ABOUT TO BUY A MAC FOR THE FIRST TIME
Hey, i'm new to all of this. I have never owned a mac, but have an ipod... thats probably a dissmissable offence in itself i guess. However, i am shortly going to be getting a mac, a laptop so i hope this pays off for my crimes...
I have done my research, but was wondering if anyone had any final pointers to someone who has yet to own a mac.
I am a student who will be going into 6th form, um not to sure what that would be in other countries... (16/17 years of age?)
Anyway...
I have decided that i am going for the 14.1 inch 1.2GHZ ibook, upgraded to 512 ram. I have looked into the powerbooks, but have come to the conclusion that they aren't really as suited as the ibook to a student such as myself. Perhaps maybe because of the price... I am never really going to afford the price of the powerbook. I could possibly stretch to the 12 inch pb, but then i loose my screen, which would be ever so slightly awkward... seeing as thing has to last me through uni as well. I also loose my 512 ram and would have to 're-upgrade' which is something i couldnt afford. And seeing as this thing comes with the APE i feel as though my wireless options are open... (someone say the reception was better with ibooks? or was that just speculation...)
All respect... i realise that the powerbooks are faster, they have a faster processor and of course the extra side buss, but do i need it?
I won't be designing the mars mission, just doing general school work which as you know consists of listening to music, making movies, watching DVD's. I don't do games... and there will be the occasional spreadsheet and word processer.
One thing, i will be buying at late july... they aint going to do another upgrade slash price drop shortly after then will they?
Anyway, feedback would be greatfully recieved.