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The HDD is the way to go for backups. CDs and DVDs do lose their info over time. I have used them in the past to ave photos and thus far I've been lucky. I have some photos I saved to CD over 11 years ago and they are still readable. I don't k…
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I have used Open Office on my Mac for quite a long time (7+ years) and love it. It works fine under 10.7.x Lion and 10.8.x Mountain Lion. Another you might wish to try is Libre Office. It is practically the same as Open Office. The main differen…
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Both are good drives, but the W/D gets more nods than Seagate. Personally, I don't think there's that much difference between name brand HDD.
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I did misunderstand. A good HDD is really easy to find as almost any of them on the market will do a good job for you. The most important thing is to get one that is large enough to hold all your current and future files. LaCie and Iomega make …
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The Apple drive is about $76. You can also order a drive from Iomega and other dompanies. These will generally be slightly cheaper and can also be run on other machines, whereas the Apple Drive is only for the MBA as far as I know.
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I have a 2012 MBA 13", 4GB RAM, 128 GB SSD and the performance is outstandingly fast. The 2011 MBA is a slowpoke in comparison. The new core i5 and i7 chips are of the Ivy Bridge variety, so they car run faster with less power. The SSD has been…
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I have the Apple unit and it works well. From what I have read, almost any of the USB CD/DVD drives out there will work as well. I enjoy having the CD/DVD drive because a lot of my programs were not downloadable and available only on DVDs. Also…
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I think the MBA is a better choice for your needs. It is really powerful and fast. The weight is, like, minimal. I had a 13" MBP and the 4.5 pounds it weighed really started to feel heavy after awhile. The MBA is only 2.9 pounds and can do eve…
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I don't know if this is of any help in your case but I have been using a MBA with the 256 GB SSD since last July and haven't experienced any problems at all. The drive accepts files and stores and retrieves them just as a normal HDD would. I would…
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Unless you really need the extra power and bells and whistles that come with the 15" MacBook Prp, go for the 13" model. It has sufficient power ans resources to do almost anything you plan. Also, if you plan to carry your computer around a lot, th…
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I have the i7 2.9 GHz on a mid-2010 MBP. It runs very well and I guess it would be very good under i5 as well. I also used VMWare on my MacBook (Black) with a 2.4 GHz Core2Duo and had no difficulties. I also used VMWare Fusion on an old iMac with…
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Although I haven't really checked into it, Moneydance seems to be a possible replacement for Quicken. I have tried Quicken Essentials and I hate it. The conversion process is terrible. ome items were importe into incorrect accounts and thereby af…
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SL $29 disc is a full version and can erase your HD and install a fresh copy of SL without Leopard. I know because I've done it.
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I have a black 2.4GHz MB and I love it. I have used it almost 12 hours a day since I bought it and it has run perfectly. Granted, it does get a little warm, but not terribly so. I've run all kinds of apps, etc. with no problems. I have a 2.16 GH…
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Small Dog Electronics (smalldog.com) has a special on the Mac Mini 2.0 GHz, 4 GB RAM, 120 HDD, 19" Acer WS Monitor, Apple Care and a Canon Printer for $1089! Makes you think again about the mini, doesn't it?
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Try the Minolta web site and see if they have any new drivers that would work with OS X 10.5.xx. I doubt seriously you will be able to install Tiger as that machine was made to run 10.5.xx and is not backwards compatible.
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Regardless of what you or anybody else wants to call it, Apple has a lot of educating to do in the future. It will have to educate people what will and will not run the new OS. I hope they're ready for this, because it seems the new OS is far from…
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Apple looks like it may get into that. Iwork 09 has a checkbook template in the Numbers progran. I haven't looked at it very carefully, but Apple may be working on an iApp that may become part of iWork or iLife in the future. If they do, I hope t…
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As Tony the Tiger would say, "They're GREAT!!!" I've bought many refurbished macs (iMacs and MacBooks and Mac Minis) and I have been very pleased. The items I received looked and worked like brand new items, except the packages state refurbished. …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Harrison486 This is a sort of stupid question, but I thought maybe some of you could offer some clarification for me. For what reasons or situations would someone need a macbook pro over a regular macbook? The Ma…