So I'm new to these forums. School is almost over but I'm thinking about next year. I am going in to high school. I'm wondering which Mac I should buy. I'm deciding if I should buy a 21.5 iMac or a 13" Macbook Pro. I don't know if I'll need the portability of a laptop. I would appreciate any suggestions.
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Which Mac to buy????
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Well, that's one side of the argument. I have both an iMac and a MacBook Pro. The iMac sits on the desk by itself most of the time, well the MacBook actually gets used. Unless you're planning on doing things like serious video editing, for example, which is probably better done on the iMac (but NB the caveat "serious"), there is pretty much nothing you can do an iMac that you can't do on the laptop equally as well -- but the reverse is simply not true. The flexibility of a laptop just can't be beat. Yes, an iMac screen is bigger, yes, it's faster, but unless you're doing really graphic- or processor-intensive operations, that's a distinction with no difference. Think of how and where you might actually want to use your new computer before you come to a final decision.
Well, that's one side of the argument. I have both an iMac and a MacBook Pro. The iMac sits on the desk by itself most of the time, well the MacBook actually gets used. Unless you're planning on doing things like serious video editing, for example, which is probably better done on the iMac (but NB the caveat "serious"), there is pretty much nothing you can do an iMac that you can't do on the laptop equally as well -- but the reverse is simply not true. The flexibility of a laptop just can't be beat. Yes, an iMac screen is bigger, yes, it's faster, but unless you're doing really graphic- or processor-intensive operations, that's a distinction with no difference. Think of how and where you might actually want to use your new computer before you come to a final decision.
wait until you are old enough to have a job to get a mac. dont make your parents buy something that expensive when you probably will only be surfing the web and playing games, seeing as you'll just be entering high school
Showing off a Macbook pro in Highschool is not a good idea.
People might get some impressions to steal from you.
People might get some impressions to steal from you.
The iMac is the much better computer - except that you can use the MacBook on the sofa, in the garden, throw it in your suitcase and so on. So that is something you need to decide.
However, if you keep the box and the stuff inside, it will take you about five minutes to pack the iMac into the box and unpack it again at a different place, so it is not portable, but definitely transportable if you need to you use at some other place.
....congrats on having a goal and a job to work towards!
If you've never used a mac before you might want to check out the refurb store and get the whitebook they have in stock for $759 right now, the 2.26Ghz model (that just switched to the 2.4Ghz since you won't notice that CPU bump) and bump up the RAM yourself to 4 GB... that would also leave you $$ to get a more powerful iMac if you still need it for your video and photo editing and neither will cost you an arm and a leg of your job savings...
Get a Mac Mini and a REALLY huge monitor!
Get these:
You will succeed.
Get these:
Mac Mini refurbished {$599 tops}
Huge, awesome monitor {$300 tops}
Mac keyboard and mouse {$118 & $66 on Amazon}
Canon Lide 200 scanner (flawless on the Mac and does text scanning) {$76 on Amazon}
Super hot girlfriend {FREE in High School}
You will succeed.
Haha, I'll keep that gf thing in mind. Is the Mac Mini enough for what I need it for? I heard that it's Apple's low end desktop.