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Flunkyturtle

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Dec 20, 2011
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Tried looking for a specific thread so please direct me to it if its already been done....

Trying to decide between pro and air. Below are a couple of points around my use.

- I'm not too fussed about storage as i use my iMac and external hard drives for everything. However the more the merrier as a bonus.

- I do need SPEED i don't want any beach balling and want to be able to load app instantly, i use iTunes, sandbox (managing my website with MANY blog pages) and general web browsing, i don't think i'd be doing much else on the the air/pro

- Not sure if the above programs are RAM hungry so not sure if i would need 4/8gb

- Unsure which would be best for processing power.

- I will mostly be using it around the house but will want to take it further afield at some points.

- i MAY be doing some video converting, i use iskysoft for converting films/tv shows into iTunes hd format. I currently do this on the iMac but may do some on the laptop.

Please let me know your recommendations.

Side note budget is looking at £1000 so would be either basic macbook pro or low range air.

Thanks!
 
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