Another Potential PC-To-Mac Convert!!

[bwb934]

im thinking of converting from my 3 year old vaio to a new Mac, but i don't know which one i should get
These are the things i use my PC for:

--Music my library is about 3 gigabytes
--Photos: i have an ever-increasing library of photos which is currently 13 gigabytes, i use sony's pictre motion browser to sort everything by date it was taken
--Image editing
--Video making
} i tend to install a lot of software and (my current 60 gig HD has only 2 gigs of empty space)
}i DONT like heavy laptops, mine is only 4pounds, 13.3 inches (i wouldn't mind the same size but i prefer something lighter)

What do you recommend i should buy???????????????/

 

[Tallest Skil]

Welcome to the fold. Definitely MacBook. If you burn movies to DVDs, get the mid-range MacBook, as the cheapest one still has a combo drive that no one uses. if you're not burning, then the cheapest one will work fine.

 

[26139]

yeah...

Macbook. You don't do anything terribly taxing. What kind of software do you install that takes up so much space?

 

[bwb934]

Welcome to the fold. Definitely MacBook. If you burn movies to DVDs, get the mid-range MacBook, as the cheapest one still has a combo drive that no one uses. if you're not burning, then the cheapest one will work fine.

can you be a bit more specific?
i thinkin of the macbook air bu its Hd capacity is holding me back, ethenet makes no difference with me, andI can get over it having no cd-drive

 

[Andrew Henry]

can you be a bit more specific?
i thinkin of the macbook air bu its Hd capacity is holding me back, ethenet makes no difference with me, andI can get over it having no cd-drive

What he's saying is that the low end Macbook only has a Combo drive, which only burns CD-Rs, but once you get into the midrange Macbook or the Black Macbook they come with Superdrive's, which burn CD/DVD.

I'd go with the Macbook if I were you.

 

[dylangurl21]

I would probably do a macbook also but it depends on how important that size factor is to you and what you would rather sacrifice: space/speed vs size for a main machine. My sister's MB seems pretty tiny to me (going from my MBP) but the airs are very, very sweet.

I had her go with the midrange because of the superdrive... between the extra space DVds can hold to backing up/burning DVDs...

 

[BongoBanger]

A Macbook is probably fine but remember to check if all the software you use is supported by OSX or, if not, there is a decent alternative available.