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<blockquote data-quote="Barbara Jay" data-source="post: 1610844" data-attributes="member: 188741">As&nbsp; many of you know I am in the market to&nbsp; buy a new computer. Mine is 7 years old and barely limping along.I have never had a Laptop but think I should consider one&nbsp; because I could&nbsp; carry it my self to&nbsp; go to the&nbsp; Genius Bar or the&nbsp; Apple store for&nbsp; hands on&nbsp; assistance when I run into a snag. Hauling my iMac&nbsp; not an option for me . I would prefer to run a Laptop as a wired&nbsp; computer ( not WiFI) , but I worry the&nbsp;&nbsp; battery&nbsp; may over heat .&nbsp; Should I be&nbsp; concern about that&nbsp; ?It is my understanding the battery&nbsp; charges when It is plugged into an electrical socket.I would never need to use a community WIFI since I am retired and only use my computer at home &nbsp;The screen is smaller on&nbsp; the&nbsp; Macbook vs an iMac. Has anyone&nbsp; found that to be a&nbsp; big disadvantage?&nbsp;&nbsp; Is the new Retina screen clear enough to&nbsp; do basic&nbsp; photo editing? The MacbookPro&nbsp; only has 2 USB3 ports&nbsp; and I have&nbsp; 2 printers,&nbsp; a separate scanner and an electronic die cutting machine.&nbsp; I use&nbsp; a hub for the&nbsp; printers and scanner but the&nbsp;&nbsp; die cutting machine needs a&nbsp; dedicated&nbsp; USB port.&nbsp; I read I can get&nbsp; adapters to&nbsp; hook up my external back up HD and&nbsp; my&nbsp; ISP cable&nbsp; to the Thunderbolt&nbsp; ports . I think&nbsp; I can&nbsp; buy a wireless mouse&nbsp; to use with a wired computer, right ? Now they are using Flash storage instead of a Hard Drive and the entry lever Mac Book Pro has&nbsp; 256 GB of flash storage that is less than I started with . Do I need to buy more to&nbsp; bump it up to 512 GB? What other&nbsp; differences or disadvantage do you find with&nbsp; either a Laptop or&nbsp; iMacThanks Barbara PS I plan to&nbsp; buy the most memory allowed&nbsp; for&nbsp; the&nbsp; model I choose .</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Barbara Jay, post: 1610844, member: 188741"] As many of you know I am in the market to buy a new computer. Mine is 7 years old and barely limping along. I have never had a Laptop but think I should consider one because I could carry it my self to go to the Genius Bar or the Apple store for hands on assistance when I run into a snag. Hauling my iMac not an option for me . I would prefer to run a Laptop as a wired computer ( not WiFI) , but I worry the battery may over heat . Should I be concern about that ? It is my understanding the battery charges when It is plugged into an electrical socket. I would never need to use a community WIFI since I am retired and only use my computer at home The screen is smaller on the Macbook vs an iMac. Has anyone found that to be a big disadvantage? Is the new Retina screen clear enough to do basic photo editing? The MacbookPro only has 2 USB3 ports and I have 2 printers, a separate scanner and an electronic die cutting machine. I use a hub for the printers and scanner but the die cutting machine needs a dedicated USB port. I read I can get adapters to hook up my external back up HD and my ISP cable to the Thunderbolt ports . I think I can buy a wireless mouse to use with a wired computer, right ? Now they are using Flash storage instead of a Hard Drive and the entry lever Mac Book Pro has 256 GB of flash storage that is less than I started with . Do I need to buy more to bump it up to 512 GB? What other differences or disadvantage do you find with either a Laptop or iMac Thanks Barbara PS I plan to buy the most memory allowed for the model I choose . [/QUOTE]

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