On 14 Dec 2024, at 7:07, Ellen Lerner via groups.io <iomug@...> wrote:

That is a though if I actually sit at my desk. I often sit on my bed so no room for an eternal screen unless I change my viewing habits!

On Dec 5, 2024, at 12:08 AM, ncoom gilbar via groups.io <ncoom@...> wrote:

Suggestion: get the smaller screen, but set it up at home with a LARGE external screen. Get as big as you want.

shalom,

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On 5 Dec 2024, at 6:47, Ben Rosenthal via groups.io <ben@...> wrote:

Your 7 year old Mac might be a 15”?MacBook Pro. The largest available now is the 16”?MacBook Pro, but I doubt you need its performance capabilities. a 15”?MacBook Air would probably suit you well.

It’s possible to get as much as 2TB capacity in a?MacBook Air. What would you do with all that space?

Here’s the??I mentioned.

I encourage you to??at Apple to learn more about the differences and visit an Apple Store to put your hands on them.

On Dec 4, 2024, at 14:06, Ellen Lerner via groups.io <iomug@...> wrote:

Thanks, Ben,

Thanks for your imput. I want the largest screen I can get on a laptop (unfortunately they don’t have the larger one they had years ago.) I think my current screen is 15”. ?My current one is doing okay so not a huge rush yet. but don’t want to take any changes tht it will die from old age. I had an older one I did use for storate, but it was on my bookshelf plugged in and one day it just died. ?I wonder if the hard drive can be recovered although I don’t have the energy right now to find out. I haven’t been going out hardly since my cataract surgery ?which has been most all this year because I ?have become ?rather complacent, but one of these days I’ll have to venture out more. ?I could use more storage ?as this current one I am using is getting rather full. ?So yea at least 1TB would be helpful. Do they come larger than 1TB? I do try to back it up to external hard drives I have and ?I have pretty much always had MacBookPros. Don’t know much about the MacBook Air. ?how is that different from a MacPro??

Ellen

On Dec 4, 2024, at 1:44 PM, Ben Rosenthal via groups.io <ben@...> wrote:

If you need a new Mac now, get it now. No need to wait.

Are you interested in another laptop? From what I’ve read about your tech engagement via iomug, I’m guessing a MacBook Air will suit your needs. Do you know whether you want 13” or 15” screen?

For storage, I gather you’d want 1TB of capacity.

Best Buy has had some excellent deals, especially on new 15” MacBook Air with M2 and 1TB storage. Otherwise, look for refurbished M2 or M3 models at Apple.

That’s my take. Let me know if you have any further discernment on what you need.

Thanks!

- Ben

On Dec 4, 2024, at 10:34, Ellen Lerner via groups.io <iomug@...> wrote:

My Apple laptop computer is now maybe
7 yrs old. I’m thinking about getting a new one with more gigabytes than 500 which is what my current one has and is pretty full. The question I have is should I wait for a new model or is this a good time to now ?purchase a new computer? Should I get it from Apple? Should I get it from Best Buy? Or where??
Thanks.
Ellen?

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