RE: MacBook or MacBook Air?

2016-04-12 Thread Simon Fogarty
onna Goodin > Sent: Monday, 11 April 2016 12:47 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: MacBook or MacBook Air? > > Hi Simon, > > That's the same model and config I have. I love it. Can't imagine ever > going back to a Macbook, but if I did

Re: MacBook or MacBook Air?

2016-04-11 Thread Gerry Cook
i apologise for sending the wrong message disregard. cheers gerry have a nice day Email: gerryc...@optusnet.com.au Skype: gerry.cook1 Twitter: @gerrycook52 > On 12 Apr 2016, at 2:23 PM, Gerry Cook wrote: > > hi piet last night it took me 22 minutes to get those mail boxes back i > decided to r

Re: MacBook or MacBook Air?

2016-04-11 Thread Gerry Cook
hi piet last night it took me 22 minutes to get those mail boxes back i decided to reinstall from a time machine backup and they were all where they are supposed to be I hope you don’t mind. giving me a short call, and see if you through a screen shot locate the offending file but I needed to g

Re: MacBook or MacBook Air?

2016-04-11 Thread Donna Goodin
chines at one time. > > > But it's early days yet. > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Donna Goodin > Sent: Monday, 11 April 2016 12:47 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Sub

Re: MacBook or MacBook Air?

2016-04-11 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
hine. >> >> I wouldn’t go less than this. >> >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>[mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>] On Behalf Of Sadam Ahmed >> Sent: Sunday, 10

Re: MacBook or MacBook Air?

2016-04-11 Thread Basioli George
onna Goodin > Sent: Monday, 11 April 2016 12:47 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: MacBook or MacBook Air? > > Hi Simon, > > That's the same model and config I have. I love it. Can't imagine ever > going back to a Macbook, but if I did, it'd be

Re: MacBook or MacBook Air?

2016-04-11 Thread Sadam Ahmed
> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>] On Behalf Of Sadam Ahmed > Sent: Sunday, 10 April 2016 10:28 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Re: MacBook or MacBook Air? > > Hi Simon, > > Thanks

RE: MacBook or MacBook Air?

2016-04-11 Thread Simon Fogarty
isionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Donna Goodin Sent: Monday, 11 April 2016 12:47 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: MacBook or MacBook Air? Hi Simon, That's the same model and config I have. I love it. Can't imagine ever going ba

RE: MacBook or MacBook Air?

2016-04-11 Thread Simon Fogarty
[mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sadam Ahmed Sent: Sunday, 10 April 2016 10:28 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: MacBook or MacBook Air? Hi Simon, Thanks for writing in. My current Pro is a 13-inch MacBook with 2.5GHZ CPU, 512GB of flash storage, and 8GB of RAM

Re: MacBook or MacBook Air?

2016-04-10 Thread Sadam Ahmed
According to the below piece, Apple intends to release 13-inch MacBook and 15-inch Airs in or around the time of WWDC 2016. Archive of MacBook Air Rumors Apple Said to Ship New 'Ultra-Thin' 13" and 15" MacBooks by June-July

Re: MacBook or MacBook Air?

2016-04-10 Thread Donna Goodin
@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sabahattin Gucukoglu > Sent: Sunday, 10 April 2016 9:13 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: MacBook or MacBook Air? > > Hi Sadam, > > If I were you, and my choice was limited t

Re: MacBook or MacBook Air?

2016-04-10 Thread Sadam Ahmed
inal Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sadam Ahmed > Sent: Sunday, 10 April 2016 8:34 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: MacBook or MacBook Air? > > Hi Sabahattin and others, &g

RE: MacBook or MacBook Air?

2016-04-10 Thread Simon Fogarty
isionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sadam Ahmed Sent: Sunday, 10 April 2016 8:34 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: MacBook or MacBook Air? Hi Sabahattin and others, Today I went to the Apple Store to pick up my Watch which needed repai

RE: MacBook or MacBook Air?

2016-04-10 Thread Simon Fogarty
isionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sabahattin Gucukoglu Sent: Sunday, 10 April 2016 9:13 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: MacBook or MacBook Air? Hi Sadam, If I were you, and my choice was limited to just the latest MBA11 and t

RE: MacBook or MacBook Air?

2016-04-10 Thread Simon Fogarty
: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: MacBook or MacBook Air? Hi Sadam, my advice would be to think about what your needs are. How much battery life do you need? What do you plan to do on the computer? Personally, I switched from a MacBook to a MacBook air about four years ago, and haven&#

RE: MacBook or MacBook Air?

2016-04-10 Thread Simon Fogarty
For the money, I'd stay with the mac book air, It's at least in NZ dollars, cheaper but has better specs for power and size, The new mac book is only 12 inchs, but the prcessor is a Mobile intel starting at 1.1 GHZ. To me less powerfull than the Air, and as for the keyboard, I don't find the

Re: MacBook or MacBook Air?

2016-04-10 Thread Sadam Ahmed
Hi Sabahattin and others, Today I went to the Apple Store to pick up my Watch which needed repair after a major melt down when I upgraded to 2.2 of the Watch OS. Whilst there got some hands on time with the MacBook and came away quite disappointed. The machine is very nice to hold but in a

Re: MacBook or MacBook Air?

2016-04-09 Thread Michelle's Home Emails
Hi Sadam, Michelle Stevens here, I have had my Mac Air for close on 12 months. I love it. 'Because I am traveling to uni it is not too heavy to put in your briefcase or backpack. I am still learning about Mac and need to continuing my learning which at times have been challenging. Good lu

Re: MacBook or MacBook Air?

2016-04-09 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! If you mean the new macbook i think it has less process power than the macbook air. SO i would go with the air. I have one myself and love it. /A > On 09 Apr 2016, at 18:45, Donna Goodin wrote: > > Hi Sadam, > > my advice would be to think about what your needs are. How much battery life >

Re: MacBook or MacBook Air?

2016-04-09 Thread Sarai Bucciarelli
Hi: I’d wait until June for the new Macs to come out. If you need one right now, I’d go for the Macbook pro, or Macbook air over the regular Macbook. I’d choose the Macbook Pro if it were up to me. > On Apr 9, 2016, at 11:31 AM, Sadam Ahmed wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm in the market for a thin y

Re: MacBook or MacBook Air?

2016-04-09 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
Hi Sadam, If I were you, and my choice was limited to just the latest MBA11 and the latest MacBook, then there would be no contest: MBA11. Why? Connectivity. Like the first MacBook Air way back when it was introduced, the connectivity of the MacBook is horribly compromised: just one USB typ

Re: MacBook or MacBook Air?

2016-04-09 Thread Scott
The current battery life across the Macbook Pro line is excellent. I can go a full day with a 13 or 15 inch device running the high end configurations. Note I’m using al SSD drives which are less power consuming. Also El Capitan has some decent power saving features that seem to really make a

Re: MacBook or MacBook Air?

2016-04-09 Thread Alex Hall
One thing to remember is that in June or September, Apple will likely be releasing updates to its Macbook lineup. I'd wait for those, to either get the newest or grab the next-newest on sale. This is particularly true of the Retina Macbook, which doesn't have wonderful power right now (Core M pr

Re: MacBook or MacBook Air?

2016-04-09 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Sadam, I did switch in 2011, but not from a white Macbook. As for battery life, I do get a full day out of my MBA. I think the official spec for this model is 12 hours, and that seems about right to me. My current MBA is a 2013. I have never had a problem with running out of juice during

Re: MacBook or MacBook Air?

2016-04-09 Thread Helga Schreiber
Hi Sadam This is helga! How are you? I have a Macbook Air 11 inches laptop computer. It works great so far with me! I'm still lerning it hwo to use it! But El Capitan works great! Everything works great in regards of email, documents and so on. Safari I thik it works great although sometiemes i

Re: MacBook or MacBook Air?

2016-04-09 Thread Sadam Ahmed
Thanks Donna, I will be doing a lot of traveling between home and school so good battery life is a must have. Did you switch from the old white 13-inch MacBook that Apple stopped producing in 2011? Will go to the Apple Store later this morning and have a play with the different laptops.

Re: MacBook or MacBook Air?

2016-04-09 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Sadam, my advice would be to think about what your needs are. How much battery life do you need? What do you plan to do on the computer? Personally, I switched from a MacBook to a MacBook air about four years ago, and haven't regretted it for a minute. I love the smaller size and the lighter