I have a Dell netbook. While iTunes runs ok on it, it is painfully slow. Everything is painfully slow on a netbook!

--- In apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com, Calle's Yahoo <calle_kitten@...> wrote:
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> I am looking at moving from a laptop to a Netbook computer because it's getting harder for me to handle my laptop. I have an illness that is attacking my arms and hands.
>
> Does anyone know if iTunes would have any problem using a Netbook computer?? I am looking at
> 1 "Acer Aspire One AO532H-2575 10.1 Inch Netbook (Silver Matrix)"
>
> Which I found on Amazon. Thanks for any help.
>
> Calle
> Sent from my iPhone
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>
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I have the smaller Acer Aspire One. Do not use it as my main laptop, but
last year it was great on a 5 week trip I took. iTunes works fine, it
will charge my iPod Touch, but not the iPad (OK will charge Very, very
slowly). It has been a good computer.

My concern for you is the size of the screen. It is small. My eyes are
now happier with larger fonts. ctrl + is my friend.
I love Amazon's service, but do look at WalMart or if you belong to
Costco, the price maybe better. And do an online search for the Acer
model you are looking at, you might find a better price, or a sale in
the next weeks. At WalMart, Costco, Best Buy you can look at the
netbook, feel the weight and see if the screen really suits your needs.

Good luck.

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>> I am looking at moving from a laptop to a Netbook computer because it's getting harder for me to handle my laptop. I have an illness that is attacking my arms and hands.
>>
>> Does anyone know if iTunes would have any problem using a Netbook computer?? I am looking at
>> 1 "Acer Aspire One AO532H-2575 10.1 Inch Netbook (Silver Matrix)"
>>
>> Which I found on Amazon. Thanks for any help.
>>
>> Calle
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Excuse me if this is a dumb question but isn't "Netbook" what Apple calls there notebook computer?

Bruce.

--- In apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com, "jim_hack" <jim_hack@...> wrote:
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> I have a Dell netbook. While iTunes runs ok on it, it is painfully slow. Everything is painfully slow on a netbook!
>
>
>
>
> --- In apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com, Calle's Yahoo <calle_kitten@> wrote:
> >
> > I am looking at moving from a laptop to a Netbook computer because it's getting harder for me to handle my laptop. I have an illness that is attacking my arms and hands.
> >
> > Does anyone know if iTunes would have any problem using a Netbook computer?? I am looking at
> > 1 "Acer Aspire One AO532H-2575 10.1 Inch Netbook (Silver Matrix)"
> >
> > Which I found on Amazon. Thanks for any help.
> >
> > Calle
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>

No, MacBook, MacBook Pro or MacBook Air
On Nov 9, 2010 10:57 AM, "Donald" <xlnt74@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Excuse me if this is a dumb question but isn't "Netbook" what Apple calls
there notebook computer?
>
> Bruce.
>
> --- In apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com, "jim_hack" <jim_hack@...> wrote:
>>
>> I have a Dell netbook. While iTunes runs ok on it, it is painfully slow.
Everything is painfully slow on a netbook!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --- In apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com, Calle's Yahoo <calle_kitten@> wrote:
>> >
>> > I am looking at moving from a laptop to a Netbook computer because it's
getting harder for me to handle my laptop. I have an illness that is
attacking my arms and hands.
>> >
>> > Does anyone know if iTunes would have any problem using a Netbook
computer?? I am looking at
>> > 1 "Acer Aspire One AO532H-2575 10.1 Inch Netbook (Silver Matrix)"
>> >
>> > Which I found on Amazon. Thanks for any help.
>> >
>> > Calle
>> > Sent from my iPhone
>> >
>> >
>> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>> >
>>
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>
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>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
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>
>

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No... Netbooks are those tiny PCs that are light you can lift then with three fingers, like the Acer Aspire One, Asus EeePC, HP MiniNote, the list goes on.

The MacBook Air is the nearest Apple has to a netbook, IMO.

Archie

On Nov 9, 2010, at 23:42, "Donald" <xlnt74@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Excuse me if this is a dumb question but isn't "Netbook" what Apple calls there notebook computer?
>
> Bruce.
>
> --- In apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com, "jim_hack" <jim_hack@...> wrote:
> >
> > I have a Dell netbook. While iTunes runs ok on it, it is painfully slow. Everything is painfully slow on a netbook!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com, Calle's Yahoo <calle_kitten@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I am looking at moving from a laptop to a Netbook computer because it's getting harder for me to handle my laptop. I have an illness that is attacking my arms and hands.
> > >
> > > Does anyone know if iTunes would have any problem using a Netbook computer?? I am looking at
> > > 1 "Acer Aspire One AO532H-2575 10.1 Inch Netbook (Silver Matrix)"
> > >
> > > Which I found on Amazon. Thanks for any help.
> > >
> > > Calle
> > > Sent from my iPhone
> > >
> > >
> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > >
> >
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>

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"Netbook" seems to be a generic term for "scaled down laptop" -- "general
purpose computer" but compared to a laptop is smaller overall, less
powerful, less of everything -- but then being smaller & lighter it's easier
to carry around for..."net-ing" on the go.
bj

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From: "Bill Boulware" <bill.boulware@gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 10:58 AM
To: <apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: [apple-iphone] Re: Netbook and iTunes

> No, MacBook, MacBook Pro or MacBook Air
> On Nov 9, 2010 10:57 AM, "Donald" <xlnt74@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> Excuse me if this is a dumb question but isn't "Netbook" what Apple calls
> there notebook computer?
>>
>> Bruce.
>>
>> --- In apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com, "jim_hack" <jim_hack@...> wrote:
>>>
>>> I have a Dell netbook. While iTunes runs ok on it, it is painfully slow.
> Everything is painfully slow on a netbook!
>>>
>>> --- In apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com, Calle's Yahoo <calle_kitten@>
>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > I am looking at moving from a laptop to a Netbook computer because
>>> > it's
> getting harder for me to handle my laptop. I have an illness that is
> attacking my arms and hands.
>>> >
>>> > Does anyone know if iTunes would have any problem using a Netbook
> computer?? I am looking at
>>> > 1 "Acer Aspire One AO532H-2575 10.1 Inch Netbook (Silver Matrix)"
>>> >

How do you primarily use the internet or your current notebook? If you basically check email and surf the web, the iPad is good for that and is light weight, also comes with the added bonus of all the apps.

My son just got the MacBook Air which is a full fledge working computer for doing things you would do on a laptop computer or desktop. He mentioned how light it was and how convenient it was to use as a laptop. I am hoping to get one of those myself.

I am an avid Mac user from the early days and have always loved the new and innovative Mac equipment. Most of the people I know are going to the Mac side from the PC side these days.

Hope this helps
joan

--- In apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com, Bill Boulware <bill.boulware@...> wrote:
>
> No, MacBook, MacBook Pro or MacBook Air
> On Nov 9, 2010 10:57 AM, "Donald" <xlnt74@...> wrote:
> > Excuse me if this is a dumb question but isn't "Netbook" what Apple calls
> there notebook computer?
> >
> > Bruce.
> >
> > --- In apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com, "jim_hack" <jim_hack@> wrote:
> >>
> >> I have a Dell netbook. While iTunes runs ok on it, it is painfully slow.
> Everything is painfully slow on a netbook!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --- In apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com, Calle's Yahoo <calle_kitten@> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > I am looking at moving from a laptop to a Netbook computer because it's
> getting harder for me to handle my laptop. I have an illness that is
> attacking my arms and hands.
> >> >
> >> > Does anyone know if iTunes would have any problem using a Netbook
> computer?? I am looking at
> >> > 1 "Acer Aspire One AO532H-2575 10.1 Inch Netbook (Silver Matrix)"
> >> >
> >> > Which I found on Amazon. Thanks for any help.
> >> >
> >> > Calle
> >> > Sent from my iPhone
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >> >
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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I have a full on laptop. But I do some online gaming that I don't want to give up. One of the sites does not support any Apple product.

I am a die hard PC fan. Always will be. I grew up starting with a victor 9000, then to an 8088, 286, 386, 486, you get the picture. The few times I was asked to work on an apple computer I got lost.

Anyway don't want to start a PC/Apple war. Thanks to everyone who answered.

Calle

On Nov 9, 2010, at 12:11 PM, "Joan" <jheitzeb1@yahoo.com> wrote:

> How do you primarily use the internet or your current notebook? If you basically check email and surf the web, the iPad is good for that and is light weight, also comes with the added bonus of all the apps.
>

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My first PC was an 8088. I got it used many years ago along with a wide carriage dot matrix printer. From that I went to a 486. I was very hesitant to move to Windows knowing I'd lose my command line know-how. Well, I barely remember any command line commands.

I was using Windows XP when I decided to go Apple. I had gone through Win 3.0, 3.1, Win97, Win98, WinMe and WinXP. Each version promising to be better. In some ways they were but I couldn't get away from crashes and when the registry came out, what a mess. So, went down to the Apple Store and bought the last version of the white 12" iBook that came out. I was also at the tail end of Tiger. I think Leopard came out maybe 3 months after I switched. I wasn't one of those that switched gradually. I did the migration to Apple and that was that. Apple all the way. I only looked back once when Win7 was in beta. I put it on my then white intel iMac. What a difference. Win7 ran very smoothly with no crashes. I decided to get a Gateway net book. Bad choice. It came with Win7 on it. I wasn't impressed. Quite a few crashes and remembrances as to why I switched to Mac. Using Win7 only iMac, I remembered why I switched.

I had gotten the net book because it was 10" and easy to pack up and take with me. Then the iPad came out. Net book, what net book? I found I carried the WIFI net book everywhere and even used it at home all the time. My 13" MBP was getting pretty lonely.

Maybe it's the ease of use and intuitiveness I find with Mac but boy am I glad I made the switch. I did try syncing my iPhone with Win7 on the net book. Just wasn't the same. iTunes was a bit different in Win7 at the time. I understand the interface is pretty much the same now.

So, I say, Windows or Mac, which ever OS suites you is great. If any of the Windows users in this group get a chance, try Win7 on a Mac in bootcamp. I think you'll be impressed. Besides, it's just one way to put a little Mac into your life :-)

Hugs, Alice

Sent from my Maxi Pad (iPad)

On Nov 9, 2010, at 1:38 PM, Calle's Yahoo <calle_kitten@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I have a full on laptop. But I do some online gaming that I don't want to give up. One of the sites does not support any Apple product.
>
> I am a die hard PC fan. Always will be. I grew up starting with a victor 9000, then to an 8088, 286, 386, 486, you get the picture. The few times I was asked to work on an apple computer I got lost.
>
> Anyway don't want to start a PC/Apple war. Thanks to everyone who answered.
>
> Calle
>
> On Nov 9, 2010, at 12:11 PM, "Joan" <jheitzeb1@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > How do you primarily use the internet or your current notebook? If you basically check email and surf the web, the iPad is good for that and is light weight, also comes with the added bonus of all the apps.
> >
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>

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> I'm sorry, my iPhone does not show up on my Mac in Finder, and Camera Roll does not show up in iTunes.
>
> Worked fine when I had a company PC, but not on my personal Mac.

I believe the Apple-recommended method is to use iPhoto (or Aperture) to copy the "Camera Roll" photos to the desktop machine.

> As far as the glaring omission, Apple has not had the best track record for syncing photo over the years. And everyone seems to want to keep their photos in various places since many do not use iPhotos. iPhotos is not a free app. With the early iPhoto sync problems, I don't trust it.

I have read that "Image Capture) (part of the Mac OS) works also.

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N.A. Nada wrote:

> I'm sorry, my iPhone does not show up on my Mac in Finder, and Camera
> Roll does not show up in iTunes.

I never said it shows up in iTunes. In fact, I said that was the
glaring omission.

> Worked fine when I had a company PC, but not on my personal Mac.

If your iPhone does not show up in Finder, then something is wrong.
Apple-to-Apple should work better than Apple-to-Windows and it works
in Windows.

Maybe it's showing up as a device on your desktop?

--
Jeffrey Kaplan www.gordol.org
Double ROT13 encoded for your protection

The iPhone won't show up in the Finder UNLESS it is attached as a USB device. That, in turn, takes more than just plugging it in through the USB cable. There are several apps, like "USB Disk", that can achieve this goal -- but just plugging the phone in won't do it.

On Nov 9, 2010, at 2:39 PM, Jeffrey Kaplan wrote:

> N.A. Nada wrote:
>
> > I'm sorry, my iPhone does not show up on my Mac in Finder, and Camera
> > Roll does not show up in iTunes.
>
> I never said it shows up in iTunes. In fact, I said that was the
> glaring omission.
>
> > Worked fine when I had a company PC, but not on my personal Mac.
>
> If your iPhone does not show up in Finder, then something is wrong.
> Apple-to-Apple should work better than Apple-to-Windows and it works
> in Windows.
>
> Maybe it's showing up as a device on your desktop?
>
> --
> Jeffrey Kaplan www.gordol.org
> Double ROT13 encoded for your protection
>
>

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The phone doesn't show on finder that's windows to sync photos use iPhoto

Andrew Wood

Sent from my iPhone

On 09/11/2010, at 18:00, "N.A. Nada" <whodo678@comcast.net> wrote:

> I'm sorry, my iPhone does not show up on my Mac in Finder, and Camera Roll does not show up in iTunes.
>
> Worked fine when I had a company PC, but not on my personal Mac.
>
> As far as the glaring omission, Apple has not had the best track record for syncing photo over the years. And everyone seems to want to keep their photos in various places since many do not use iPhotos. iPhotos is not a free app. With the early iPhoto sync problems, I don't trust it.
>
> Brent
>
>
> On Nov 8, 2010, at 12:33 PM, Jeffrey Kaplan wrote:
>
> >
> > When you plug your iPhone/iPod Touch into the computer, it should show up in your file manager (Windows Explorer in Windows, Finder in MacOS) as a camera. From there you can drag and drop your Camera Roll photos
> > onto your computer.
> >
> > IMO it's a glaring omission that iTunes does not sync these onto the
> > computer for you. It syncs onto the computer other media content that
> > is created/retrieved directly on the device, so why not photos too?

Yeah. That's why he should not switch off the Enable 3G switch but the Cellular Data instead.

Archie

On Nov 9, 2010, at 15:08, "N.A. Nada" <whodo678@comcast.net> wrote:

> The reason for turning off 3G is to conserve battery, not data usage. Edge data usage still goes against your total data usage.
>
> On Nov 7, 2010, at 10:46 PM, Archie Grapa wrote:
>
> > No. No shortcut...
> >
> > If you are not on unlimited data plan, which I presume you are due to the need to switch on/off the Enable 3G often, just press the home button after switching it off.
> > Then when you want to switch it on again, bring up the multitasking dock by double clicking the home button and tap Settings from there. The switch page should show up...
> >
> > Also, I think it's the Cellular Data that you need to switch on/off.
> >
> > Archie
> >
> > On Nov 8, 2010, at 5:50, "Book_of_Hezekiah" <book_of_hezekiah_10_26@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I switch back & forth from 3G fairly commonly. Is there a way to install what in Windows would be called a shortcut? This is a bit cumbersome:
> > > Settings/General/Network/Enable 3G
> > >
> > > After reading the tip about Airplane Mode saving power, I might want to do similar for that toggle. To clarify, it would prevent receiving (or transmitting) of calls, meaning it's a way to silence my ringer for phone or messages. Correct? (Obviously v/m & text messages will be retrieved upon exiting Airplane Mode.)
> > >
> > > Speaking of shortcuts, can I create or delete folder-groups for my apps? For instance, I need no Financial apps. I could kill that folder.
>

Archie Grapa wrote:

> Yeah. That's why he should not switch off the Enable 3G switch but the
> Cellular Data instead.

Except that it's the power requirements of 3G he's trying to conserve
against, not the data usage. Turning off data still leaves the phone
on 3G.

--
Jeffrey Kaplan www.gordol.org
Double ROT13 encoded for your protection

Donald wrote:

> I don't claim to be an expert on the iPhone or iOS but it is not logical
> that having 3G enabled while on WiFi would have any noticeable impact on
> battery. While it is true that while on 3G ( or even edge ) the iOS is
> looking for WiFI anytime it is enabled so it will likely have some
> impact on battery, I "always" have both enabled because I have yet to
> see a real impact on battery life. I travel a lot as my job and my
> iPhone is in an ever changing environment and I find it more useful to
> let the iOS do it's job instead of trying to micro manage it.

I second this. When I had an iPhone, I found no noticeable impact on
battery life leaving WiFi on all the time. This was with an iPhone 3G
using iOS3.x. The OS would shut down the WiFi a few moments after the
phone goes to "sleep" so it's really only one when the phone is
actually in use.

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Jeffrey Kaplan www.gordol.org
Double ROT13 encoded for your protection

I notice quite a difference having WIFI on when not out and about and not on a constant WIFI connection. My iPhone 4 and 3Gs (before upgrade) was constantly looking for WIFI connection. I turned that off and battery life was noticeably increased.

Sent from my Maxi Pad

On Nov 9, 2010, at 12:36 PM, Jeffrey Kaplan <yahoo@gordol.org> wrote:

> Donald wrote:
>
> > I don't claim to be an expert on the iPhone or iOS but it is not logical
> > that having 3G enabled while on WiFi would have any noticeable impact on
> > battery. While it is true that while on 3G ( or even edge ) the iOS is
> > looking for WiFI anytime it is enabled so it will likely have some
> > impact on battery, I "always" have both enabled because I have yet to
> > see a real impact on battery life. I travel a lot as my job and my
> > iPhone is in an ever changing environment and I find it more useful to
> > let the iOS do it's job instead of trying to micro manage it.
>
> I second this. When I had an iPhone, I found no noticeable impact on
> battery life leaving WiFi on all the time. This was with an iPhone 3G
> using iOS3.x. The OS would shut down the WiFi a few moments after the
> phone goes to "sleep" so it's really only one when the phone is
> actually in use.
>
> --
> Jeffrey Kaplan www.gordol.org
> Double ROT13 encoded for your protection
>
>

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