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Subject: [Leica] New MacBook Air advice needed
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2011 09:57:40 +0530
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I have also got a Sony Vaio Z series with SSDs - lighter than a feather and
fast - the best notebook I have had. The only issue is that I have to carry
an external drive for backing up photographs! I have Nikon View and LR3 on
it and they perform very well.
Cheers
Jayanand

On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 5:45 AM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at 
gmail.com>wrote:

> Brian I got a really nice Vaio carbon fibre thingie with 256GB SSD. They
> require a considerable bloatware-ectomy though. LR3 would be an excellent
> choice to put on your new machine too.
> Happy New Year to all of the Reid clan and a big thank you for another year
> of generous service provision.
>
> Cheers
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
>
> NO ARCHIVE
>
>
> On 1 January 2011 10:08, Brian Reid <reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> wrote:
>
> > One major drawback. Unlike the first-generation MacBook Air, the new ones
> > do not have a backlit keyboard. This sucks, but it isn't quite enough to
> > make me buy a Dell.
> >
> >
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In reply to: Message from lrzeitlin at gmail.com (Lawrence Zeitlin) ([Leica] New MacBook Air advice needed)
Message from reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid) ([Leica] New MacBook Air advice needed)
Message from reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid) ([Leica] New MacBook Air advice needed)
Message from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] New MacBook Air advice needed)