Hello,
I've been ghosting around on these forums for a while; picking up tips and the such as I go RE: Apps, care, Peripherals specs etc.
Yesterday I took delivery of my Macbook Air 13" i7 8gb 256. (to me the optimum spec Air). It's hardly been off my lap since that point. I first transfered my media from my old laptop (And I DO mean OLD! - 2003 17" Compaq Presario 512mb RAM!) and had a good look around the App Store.
Once my ML codes came thru (within 1hr) I installed the New OS. So I can't compare Lion to ML.
Apps I've found great so far
Caffine
Pixlemator (how is this so cheap!)
Virtual DJ
Diptic
Chrome (looks like they've fixed the flash issues for the MBA's)
RC Mini Racers (this gets the i7 working when on full)
Touchgrind
iStat
I plan on installing Logic Pro soon, but before then i need a TBD. I found a great second hand one on eBay, paid for it and had it delivered the next day. (this was two weeks before the MBA arrived!). I unboxed it and gave it a good clean, only to then find out it was actually an ACD... arse! Got a full refund and free return delivery - so it all ended well
I also think Alfred could be a good one to install. Do you guys find it useful?
Does anyone use transmission? is it any good?
I am also going to need to install MS Office. However i can't decide if i need outlook or not (i.e. home vs professional) How do you guys find the native Mail? I've always seen huge format errors on emails sent from Outlook on a Mac compared to Outlook on a Windows PC (i have no intention of dual booting - defeats the purpose of a mac IMHO) i.e. fonts change, paragraphs are lost, colours disappear
issues
1)How do i re-orgainse the contents of a folder? i.e. sort by name/type/age etc? - When i go into my Pictures folder the sub-folders are all higgledy piggledy
2)I find it very annoying that when i'm using the trackpad, it often thinks i'm "secondary clicking". The reason for this is because i leave my index finger on the trackpad while moving the cursor with my middle finger (obvisouly the index finger was on a button previously, not the TP) Is there a setting that change secondary click?
3)The " key is in the wrong place! ha!
Overall: I'm totally in love with this thing. It was always going to be night and day considering where i came from (tho there are 2 other Laptops in the house which i use regular) but the difference in the OS and speed is incredible.
The keyboard is a joy. Gestures are fantastic. The screen is epic (LG btw)
If you guys have any fun apps to recommend (I do photo editiing and scratch drawings/ Music recording / lots of surfing) please let me know.
With regards to a dispay - an ATB is my prime choice because its sexy with built in speaked - however i can't just discount the Dell Ultrasharp 30" Anyone run both and have advices?
SOrry of this post seems random but it's purpose is 2 fold
1) This is the best thing i've ever bought
2) do you have any answers to these questions
Thanks in advance
Brian Mage
I've been ghosting around on these forums for a while; picking up tips and the such as I go RE: Apps, care, Peripherals specs etc.
Yesterday I took delivery of my Macbook Air 13" i7 8gb 256. (to me the optimum spec Air). It's hardly been off my lap since that point. I first transfered my media from my old laptop (And I DO mean OLD! - 2003 17" Compaq Presario 512mb RAM!) and had a good look around the App Store.
Once my ML codes came thru (within 1hr) I installed the New OS. So I can't compare Lion to ML.
Apps I've found great so far
Caffine
Pixlemator (how is this so cheap!)
Virtual DJ
Diptic
Chrome (looks like they've fixed the flash issues for the MBA's)
RC Mini Racers (this gets the i7 working when on full)
Touchgrind
iStat
I plan on installing Logic Pro soon, but before then i need a TBD. I found a great second hand one on eBay, paid for it and had it delivered the next day. (this was two weeks before the MBA arrived!). I unboxed it and gave it a good clean, only to then find out it was actually an ACD... arse! Got a full refund and free return delivery - so it all ended well
I also think Alfred could be a good one to install. Do you guys find it useful?
Does anyone use transmission? is it any good?
I am also going to need to install MS Office. However i can't decide if i need outlook or not (i.e. home vs professional) How do you guys find the native Mail? I've always seen huge format errors on emails sent from Outlook on a Mac compared to Outlook on a Windows PC (i have no intention of dual booting - defeats the purpose of a mac IMHO) i.e. fonts change, paragraphs are lost, colours disappear
issues
1)How do i re-orgainse the contents of a folder? i.e. sort by name/type/age etc? - When i go into my Pictures folder the sub-folders are all higgledy piggledy
2)I find it very annoying that when i'm using the trackpad, it often thinks i'm "secondary clicking". The reason for this is because i leave my index finger on the trackpad while moving the cursor with my middle finger (obvisouly the index finger was on a button previously, not the TP) Is there a setting that change secondary click?
3)The " key is in the wrong place! ha!
Overall: I'm totally in love with this thing. It was always going to be night and day considering where i came from (tho there are 2 other Laptops in the house which i use regular) but the difference in the OS and speed is incredible.
The keyboard is a joy. Gestures are fantastic. The screen is epic (LG btw)
If you guys have any fun apps to recommend (I do photo editiing and scratch drawings/ Music recording / lots of surfing) please let me know.
With regards to a dispay - an ATB is my prime choice because its sexy with built in speaked - however i can't just discount the Dell Ultrasharp 30" Anyone run both and have advices?
SOrry of this post seems random but it's purpose is 2 fold
1) This is the best thing i've ever bought
2) do you have any answers to these questions
Thanks in advance
Brian Mage