Apple Users

My Pro was so great, but it died on me.

I got an Air, thinking I wouldn't need a Pro anymore since it was only for personal use and the price is so much lower. Then I got a wonderful job that requires the use of my Air and it has been great. I like the lightness of it. I never miss the Pro. (Shhhh don't tell it that. It was so faithful for so long.)

I've adapted to the reduced disc space by doing this:

1. I pay .99/month to store everything in the cloud. We use a shared Drop Box for work, but I like to have my own copies of things I produce myself. It's a small price to pay for that. Also, when I switched from the Pro to the Air, it was a little awkward getting things from my external hard drive that I use for backup on to the new computer. This will make that more seamless when I finally leave my Air behind. (Though I do back up on the Toshiba external hard drive because you know, better safe than sorry.)

2. If you use the Office suite, it takes up a lot of room. I only downloaded the three apps I use--Word, Excel, and PPT--leaving behind Outlook etc. It took some thought to do this. No big deal.

3. Sometimes if there is a major update, I'll run just a bit short of space to do the update. So I have to clean out some files--which is a good idea to do anyway.

I have an HP printer that has been great. We had a Canon before and it was more temperamental. Both can take printing jobs from the other end of the house with wifi.