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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