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Vanity: Looking to buy a new Macbook - 11-inch Air or 13-inch Pro?
Posted on 06/12/2013 9:07:00 PM PDT by caldera599
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
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posted on
06/12/2013 9:49:25 PM PDT
by
yldstrk
(My heroes have always been cowboys)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
I have been using a Dell XPS 1530 for 7 years. No problems here.
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posted on
06/12/2013 9:50:27 PM PDT
by
kempo
To: SecondAmendment
Larger screens on MacBook Pros use more battery.
The retina display has no optical drive, smaller storage capacity and costs more.
Go for the 13” MBP with the HDD. Great machine. I’ve had mine now for 46 months and it is completely up to date and trouble free. And I carry it around every day. Original battery still at 88% after 617 load cycles.
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posted on
06/12/2013 9:52:38 PM PDT
by
zeebee
To: kempo
What virus protection do you use and how often do you update it and Windows?
The whole point is dumping the hassles of Windows and viruses.
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posted on
06/12/2013 9:53:27 PM PDT
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: Yosemitest
Even the new MacPro announced monday has no internal optical drive and no internal expansion slots. All expansion is by Thunderbolt high-speed and usb interface.
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posted on
06/12/2013 10:15:21 PM PDT
by
quimby
To: caldera599
I’m using a 15” MacBook Pro and love it. My last laptop was a 13” iBook. Had it for years, and it was still working when I gave it to my oldest son to sell on eBay.
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posted on
06/12/2013 10:31:18 PM PDT
by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
To: Yosemitest
Apple has a wireless keyboard to use with the iPad. It sells for $69. Here's the link:
Keyboard
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posted on
06/12/2013 10:38:29 PM PDT
by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
To: mass55th
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posted on
06/12/2013 10:46:59 PM PDT
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: quimby
You realize that optical drives are slowly becoming outdated by thumb drives?
An external drive is fine, if it allows a person to DUMP Windows and viruses.
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posted on
06/12/2013 10:49:11 PM PDT
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: mass55th
I've got that same keyboard with my iMac, and I bought a wired USB keyboard and a USB mouse because I got tired of buying batteries.
But I still have the wireless keyboard and a track-pad.
I like the track-pad, but I wish it was a USB connection.
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posted on
06/12/2013 10:53:46 PM PDT
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: caldera599
Sure you don’t want to get a iPad tablet instead?
There are actually three choices. There is a more expensive pro with the faster solid state drivebin it.
My family has been opting for smaller lifhter packages lately.
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posted on
06/12/2013 11:08:13 PM PDT
by
Pikachu_Dad
(Impeach Sen Quinn)
To: Yosemitest
You realize that optical drives are slowly becoming outdated by thumb drives? An external drive is fine, if it allows a person to DUMP Windows and viruses. Just talking tech here. My Dad has a new iMac that he loves. I haven't had a virus on my widows or linux machines in years. I like windows 8.
But if you have the money, and you want one. go for a mac. But a macbook air is a lightweight (literally and operationally) machine. If all you need to do are lightweight tasks, you can get a google chromebook for $299. And it has usb ports.
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posted on
06/12/2013 11:17:29 PM PDT
by
quimby
To: quimby
With all the spying on the American public, why would anyone buy anything from google?
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posted on
06/12/2013 11:19:14 PM PDT
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: Yosemitest
And you think apple doesn’t do the same ? Please.
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posted on
06/12/2013 11:27:28 PM PDT
by
quimby
To: quimby
Under Apple, you can delete google and choose another search engine.
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posted on
06/12/2013 11:30:32 PM PDT
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: Yosemitest
Under Apple, you can delete google and choose another search engine. Hehe. You think apple isn't aggregating data? Think siri is harmless but google voice search is evil? Dream on.
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posted on
06/12/2013 11:38:42 PM PDT
by
quimby
To: quimby
I don't like Windows.
I had to tolerate it for 26 years in the military and 5 years in the FAA.
I'm sick of it.
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posted on
06/13/2013 12:27:32 AM PDT
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: Yosemitest
I don't like Windows. I had to tolerate it for 26 years in the military and 5 years in the FAA. I'm sick of it. Got it. But for me, this $100 7" tablet works great. A year ago when i got it, it was this tablet, or no tablet. Now i wouldn't want to do without it. Sure, if someone gave me a $329 ipad 9 " tab, i'm sure i would use it.
But online privacy, there are things you can do, but no company has a monopoly on privacy.
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posted on
06/13/2013 12:44:21 AM PDT
by
quimby
To: mm427
Check the gays sites, they use apple products Macs are the choice of high-end users who are either wealthy now or very likely to become so in the near future. Sorry if you don't qualify.
Google engineer Aaron Boodman gives
talk on HTML 5 ...
![](http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/6981/picture1ix.png)
From Google engineer Ian Hickson's talk on HTML 5 (note title bar):
![](http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/7181/picture2bvs.png)
Google engineer Brad Neuberg gives talk on the future of the Web (note eye candy along screen bottom):
![](http://goo.gl/BY11A)
Why is it that those who know computing best do not use Microsoft products? It's been going on for a while now.
Oh! And here's an illustration stolen from a Bank of America private banking ad:
![](http://goo.gl/LD3DG)
I can readily make out three computing devices in that photo, none of which are from Microsoft!
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posted on
06/13/2013 12:45:50 AM PDT
by
cynwoody
To: Yosemitest
You realize that optical drives are slowly becoming outdated by thumb drives? On the other hand, an optical drive allows you to save 4.7gb on a 25¢ piece of plastic.
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posted on
06/13/2013 12:55:46 AM PDT
by
cynwoody
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