Hi Neal, Yeah, I've thought about buying one of those. It's funny. Really, the issue comes up very rarely, but when it does come up, it's usually a real pain not to have it. Every time I have a situation where it would really be handy to have a hard connection, I swear I'm boing to buy the dongle, but then I forget about it when the need is no longer there. :) Take care, Donna On Jan 11, 2013, at 1:01 PM, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav <for...@talknav.com> wrote:
> 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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