Buying refurbished vs new

[flowrider]

I've upgraded through 4 OS X releases (and all the steps in-between) on our 64GB MBA and have had no problems.

WOW, Just WOW May I suggest you're really not using the MBA like a computer, you may just need a tablet.

Lou

 

[talmy]

WOW, Just WOW May I suggest you're really not using the MBA like a computer, you may just need a tablet.

Lou

I see nothing exceptional about this, and "using the MBA like a computer"? Well we had bought an iPad and neither of us like it -- we both like having a real keyboard, separate user accounts, a browser that will work on Flash sites, ability to have more than one application viewable at the same time, all in a package about the same size as the iPad. ... I'd certainly say the MBA is being used "like a computer" (whatever that means) as are the other Macs we have. This one just isn't being used as a heavy-lifting computer. And neither is the one of the OP's mother.

 

[kingdf]

Yea I think you guys are right. A base model Air should be more than enough for her needs.

 

[motrek]

WOW, Just WOW May I suggest you're really not using the MBA like a computer, you may just need a tablet.

Lou

Because he's not using more than 64GB of storage space?

Can I remind you that nuclear bombs, space shuttles, etc. were all designed with computers in an era when a *megabyte* of memory was almost inconceivable?

So you're using your computer more like a "computer" than the people who invented, say, the techniques to sequence the human genome, because you downloaded some crappy movies from iTunes and they're clogging up your drive space?

 

[ryannel2003]

WOW, Just WOW May I suggest you're really not using the MBA like a computer, you may just need a tablet.

Lou

I have a 64GB SSD with nearly 33GB of free space left. That includes all my music, photos, documents, etc. Some people don't have a lot of stuff on their computers.