Daughter #2 has saved up her pay and is looking to [strike]go to the dark side[/strike] get an Apple laptop. What should I be steering her towards -- being mindful of her limited (student) budget? A refurb with warranty just the ticket?
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First year of college, theater arts and voice major.
Not too heavy a user. Machine will be primarily for browsing, pix, skype and writing papers. Most taxing operation should her learning to get started recording on Garageband.
Mac laptop shopping: school me
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blackeagle603
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Mac laptop shopping: school me
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Re: Mac laptop shopping: school me
I plan on just switching to an Air for my next mac book - and setting up a display, keyboard, etc at the office.
However, if she's going to be doing video, and music editing, I think she needs a pretty powerful computer.
However, if she's going to be doing video, and music editing, I think she needs a pretty powerful computer.
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Looks like it's boils down to ?Macbook or Macbook Pro? Or is a MacBook Air viable?
Looking at Newegg I can get a recertified Macbook with 2GB of RAM for about half the price of a Pro. I have no idea what's in the step up from Macbook to Macbook Pro.
Probably no more than 2 inputs (vocal + accomp) for her personal demo/marketing for soloist work at weddings, funerals etc. Any more than that she's already getting pulled in with musician geeks to provide vocals who have pretty advanced home studios.
Looking at Newegg I can get a recertified Macbook with 2GB of RAM for about half the price of a Pro. I have no idea what's in the step up from Macbook to Macbook Pro.
Probably no more than 2 inputs (vocal + accomp) for her personal demo/marketing for soloist work at weddings, funerals etc. Any more than that she's already getting pulled in with musician geeks to provide vocals who have pretty advanced home studios.
"The Guncounter: More fun than a barrel of tattooed knife-fighting chain-smoking monkey butlers with drinking problems and excessive gambling debts!"
"The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of a republic;" Justice Story
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Re: Mac laptop shopping: school me
Update: After some shopping, ruminations about her actual use and balancing that against to Daugther #2's budget we pulled the trigger on this unit. It'll be primarily her book bag/college paper machine for working (and socializing I'm sure) in downtime between classes.
Refurbished MacBook Pro 2.3GHz dual-core Intel i5Originally released February 2011
13.3-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit glossy widescreen display, 1280-by-800 resolution
4GB (2 x 2GB) of 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM
320GB Serial ATA @ 5400 rpm
8x double-layer SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
Intel HD Graphics 3000 with 384MB of DDR3 SDRAM
Subtotal $935.00
Estimated Tax $72.00
Order Total $1,007.00
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"The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of a republic;" Justice Story
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blackeagle603
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Re: Mac laptop shopping: school me
I wondered about the RAM from the earlier post you made. Held out for 4GB but wasn't clear on the ease of upgrading.
Thanks for all the time and input. Good to have some backup going into strange waters (esp. with child's largest savings/spend ever).
Thanks for all the time and input. Good to have some backup going into strange waters (esp. with child's largest savings/spend ever).
"The Guncounter: More fun than a barrel of tattooed knife-fighting chain-smoking monkey butlers with drinking problems and excessive gambling debts!"
"The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of a republic;" Justice Story
"The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of a republic;" Justice Story