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[shellylh]

Just downloaded the "new" version of Kindle for Mac and it now has a search function!

Edited November 14, 2010 by shellylh

[Smeggy]

I went to download itunes 10.1 and somehow ended up with a 570meg download!

No idea what, apart from itunes, was in there but that's a pretty hefty chunk of bytes.

[tyrion]

Tried out the MBA today at the Apple Store. I want the 11" MBA bad. One thing keeping me from buying it is that it does not have 3 G built in like the iPad. I would have to get the tethering plan on my iPhone. I would need to find out if I can keep my unlimited data plan, which I doubt they would allow.

Edited November 15, 2010 by tyrion

[Grahame]

Have you considered this approach ?

Rethinking the iPhone ? reghardware

[tyrion]

It would be easier to jailbreak my iPhone and get tethering for about $10 a year or something like that.

[blessingx]

As reading Mac partitions in Windows gets requested from time to time...

http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20101112214346176

[Salt Peanuts]

As reading Mac partitions in Windows gets requested from time to time...

10.6: Free native read of HFS+ disks in Windows - Mac OS X Hints

Cool. I'll give this a shot.

[tyrion]

Step one complete, iPhone is now jailbroken. Step two, talk myself back into a MBA.

[boomana]

I think Step Two will not be too difficult for you.

[tyrion]

I think Step Two will not be too difficult for you.

I know but the more I think about it the more I think the iPad is the way to go for my purposes. I'm going to wait to see how the Mac App Store turns out before deciding.

[MexicanDragon]

I know but the more I think about it the more I think the iPad is the way to go for my purposes. I'm going to wait to see how the Mac App Store turns out before deciding.

Just go ahead and get a BTO 11.6" base with ram upgrade. Go with a student discount through one of your kiddies and you'll consider it enough of a "deal" to justify it. You'll wind up using both of 'em, but wouldn't you usually be around wifi anywhere you'd have a laptop? Wouldn't you just use your iPad's 3G connection in the parts you didn't? Just Dew Eeet!

**BRENT**

[tyrion]

If I get the MBA, I would give my daughter the iPad. My iPhone is now JB so I can tether to the MBA.

[jp11801]

I just picked up Gene's MB Pro and am going to pop in an SSD hard drive for performance. Any thoughts on a good SSD at or above 250GB in the sub $600 range?

[morphsci]

I am looking at the 11" MBA but I will be using it along with and not as a substitute for the iPad, at least initially. That may change with time.

[tyrion]

I wish I could justify having both but I have a MacBook in the office, which I no longer bother to bring home since I have the iPad and MacMini at home, for the few times I need a computer. So it's one or the other. The sacrifice I would be making would be battery life, which would only be an issue on long flights. In terms of size and weight, it's a wash as far as I'm concerned. I like the apps on the iPad so for the moment that is a bit of an advantage to the iPad but that would change hopefully, once the Mac App Store is up and running. Computing power, storage, ram and typing ease go to the MBA. My biggest complaint with the iPad is the ram and typing. The typing will always remain but the next gen iPad will likely fix the ram issue. The MBA cost more but not enough to prevent me from getting one so that is not a big issue.

[crappyjones123]

I wish I could justify having both but I have a MacBook in the office, which I no longer bother to bring home since I have the iPad and MacMini at home, for the few times I need a computer. So it's one or the other. The sacrifice I would be making would be battery life, which would only be an issue on long flights. In terms of size and weight, it's a wash as far as I'm concerned. I like the apps on the iPad so for the moment that is a bit of an advantage to the iPad but that would change hopefully, once the Mac App Store is up and running. Computing power, storage, ram and typing ease go to the MBA. My biggest complaint with the iPad is the ram and typing. The typing will always remain but the next gen iPad will likely fix the ram issue. The MBA cost more but not enough to prevent me from getting one so that is not a big issue.

You are a lawyer. Isn't justifying things what you do for a living?

Tell you what...buy two and send one around for others to try out with the emotiva dac

[tyrion]

Crucial has a 256 GB SSD for $600.00.

[jvlgato]

Is there a consensus that a SSD makes a truly big difference in actual computing experience and use (not just numbers and rating scales) over a regular HD? Dell is swapping my old, crappy, and defective laptop for another old, crappy but hopefully not defective laptop. In light of the need to configure a new computer, this would be a good time for me to get a SSD drive, if it really makes a difference.

[tyrion]

For $600 you can buy an iPad or half way towards a MBA. I think it's nuts.

[jp11801]

For $600 you can buy an iPad or half way towards a MBA. I think it's nuts.

But I already own an iPad and with the MB Pro having a quicker drive would potentially decrease music pauses/skips while multitasking

[jvlgato]

I've seen 64GB SSDs on Newegg for under $150, and can do fine with that, esp with an external drive to back that up for bigger storage.

[luvdunhill]

I'd consider a Seagate Momentus XT. I love mine.

[VPI]

I would never give up the iPad for the MBA. I am not entirely sure I am even going to keep the MBA at this point as I still just use the iPad 99% of the time.

[Dusty Chalk]

The sacrifice I would be making would be battery life, which would only be an issue on long flights.

And for those times, you can get those external USB batteries that several of us have gotten for our iPods and whatnot. Something like the XPal Portable Li-Po Battery Pack (I think).

[jvlgato]

I'd consider a Seagate Momentus XT. I love mine.

Ooh, a holiday gift!! Thanks!