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 Nov 22 2009, 09:54 AM
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Don't judge my journey until you have walked my path.  Group: Super Member Posts: 7880 Joined: 3-June 07 From: England Member No.: 98403 Name: Vickie Gender: Female  |
I'm getting a Mac for christmas. Any advice on which one to get?
And Robb I know you dislike them and think they're overpriced but i'm still having one regardless. |
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Nov 22 2009, 10:13 AM
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Beware my power, GREEN LANTERN'S LIGHT  Group: Global Mod Posts: 18311 Joined: 23-May 04 From: Dublin, Ireland Member No.: 54316 Name: Robb Gender: Male |
Which one to get? Well what's your budget and what do you need it to do? I'm going to assume high end graphical design and audio editing are not your reason for wanting one.
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Nov 22 2009, 10:18 AM
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Don't judge my journey until you have walked my path. Group: Super Member Posts: 7880 Joined: 3-June 07 From: England Member No.: 98403 Name: Vickie Gender: Female |
My budget is around £1500. I don't need it for anything graphics wise. I just want something that is reliable. I've been through so many crap laptops.
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Nov 22 2009, 10:22 AM
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Beware my power, GREEN LANTERN'S LIGHT Group: Global Mod Posts: 18311 Joined: 23-May 04 From: Dublin, Ireland Member No.: 54316 Name: Robb Gender: Male |
Erm. Recent study, Apple laptops NOT reliable (deleting all users files for example). Dell and HP seem to be classed higher.
Still if you want to stick with apple, I just say go to their uk site and go to the macbook section, and see whichever one you can afford. They can all do the same amount in all honesty. On The Uk Apple site you can see a few, one is even £1499. Though it's specs are pretty weak to other similarly priced laptops. |
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Nov 22 2009, 10:36 AM
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Goodbye my sweetheart & hello Vietnam. Group: Super Member Posts: 17183 Joined: 1-November 03 From: Massachusetts Member No.: 3628 Name: Jamie Noelle Gender: Female |
Ive owned multiple Macs (4 or 5) and I only had a problem with one of them. My mom has a Macbook and its great, really lightweight (its not the air, either) and overall decent.
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Nov 22 2009, 10:39 AM
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Beware my power, GREEN LANTERN'S LIGHT Group: Global Mod Posts: 18311 Joined: 23-May 04 From: Dublin, Ireland Member No.: 54316 Name: Robb Gender: Male |
Remember one thing about Macs, and remember it well. If you want to game on them you are rather limited unless you use bootcamp and purchase windows also. In which case you might as well have just bought a standard laptop and saved a lot of money.
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Nov 22 2009, 10:42 AM
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Don't judge my journey until you have walked my path. Group: Super Member Posts: 7880 Joined: 3-June 07 From: England Member No.: 98403 Name: Vickie Gender: Female |
I take it the Macbook Air is just lighter?
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Nov 22 2009, 10:51 AM
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Beware my power, GREEN LANTERN'S LIGHT Group: Global Mod Posts: 18311 Joined: 23-May 04 From: Dublin, Ireland Member No.: 54316 Name: Robb Gender: Male |
No.
The Air is less powerful, shorter battery life, smaller hard drive. And lighter. |
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Nov 22 2009, 10:54 AM
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Goodbye my sweetheart & hello Vietnam. Group: Super Member Posts: 17183 Joined: 1-November 03 From: Massachusetts Member No.: 3628 Name: Jamie Noelle Gender: Female |
I dont believe the Airs allow you to play discs without an external drive either, but maybe im wrong...
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Nov 22 2009, 10:54 AM
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Beware my power, GREEN LANTERN'S LIGHT Group: Global Mod Posts: 18311 Joined: 23-May 04 From: Dublin, Ireland Member No.: 54316 Name: Robb Gender: Male |
You'd be right Jamie.
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Nov 22 2009, 10:59 AM
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cheap and cheerful Group: Super Member Posts: 3188 Joined: 19-March 05 From: england Member No.: 74641 Name: sarah Gender: Female |
I wouldn't recommend the Air, its got pretty weak specs just so it can be super thin. Like Robb said, just go for whichever you can afford. Both the 13-inch: 2.53GHz Macbook Pro and the 15-inch: 2.53GHz Macbook Pro, depending on which screen size you prefer, are good. Try and go to your local Apple store if you can, might be a bit of a trek depending on where your closest one is but it's worth it if you can get an idea of what they're like to use and which exact model you want.
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Nov 22 2009, 11:00 AM
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Beware my power, GREEN LANTERN'S LIGHT Group: Global Mod Posts: 18311 Joined: 23-May 04 From: Dublin, Ireland Member No.: 54316 Name: Robb Gender: Male |
PC World sell Apple Macs too, so one of them may be closer.
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Nov 22 2009, 09:53 PM
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Newbie  Group: Member Posts: 5 Joined: 4-November 09 From: Lancaster, Pennsylvania Member No.: 103009 Name: Kylee Gender: Female |
i have a macbook and i have had it for 2 years with no problems i love it (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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Nov 22 2009, 10:48 PM
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you are a butterfly in the wind without a care. Group: Super Member Posts: 8074 Joined: 11-December 04 From: Boston Member No.: 69672 Name: Paige Gender: Female |
I would suggest writing down what you want to use it for, I know you don't want a crappy computer, but if you are looking at it for mainly gaming, which I think you sid you wanted one to play Sims with? and Robb said it's not the best, I'd take that advice.
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Nov 23 2009, 03:57 AM
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Beware my power, GREEN LANTERN'S LIGHT Group: Global Mod Posts: 18311 Joined: 23-May 04 From: Dublin, Ireland Member No.: 54316 Name: Robb Gender: Male |
You can buy the Sims (1-3) for the Mac, however the Mac lacks decent graphical processing power to make playing the game remotely enjoyable.
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