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Chapter 1Hey, It Really Does Have Everything I NeedIn This Chapter▶ Identifying the important parts of your Mac laptop▶ Introducing the MacBook Air▶ L

20Part I: Tie Myself Down with a Desktop? Preposterous! drive. In fact, Apple had redesigned the common computer with the focus on style and ease of u

21 Chapter 1: Hey, It Really Does Have Everything I Needat a lightweight three pounds! (That’s a couple of pounds you won’t be carrying around all day

22Part I: Tie Myself Down with a Desktop? Preposterous! Look, Ma, no moving parts!You’re probably familiar with the common species of usbius flashimus

23 Chapter 1: Hey, It Really Does Have Everything I NeedIf you’d rather save that coin for something else, or you need a larger internal hard drive to

24Part I: Tie Myself Down with a Desktop? Preposterous! You can only read from a shared optical drive. You can’t write data to the remote drive, even

25 Chapter 1: Hey, It Really Does Have Everything I Need ✓ Don’t forget the lighting. Let me act as your mom. (I know that’s a stretch, but bear with

26Part I: Tie Myself Down with a Desktop? Preposterous! Smart computer owners keep their boxes far longer than a year. If you sell your laptop or m

27 Chapter 1: Hey, It Really Does Have Everything I Need 1. Plug one of the telephone cable’s connectors into your external modem. 2. Plug the other

28Part I: Tie Myself Down with a Desktop? Preposterous! ✓ Be nice to your keyboard. Don’t press too hard on those keys! Use the same amount of pressu

29 Chapter 1: Hey, It Really Does Have Everything I NeedConnecting to the Internet from your lapWhat is a modern computer without the Internet? Apple

12Part I: Tie Myself Down with a Desktop? Preposterous! Welcome to your Mac laptop, good reader. Gear up!An Overview of Your Mac LaptopSure, your MacB

30Part I: Tie Myself Down with a Desktop? Preposterous! You can use the data you store in your Address Book in other Apple applica-tions included wi

31 Chapter 1: Hey, It Really Does Have Everything I Need Figure 1-3: The BookBook case provides protec-tion and camouflage for your MacBook. ✓ Surge

32Part I: Tie Myself Down with a Desktop? Preposterous! ✓ Blank CDs and DVDs: Depending on the type of optical drive installed in your laptop — and t

13 Chapter 1: Hey, It Really Does Have Everything I NeedThat magnificent screenWhat a view you have! Today’s Mac laptops feature a 13-, 15-, or 17-inc

14Part I: Tie Myself Down with a Desktop? Preposterous! The keyboard and trackpadHey, here’s something novel for your laptop. Unlike the external inpu

15 Chapter 1: Hey, It Really Does Have Everything I NeedThe power cableSorry, you can’t get a wireless power system . . . yet. (Apple’s working hard o

16Part I: Tie Myself Down with a Desktop? Preposterous! If you’re using a MacBook Air, your battery is sealed inside the case and can’t be swapped. On

17 Chapter 1: Hey, It Really Does Have Everything I Need ✓ ExpressCard/34: When you need the absolute fastest performance possible from an external de

18Part I: Tie Myself Down with a Desktop? Preposterous! The MacBook Pro and MacBook Air also have another storage option besides the mundane hard d

19 Chapter 1: Hey, It Really Does Have Everything I Need ✓ Video card: If your applications rely heavily on high-speed 3-D graph-ics, you’ll be please