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13" MBP For Business Major?
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You should find that out for yourself if you already have it...
But yes it will, it will be more than enough to handle everything you need for school. I can't see business majors having to use anything that could be considered a remotely intensive program/app. Also, the potability of the 13" will be nice for carrying around campus.
Enjoy!
But yes it will, it will be more than enough to handle everything you need for school. I can't see business majors having to use anything that could be considered a remotely intensive program/app. Also, the potability of the 13" will be nice for carrying around campus.
Enjoy!
Well if I may make a suggestion.
I really don't see any point why you can't just bring a regular PC Laptop if all you are going to do is Business and work. (Most likely was what you implied)
Apple products are usually the target for theft/robberies/burglaries and such and especially if people see you using it in class and walking around with it.
It is just my 2 cents but you can do whatever you like.
I really don't see any point why you can't just bring a regular PC Laptop if all you are going to do is Business and work. (Most likely was what you implied)
Apple products are usually the target for theft/robberies/burglaries and such and especially if people see you using it in class and walking around with it.
It is just my 2 cents but you can do whatever you like.
Yeah that whole theft thing is probably the stupidest thing i've heard all day.
But the 13inch is a great computer but you will have to dual boot any time you really do some real work on Excel. For some reason unknown to me, macs do absolute insane stuff with excel, screw up formulas, mess up graphs, not apply forumlas to all fields, the list goes on...
So dual boot and you should be golden
But the 13inch is a great computer but you will have to dual boot any time you really do some real work on Excel. For some reason unknown to me, macs do absolute insane stuff with excel, screw up formulas, mess up graphs, not apply forumlas to all fields, the list goes on...
So dual boot and you should be golden
I wouldn't even bother with office. You can open any office file in iWork and you can export to any office file. AND office for mac is the single slowest and most frustrating suite to use. So what I am saying is get iWork
Widows 7 runs naturally. I use it a lot to play games. You'll find that the trackpad has a bit of a different feel though, as well as the mouse - it will feel vastly different, unless you have the Microsoft Intellipoint driver installed on the mac side.
I'm starting my Economics Major, also this fall.
I plan on using MS Office 2008 (2011 later on) or iWork if Office 2008 sucks (havn't used it much yet).
Also i've set up a VMWare Fusion image of Windows 7, and installed Office 2010 beta (pretty nice) on that, so i can use that as a backup.
I plan on using MS Office 2008 (2011 later on) or iWork if Office 2008 sucks (havn't used it much yet).
Also i've set up a VMWare Fusion image of Windows 7, and installed Office 2010 beta (pretty nice) on that, so i can use that as a backup.
is suitable for u 
Perhaps MacBook Air??? if you only on the web and office apps
PS: iWork FTW~ Take the most advantages of Apple~ USER FRIENDLY
Perhaps MacBook Air??? if you only on the web and office appsPS: iWork FTW~ Take the most advantages of Apple~ USER FRIENDLY
I've got a 13" MBP 2.53 GHz. I run Office 2008 on it and its fine. I use spreadsheets a lot, including formulas, and I haven't had any problems. My mac is fast enough to run Photoshop and if it can run a resource hungry beast like that, most office applications should be fine. There are some programs I use which are windows only so I use VM Fusion to run Windows 7. That works well too.
As for the theft thing, vigilance is all. Macs may be more of a target but all laptops are a risk. IMHO most thieves are opportunists. Steal first then look what they've got later. Get good insurance if you are staying in any student accommodation and keep an eye on your stuff.
As for the theft thing, vigilance is all. Macs may be more of a target but all laptops are a risk. IMHO most thieves are opportunists. Steal first then look what they've got later. Get good insurance if you are staying in any student accommodation and keep an eye on your stuff.