Hey all,
Wow really enjoying all the useful info in this thread about the mac
air. Counting the days until mine gets here. Has anyone run VM Fusion
and used windows on a mac air? Not sure I am going to have to do this,
but I started a home project on my iMac which started with me getting
an
Personally, if you do not need the screen size, the 11in Air is more than fine.
I use a 27in iMac fully specced up 2012 model, and an 11in Air 2012 model,
upped the processor but not the RAM.
Voice OVer works just fine on both and I'm very happy with both configurations.
Regards,
Neil
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
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
Well, actually, mail and safari already have keys assigned so those don't need
to be set up. But yes, I had kind of been ignoring keyboard commander and now
am using it more. For instance, I have option-r set up to interact and option-w
to stop interacting (I thought the backwards braille
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
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
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
Well, this is a case of to each his/her own. Usb thumb drives are larger than
sd cards and usually stick out some. Also, if you have limited usb ports and
make regular use of other usb devices, the sd card slot is more valuable to
you. It is obvious from my wording that I am one of those who
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
True, enough. I don't leave a USB drive plugged in all the time, of course.
But I find that that set meets my needs, and I suspect would meet most peoples.
At least, for most people it wouldn't speak to a need for the larger MBA.
Cheers,
Donna
On Jan 11, 2013, at 9:12 AM, Cheryl Homiak
Hi folks,
I have an 11 inch MacBook air. I love it's portability. It's also very light,
does not get warm due to its SSD drive versus a spinning hard drive, The keys
are not smaller yet are closer together slightly because of the size. The one
caveat I would offer, Is to consider the
Really? I find the Air gets pretty loud, and if I'm in a crowded area I much
prefer to use headphones anyway. Yes, the speakers are a bit tinny, but
considering the size I'd call them pretty good.
On Jan 11, 2013, at 1:23 PM, ppowell...@aol.com wrote:
Hi folks,
I have an 11 inch MacBook air.
Hi Alex,
My reasons for making the comment concerning the speakers, Surround an incident
with Apple care tech-support attempting to help me with voiceover while they
were on a speakerphone. I had my Mac air turned up completely along With the
volume of my speaker phone turned up. The
That's my experience as well. I do think the MBPs have better speakers, but
I've never been in a situation where my MBA wasn't loud enough, and I don't
often use headphones.
Cheers,
Donna
On Jan 11, 2013, at 12:38 PM, Alex Hall mehg...@gmail.com wrote:
Really? I find the Air gets pretty loud,
Alex,
perhaps, but now the 11in can go up to 512Gb I believe, so hardly worth
worrying about!
Regards,
Neil Barnfather
Talks List Administrator
Twitter @neilbarnfather
TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, as well as an Apple iOS,
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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
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
Oh yes, if i were going to buy an Air I would get the dongle. Sometimes you can
get slow wifi connections and then having the ethernet cable really would help.
--
Cheryl
May the words of my mouth
and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable to You, Lord,
my rock and my Redeemer.
(Psalm 19:14
Neil, I know you can go all-out on storage, but for $40 plus the cost
of the card you could get cheaper storage. Every time you double the
storage of the onboard drive in an Air or Pro, the price goes up at
least a hundred dollars. I haven't priced out micro sd cards, but at
some point a Nifty
Hello Nicholas,
I work also with a macbook air and I have the same problem. I think that your
problem is the case for most MacBooks. What you can do is:
configure the trackpad that you can activate the functions of voiceover that
you should normally do with the right voiceover keys. Since you
I can't recommend remapping your caps lock key highly enough. The only
disadvantage is that you can't use that key for the normal caps lock
functionality, but I rarely type in all caps anyway so don't miss it. After
doing the remap, I have never needed to touch the control and option keys on
If you use keyremap4macbook, you can get modifiers on both sides of the
keyboard. What I do is change return to be return when pressed by itself but
control when placed in combination. So on the right side of the keyboard, I
have command and option and by reaching just a little and adding
I've done the caps lock remap but I still like having vo-keys on the right side
also and in this case it's possible for me to have my cake and eat it too!
--
Cheryl
May the words of my mouth
and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable to You, Lord,
my rock and my Redeemer.
(Psalm 19:14 HCSB)
That's a great idea! I might see if I can map option-shift or something. Thanks
for the tip.
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On Jan 10, 2013, at 8:51, Cheryl Homiak cahom...@gmail.com wrote:
If you use keyremap4macbook, you can get modifiers on both sides of the
keyboard. What I do is change return to
Hey all, thanks so much for all the great info. Nic, sounds like we
both think alike as I started looking into the mac air for exactly
what you are using it for. I am fortunate though as I have the same
bluetooth keyboard for my Imac that comes with the mac air, so it will
be virtually the same
HI.
Thanks for those suggestions. I might try and add William and Cheryl's tips to
my bag of tricks. I tried capslock as VO keys but this didn't help me at all. I
already have perfectly good VO keys on the left of the MacBook keyboard. I
don't need extra VO keys on the left, I just need VO
Oh good idea! I should use keyboard commander more than I do! Will do some
experimenting with that. There are just so many tools that one has to be
reminded of them sometimes.
--
Cheryl
May the words of my mouth
and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable to You, Lord,
my rock and my
Hey all,
I make use of keyboard commanders and would suggest to anyone using
voiceover to set commanders to launch all of their favorite programs.
I have set commanders for mail, safari, newsrack, night owl, sorry
can't spell the real name of it, RS Games, and so on. I have all set
activities for
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
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
Just remember that you can't upgrade the Mac Book Air after market. You have
to order it online with the extra ram, or buy the high end configuration in
the store at $2199.
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Thanks for the quick responses. Yeah, I know I have to upgrade it when
I originally buy it, I think the only thing that makes sense it to
upgrade to 8 gigs of Ram on the low end model.
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Hey all,
I have been a long time Imac user and
Yep, and understand, you have to do that upgrade online. It's not an
upgrade they can do in the store at all.
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Hi,
I use both an iMac and MacBook Air. I love them both.
Sounds like I use my MacBook Air for exactly the same things you need. I have
the standard 13 with 4GB RAM and 128 GB SSD. In comparison my iMac has 16GB of
RAM and 1TB HD.
This MacBook Air is perfect for my needs and it never seems
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