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I've got a 6 mo old 13" Macbook Pro with the 2.5ghz Core i5 processor. I'm thinking about getting an Air. I'm looking at both the 11" Core i7 and the 13" Core i5. I know the 13" 1.8ghz Core i5 isn't going to compare with the 2.5ghz Core i5 in my 13" Pro. What I don't know is how the 2.0ghz Core i7 compares to a 2.5ghz Core i5. I will go with the 8gb ram in either one. I have 4gb in my Pro.

So, how much difference is there between the i5 and i7? How much difference does the extra 4gb of memory make? How much difference does the flash memory make over the standard HDD? How much, if any, difference does the 11" screen make since there's less real estate to process at any given time? Bottom line, if the current model 13" standard configuration Pro is the baseline and assigned a value of 1000 approximately where would one expect the two Air configs to fall?

I use Startpage and Firefox. Keeps me on the downlow.

Bill

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What are your recommendations for programs to track usage of my internet band usage?

Don in AZ

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On 23 Sep 2012, at 3:49 PM, "StanleyK" <sgkatz@gmail.com> wrote:

> Is there a way to surf the web without being tracked or creating
> a history?
> Thanks.

In Safari:

Preferences > Privacy

Safari (menu) > Private Browsing...

Google has proven that advertisers won't always honor these Privacy settings if they can help it, but that's a good start. There are other services like a Turing proxy that you can use to remain private from others on the Internet. It won't prevent local prying eyes, however.

G

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Is there a way to surf the web without being tracked or creating
a history?
Thanks.

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On 14 Sep 2012, at 2:28 PM, "J2210" <j_YahooReg200510@ordinary.com> wrote:

> --- In macbook@yahoogroups.com, "StanleyK" <sgkatz@...> wrote:
>>
>> I have a 5 year old Macbook.
>> It's been running slow, I get the circle of death often, takes
>> a long time to load etc.
>> Took it to the Genius Bar at the Apple store and it seems to be
>> worse now.
>> Is it time for a new Macbook or do you think it can be revived and resusitated?
>>
> -----
> How full is your HD? Has your hard memory been updated? Either of those will creep up on you as sw becomes hoggier on both HD & regular memory, and cause things to bog down.

Indeed. And it's a little surprising that the Genius Bar wouldn't have said the same. Did they give any info to go on?

While 5 years is getting up there in computer years, my parents are still rocking my old G4 tower from 2000. And I know someone who just now gave up her 11-year-old iBook, only because the Flash plug-in wouldn't work anymore (no new PPC version). You should be doing just fine, as long as your hard drive is ok and you have enough RAM to smoothly run whatever OS you have installed.

G

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2012 09 14

--- In macbook@yahoogroups.com, "StanleyK" <sgkatz@...> wrote:
>
> I have a 5 year old Macbook.
> It's been running slow, I get the circle of death often, takes
> a long time to load etc.
> Took it to the Genius Bar at the Apple store and it seems to be
> worse now.
> Is it time for a new Macbook or do you think it can be revived and resusitated?
>
-----
How full is your HD? Has your hard memory been updated? Either of those will creep up on you as sw becomes hoggier on both HD & regular memory, and cause things to bog down.

JH

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