Yesterday my MacBook Pro was covered in coffee so today I spoke to my insurance company and they are giving me about £2500 to replace it but I don't know whether to get a MacBook Pro or a iMac and a low end MacBook or a high end MacBook and buy extras. I probably will wait until June just to see what gets released at WWDC. What do you all think? thanks!
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Coffee + MacBOok Pro = Bad. But what to get with insurance money?
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if i was you and had £2500 to spend on Apple stuff i'd go for the £1599 15" MBP, buy the the ram from crucial and upgrade the MBP to 4GB then add a ACD (either the 20" or 23") , then a wireless keyboard and mouse then you can use the laptop as a laptop or desktop depending how you're feeling!
just my 2 pence anyway!
just my 2 pence anyway!
I prefer one computer to two, for simplicity. But what do you do with your computers? How will you use them?
Do you often compute on the go, or generally stick to desktop? Have you considered a Macbook Pro only? A bit of the "best of 2 worlds" solution right there. Good luck on your decision, and whatever you get, I highly advise you add a keyboard protector to the mix. 
I concur, except don't get the ACD. Unless you're doing professional graphic works, it has no benefit over the much cheaper Dell monitors.
Ah well if you've already got an ACD what about a nice holiday instead
, or using it for any software you might want/need!Ah well if you've already got an ACD what about a nice holiday instead
But what computers to get?
id still go with a MBP, don't see the point of having a desktop and a laptop unless you live in too separate places, maybe go for the top of the line 17" with everything seeing as you don't need a ACD
Protecting it seems to be bad investment seeing as he just got an additional 1000 pounds for covering the poor thing in coffee.
I say buy a new MBP and some more coffee!
What about a Mac Pro with:
Two 3.0GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
2GB (2x1GB)
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB GDDR3
500GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
500GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
or:
Two 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
4GB (4x1GB)
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB GDDR3
750GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
750GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
Both just under budget.
Two 3.0GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
2GB (2x1GB)
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB GDDR3
500GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
500GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
or:
Two 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
4GB (4x1GB)
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB GDDR3
750GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
750GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
Both just under budget.
why'd they give u so much extra money for it? It couldn't be worth that much. Do you have a sepperate insurance thing just for laptop? If so, how much is it?
Unless you're a video/graphics professional, a mac pro is probably overkill. I think a laptop is a better option because of its flexibility. I would just replace your old mbp with another mbp, and hook it up to the ACD that you have. It's just much easier to maintain one computer instead of always syncing between the two.
