not be able to easily access my laptop for other things. > Such as checking mail, and all the other things that I do. > > > These are my thoughts. What do you all think? > > I would consider purchasing an iPad. I am open to doing this. But when I had > one years ago, the main thing I didn't care for, was how the screen would > sometimes be in colomns. There didn't seem a way to make this optional. Or > stop it from happening. I found this to be rather frustrating, and > chalenging for me. > > > But also, does the audio hijack program even work on an iPad? > > > Thank you, and I look forward to hearing what you all might have to say. > > > Terri > > On 8/21/2021 2:53 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: > > Hi Terri, > > May I ask how you define doing lots of audio recording? > > It seems important here, because you will want the hardware to support > > your needs. > > The programs you use have their own requirements. If you use external > > recording related equipment, that will matter as well. > > I hope? this offer comes from a reliable source, so the machine is as > > advertised etc. > > Do you want to share more on your goals? > > Karen > > > > > > > > On Fri, 20 Aug 2021, skipper8...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > > Are you referring to the Mac at Walmart? > > > > > > https://www.walmart.com/ip/Apple-MacBook-Air-11-6-quot-Core-i5-2467M-Dual-Core-1-6GHz-4GB-128GB-SSD-LED-Notebook/457538391?wmlspartner=wlpa > > > > > > <https://www.walmart.com/ip/Apple-MacBook-Air-11-6-quot-Core-i5-2467M-Dual-Core-1-6GHz-4GB-128GB-SSD-LED-Notebook/457538391?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=10746&&adid=22222222227079329219&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=191983629258&wl4=aud-1219917706781:pla-493523799072&wl5=1015236&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=117097862&wl11=online&wl12=457538391&veh=sem&gclid=Cj0KCQjwpf2IBhDkARIsAGVo0D2zGHiV2r7L2Mufjuk1gYyYD23I5LyqkNTPwkZl7zBrTIyUeX1o1xkaAvPKEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds> > > > > > > &selectedSellerId=10746&&adid=22222222227079329219&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=191983629258&wl4=aud-1219917706781:pla-493523799072&wl5=1015236&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=117097862&wl11=online&wl12=457538391&veh=sem&gclid=Cj0KCQjwpf2IBhDkARIsAGVo0D2zGHiV2r7L2Mufjuk1gYyYD23I5LyqkNTPwkZl7zBrTIyUeX1o1xkaAvPKEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds > > > > > > > > > Mountain Lion is a really old operating system, and the site says > > > that there are cracks? > > > > > > Not sure. > > > > > > If I were you I would see if there are still older Dell Macbooks around. > > > > > > > > > > > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > > > <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Terri Stimmel > > > Sent: Friday, August 20, 2021 6:01 PM > > > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > > > Subject: Re: Interested in purchasing a Macbook Air > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > > > > > > > > > Sorry, I didn't mean to leave that information out. It states that > > > it is the latest model. Just that it is refurbished. The model > > > number is, MC969LL/A. > > > > > > > > > > > > I hope this helps? > > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you, > > > > > > > > > > > > Terri > > > > > > On 8/20/2021 4:53 PM, Joseph Hudson wrote: > > > > > > Hi we need to know how old is > > > > > > > > > > > > It? > > > > > > Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for > > > Windows 10 > > > > > > > > > > > > From: Terri Stimmel <mailto:icecreamlove...@outlook.com> > > > Sent: Friday, August 20, 2021 4:42 PM > > > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > > > <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > > > Subject: Interested in purchasing a Macbook Air > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > My boyfriend found a deal for a refurbished Macbook Air. I am very > > > > > > interested in purchasing this. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > However, I would like to get some opinions on it, if at all possible. I > > > > > > don't know much about using a Mac. I have always wanted to use one. I > > > > > > know in some ways they can have limits though. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I would mainly like to be able to do a lot of different audio recording. > > > > > > I currently use an HP laptop for the majority of things. And probably > > > > > > still will. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Anyway, this Macbook Air has 4 Gigs of RAM, Intel Core I 5, 1.6 GHZ, 128 > > > > > > GB SSD. 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