Hey everyone.. I know there are a ton of guides and such out about MB vs MBP, but the rumor of the upcoming refresh of the MB's has reignited my debate on whether I should buy an MBP or MB.. I had been set on a MBP, but
here's my situation:
-Switching from a PC
-College senior, computer science major.. only have 6 more months to 'carry around' my computer - otherwise, it'll be mostly just carried around my house.
- my "gaming" is limited basically to WoW. When Spore comes out, i'd like to play it (in bootcamp) with relatively high settings.
- Otherwise, the computer is mainly web/email/itunes, etc (though I am notorious for having 20 tabs open at a time in Firefox.. )
- Would like to be able to run XP in Parallels/ Fusion (Office 2007, Visual Studio, though VS isn't a huge deal.. I could reboot for that)
So, based on the x3100 graphics card rumor, would the MB (with 2GB ram) suit my needs? Or would my money be better spent on a MBP? (I can *theoretically* afford either. But would rather save $1000 if the MB will suit me fine)
For Reference, i'm currently on a ThinkPad t42, and it plays WoW decently for my tastes (all settings on low, no addons) - 1gb ram, TI Mobility RADEON 9600 with 64MB of RAM video, and a 1.7 centrino processor.. in getting a new computer, I certainly want a bit of an upgrade.
on a side note, I will probably get a brand new MBP come August when I start my fulltime job.. however, this will be a 'work' computer, and therefore I a) might not bring it home all the time and b) wont want to have any less than legal content on it
soo, based on all of this, what is your expert opinion on which will best suit my needs? Thanks in advance
here's my situation:
-Switching from a PC
-College senior, computer science major.. only have 6 more months to 'carry around' my computer - otherwise, it'll be mostly just carried around my house.
- my "gaming" is limited basically to WoW. When Spore comes out, i'd like to play it (in bootcamp) with relatively high settings.
- Otherwise, the computer is mainly web/email/itunes, etc (though I am notorious for having 20 tabs open at a time in Firefox.. )
- Would like to be able to run XP in Parallels/ Fusion (Office 2007, Visual Studio, though VS isn't a huge deal.. I could reboot for that)
So, based on the x3100 graphics card rumor, would the MB (with 2GB ram) suit my needs? Or would my money be better spent on a MBP? (I can *theoretically* afford either. But would rather save $1000 if the MB will suit me fine)
For Reference, i'm currently on a ThinkPad t42, and it plays WoW decently for my tastes (all settings on low, no addons) - 1gb ram, TI Mobility RADEON 9600 with 64MB of RAM video, and a 1.7 centrino processor.. in getting a new computer, I certainly want a bit of an upgrade.
on a side note, I will probably get a brand new MBP come August when I start my fulltime job.. however, this will be a 'work' computer, and therefore I a) might not bring it home all the time and b) wont want to have any less than legal content on it
soo, based on all of this, what is your expert opinion on which will best suit my needs? Thanks in advance