im not buying a set of ronal R9's that ive come across.. i know im crazy, but i need a new laptop since ive grown tired of my Viao... im thinking about going to mac, i know their are some mac people here id like your advice, here is what i plan on doing

13" Macbook (white) 1.8 GHZ Intel Dual Core
80 Gig Harddrive
1 Gig of Ram

with the student discount its about $1300

i only need to run one winders program and thats Solidworks, reason for 1 gig of ram and ill have to get a copy of XP.of course ill run bootcamp..

MAC = the dark side

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All I can say is that you will be bored with just being productive and not having to put up with weekyl service pack installs, crashes, app failures, viruses, worms, and so on.

Mac is the choice for musicians for all of the above reasons. I haven't bought one yet, but I plan on joining the "Dark Side" soon.

And now that Mac supports Windows, there is no good reason to not own a Mac...

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2009 ML350 (106K) - Family vehicle
2001 CLK430 Cabriolet (80K) - Wife's car
2005 BMW 645CI (138K) - My daily driver
2016 Mustang (32K) - Daughter's car

Next computer I buy will be a Mac too. Gotta find a student to get it for me.

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im not even in college.... well high school.. but, just put your a home school they never check

Glad to have you.

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Paul S.

2001 E430, Bourdeaux Red, Oyster interior.
79,200 miles.

1973 280SE 4.5, 170,000 miles. 568 Signal Red, Black MB Tex. "The Red Baron".

I'm getting my kid a Macbook for college. I will be getting a Mac Mini soon. Now that IE is crashing every time I come to this site, all the more reason to say goodbye to windoze!

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1985 380SE Blue/Blue - 230,000 miles
2012 Subaru Forester 5-speed
2005 Toyota Sienna
2004 Chrysler Sebring convertible
1999 Toyota Tacoma

im running firefox and have been for about a year now.. i love it..

i should have the macbook by maybe end of september if i work hard enough

You know what they say . . . once you go Mac . .

Cool. I just downloaded firefox and running it now, alls well.

My only worry about the macbook is the glossy screen and the reflections on it. But I read enough info amd reviews to learn that its really not a problem. It also supposedly performs better in bright light than a matte screen.

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1985 380SE Blue/Blue - 230,000 miles
2012 Subaru Forester 5-speed
2005 Toyota Sienna
2004 Chrysler Sebring convertible
1999 Toyota Tacoma

I have a Toshiba laptop with a shiney screen. I thought it might have a lot of glare and reflections, too. It hasn't been a problem and the image is bright and very clear.

Now that I've said that, I too, will being buying a Mac the next time around. My Microsoft stock has been as disappointing as their operating system seems to be.

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1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

Do not waste your money by having apple install the ram/HD. Use that $100 and get your own 1GB module for 1.5GB. Put that other $50 twards an external USB hard drive. I've seen (and have) 300GB external drives at CompUSA for $160 out the door.

My Mac Mini (G4) has 1GB ram and 990GB of hard drive space. 80GB stock internal, 3x 300GB external, 60GB pocket drive (Plus 1GB and 128mb USB keychains.) Plus a really nice 21" Dell flat CRT I got for $15. It's too slow for me. I'm on the lookout for a good deal on a used dual CPU G5.

2 questions:

- Is DVD+RW (superdrive) necessary for a student?

- Which is better, iWork, AppleWorks, or Microsoft Office for Mac?

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1985 380SE Blue/Blue - 230,000 miles
2012 Subaru Forester 5-speed
2005 Toyota Sienna
2004 Chrysler Sebring convertible
1999 Toyota Tacoma

1: Unless you make movies, no. That's why I use external harddrives. They are still the best $/MB.

2: I prefer Open Office but Appleworks is OK. Mico Office is a complete ripoff for what they charge for it.

The DVD-RW is good if you archive a lot of data or music, video and or art projects. If you're just cranking out papers it's not necessary....unless you're a procrastinator and decide to copy DVD's all day.

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1977 6.9 3(A) - 84k