13" C2D vs 15" i5 Macbook Pro for college???

[atc1093]

More ram handles intense applications, i.e. Fusion or photography software. It's kinda of simply put, the processor isn't upgradeable but the ram is.

Well remember that you can not drill holes in the wall in dorm and they will charge you a pretty penny to fix those holes if you did. Also the walls in most dorms I have been in could not support a TV any how. They are are normally either concrete walls or metal stud framing. Neither of which can really support the types of point loads a TV would put on them. Also a lot of the dorms I have seen you could not even really put your TV on your desk.

Now I was dorms from 2003-2005. My TV was a 20ish" CRT that I put on my Dresser. 03-04 all I had was my old laptop that I put an external mouse and keyboard, and speakers 2. It work pretty well. I did set it up on a little home made stand to make it a little more usable for my hieght. That summer I built my first PC so the following 2 years in the dorms I had a 17LCD monitor on my desk with the desktop on the floor, TV on a dresser. It worked out pretty well. Just looking at my LCD TV I own right now and the ones I have seen in the store they will eat up a lot more desk space than a monitor.

Plus you can put the TV in a none work spot like on top of a dresser. Monitors you can push to the back of your desk and out of the way or you just go with the 15 in Macbook pro build a little stand the raise the not book up some then go extneral for the keyboard and mouse.

Only problem with going with the15" is that I would not have enough money to buy a tv then. I was just at costco and the 27" samsung lcd tv does not seem that much bigger than any of the widescreen monitors that I saw, and I heard that if it is 1080p and 120hz (Like this samsung is) that the quality isn't really too bad like it could be on a 720p setup.

 

[Rodimus Prime]

Talk with your roommate. personally I would say go with out your TV for a little while. You will be amazed at how much extra free time you will with out the TV holding you back.

I went a TV for the first year of college and then with out cable for my last 2 years. It was not like you miss that much and it is more free time.

As for a TV anything 32 in or down it is not really worth the upgrade cost to go over 720p

 

[atc1093]

Talk with your roommate. personally I would say go with out your TV for a little while. You will be amazed at how much extra free time you will with out the TV holding you back.

I went a TV for the first year of college and then with out cable for my last 2 years. It was not like you miss that much and it is more free time.

As for a TV anything 32 in or down it is not really worth the upgrade cost to go over 720p

Oh I am definitely not going to waste away all of my free time in college with tv! I do not watch too much already, it's just that there is really no reason to buy a monitor if I would eventually buy a tv, since a tv could serve as a computer monitor, an xbox 360 monitor, as well as something for occasionally watching tv. And the two tv's that I was interested in were as follows:

27" 1080p 120hz Samsung LCD HDTV - 379.99
http://www.costco.com/Browse/Produc..._Price|0||P_SignDesc1&lang=en-US&Sp=C&topnav=

or
32" 720p 60hz Samsung LCD - 449.99
http://www.costco.com/Browse/Produc..._Price|0||P_SignDesc1&lang=en-US&Sp=C&topnav=

Which do you think is best for a dorm room? The stand on the 27" seemed to allow it to be a little higher up off the surface it was resting on.

 

[Rodimus Prime]

Personally I would take the 32 in screen.

Also I am going to point out on either of those TV will be to large for their max resolutions to function as a good monitor. The upper limit of 1920x1080 is around 24in and even then that is to large.

yes it is usable but your resolution is just way to low for a monitor of that size.

I would say forget the TV and go with the 15in and get the TV next year. For an external monitor I find anything around 22 in at 1920x1080 to be a great size.
Remember with a computer monitor you are going to be with in 3ft of it when you are using it compared to when you are watching TV 7ft is about as close as you will get.

 

[atc1093]

Completely random guys, but do you think that the 13" would be fine for basic photo editing functions? I am starting to get interested in photography so I might do that sometime down the road, but nothing really intense.

 

[shollingsw3]

Completely random guys, but do you think that the 13" would be fine for basic photo editing functions? I am starting to get interested in photography so I might do that sometime down the road, but nothing really intense.

Yes, the 13" will be fine for the basic stuff.

Also, good luck at Tech. I am a Management major at Georgia Tech myself and I have enjoyed my time there. If you have any questions about GT, let me know.

 

[atc1093]

Yes, the 13" will be fine for the basic stuff.

Also, good luck at Tech. I am a Management major at Georgia Tech myself and I have enjoyed my time there. If you have any questions about GT, let me know.

Oh nice man, I am management too! Its definitely the way to go. I am doing finance and maybe entrepreneurship I think