Ipad or mac pro or mac air

i have a pc.i am joining work.my use will be of business apps like keynote numbers and pages and some other apps. my proffesion needs travelling at least 5-7 days a month. my pc is in good condition so which gadet you would suggest for me- mav pro, mac air or ipad

A lot depends on what you expect the addition to do...provide limited computing but great portaility, then the iPad because it has the iWork components available to it. But limited ability to only those apps available from the app store. For computing capability and portability, the MBA is great, small, light weight, fast, will run MS Office, and is an honest to goodness computer. Lots of power, then the MBP is best...all things compatible with Lion, memory and harderive upgrades, two graphics processors, all around power house.
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Hi,
When you start up Messages for the first time you should have been asked for an Apple ID.
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Mac Pro and Mac Book Air purchased in the US and brought to India have warranty coverage in India ?

Would an Mac Pro and Mac Book Air purchased in the US and brought to India have warranty coverage in India service center ?
Ravi P

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I'd like to use Mac Mini as a Print Server without keyboard and mouse. I've installed OSXvnc-server on Mac Mini and Chicken of the VNC (CVNC) Client on Mac Pro.
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Ah… right! That explains it.
So what model printers are they?
Ned,
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I've changed the VNC Client from "Chicken of the VNC" to "VNCThing".
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Peloche,
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Yes, you're right. Apple does not seem to support OS X 10.6.8 anymore. This OS is not compatible with iCloud services. iOS8 and OS X depend in many functions on iCloud and many apps do as well. And iTunes 12 is indeed not compatible with OS X 10.6.8.
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<property file="build.ant.properties"/>

<taskdef classname="org.jibx.binding.ant.CompileTask" name="bind">
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<pathelement location="lib/jibx-run.jar"/>
<pathelement location="lib/xpp3.jar"/>
<pathelement location="lib/jibx-bind.jar"/>
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<echo> ${basedir} </echo>
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</bind>
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[bind] Using the following paths:
[bind] /Volumes/Data/JavaProjectsWork/estreetDev/lib
[bind] Using the following binding paths:
[bind] /Volumes/Data/JavaProjectsWork/estreetDev/config/jibx/binding.xml
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/Volumes/Data/JavaProjectsWork/estreetDev/testBuild.xml:17: java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
at org.apache.tools.ant.dispatch.DispatchUtils.execute(DispatchUtils.java:115)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:348)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:357)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.performTasks(Target.java:385)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeSortedTargets(Project.java:1329)
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at org.eclipse.ant.internal.core.ant.EclipseDefaultExecutor.executeTargets(Eclipse DefaultExecutor.java:32)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTargets(Project.java:1181)
at org.eclipse.ant.internal.core.ant.InternalAntRunner.run(InternalAntRunner.java: 623)
at org.eclipse.ant.internal.core.ant.InternalAntRunner.run(InternalAntRunner.java: 456)
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at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.ja va:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
at org.eclipse.ant.core.AntRunner.run(AntRunner.java:377)
at org.eclipse.ant.internal.ui.launchConfigurations.AntLaunchDelegate$1.run(AntLau nchDelegate.java:230)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:613)
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at org.jibx.binding.Compile.compile(Compile.java:270)
at org.jibx.binding.ant.CompileTask.execute(CompileTask.java:238)
at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:288)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.ja va:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
at org.apache.tools.ant.dispatch.DispatchUtils.execute(DispatchUtils.java:105)
... 17 more
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at org.jibx.binding.def.StringConversion.<init>(StringConversion.java:153)
at org.jibx.binding.def.PrimitiveStringConversion.<init>(PrimitiveStringConversion .java:152)
at org.jibx.binding.def.BindingDefinition.<clinit>(BindingDefinition.java:66)
... 25 more
--- Nested Exception ---
java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
at org.jibx.binding.Compile.compile(Compile.java:270)
at org.jibx.binding.ant.CompileTask.execute(CompileTask.java:238)
at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:288)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.ja va:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
at org.apache.tools.ant.dispatch.DispatchUtils.execute(DispatchUtils.java:105)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:348)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:357)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.performTasks(Target.java:385)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeSortedTargets(Project.java:1329)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTarget(Project.java:1298)
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at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTargets(Project.java:1181)
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at org.eclipse.ant.internal.core.ant.InternalAntRunner.run(InternalAntRunner.java: 456)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.ja va:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
at org.eclipse.ant.core.AntRunner.run(AntRunner.java:377)
at org.eclipse.ant.internal.ui.launchConfigurations.AntLaunchDelegate$1.run(AntLau nchDelegate.java:230)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:613)
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at org.jibx.binding.def.PrimitiveStringConversion.<init>(PrimitiveStringConversion .java:152)
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... 25 more

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