Hello guys nice to be here!
First of all I'm new to the apple scene and have always been a bit of an Apple hater for no reason really but its great to finally have bought myself an Apple system and experience really how brilliant they are.
Ive got the MBA 13' i5 1.8ghz (2.8 turbo) 4gb, 128gb SSD, Intel 4000.
Like above its my first time ever to even use a Mac device so everything is completely new so its great to almost learn new things again as I consider myself as a really great Windows user, software knowledge and hardware.
So first thing I have done is installed on my new Mac, Office 13, CS6 extended, and also running Parallels 7 with Windows 7 32bit just so I have the option there for platform particular applications and programs. Having the 2 OS running in coherence is amazing and am stunned by it, it runs flawlessly.
Anyway I have now just seen the ability of the thunderbolt port and I have decided I want to use my MBA as a desktop for on the move, so could anyone help me in regards to what components I'm going to need to convert my desk into a apple set up using my MBA as simply a turn on/off unit, and been able to take it out with me in a heartbeat as I have no clue.
Would I be best off with a thunderbolt adapter and connect external devices eg. display, wireless trackpad and my external 2tb USB 3.0 to it?
Any help? as of now I literally have nothing but my MBA and a computer desk, great to be here and look forward to visiting these forums regularly!
Stefan
First of all I'm new to the apple scene and have always been a bit of an Apple hater for no reason really but its great to finally have bought myself an Apple system and experience really how brilliant they are.
Ive got the MBA 13' i5 1.8ghz (2.8 turbo) 4gb, 128gb SSD, Intel 4000.
Like above its my first time ever to even use a Mac device so everything is completely new so its great to almost learn new things again as I consider myself as a really great Windows user, software knowledge and hardware.
So first thing I have done is installed on my new Mac, Office 13, CS6 extended, and also running Parallels 7 with Windows 7 32bit just so I have the option there for platform particular applications and programs. Having the 2 OS running in coherence is amazing and am stunned by it, it runs flawlessly.
Anyway I have now just seen the ability of the thunderbolt port and I have decided I want to use my MBA as a desktop for on the move, so could anyone help me in regards to what components I'm going to need to convert my desk into a apple set up using my MBA as simply a turn on/off unit, and been able to take it out with me in a heartbeat as I have no clue.
Would I be best off with a thunderbolt adapter and connect external devices eg. display, wireless trackpad and my external 2tb USB 3.0 to it?
Any help? as of now I literally have nothing but my MBA and a computer desk, great to be here and look forward to visiting these forums regularly!
Stefan