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I need To Know If What Im Buying Is Right!

What Should I Do?

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DJTHEFUNNY

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Aug 2, 2009
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What I HAVE:
I Have An Inspiron 1525 Dell Laptop With 2GBs Of Ram (DDR2) 150GB HDD 1.86GHz Processor And DVD CD Burner.

What I WANT:
The Low End 15'' MBP, The Standard 2.53GHz


MY SITUATION:
I Run A Small Company. We Book And Manage Bands So I Have To Do Some Photo Editing, Maybe Some Flash Stuff, Website (Which Should Be Covered In iLife Or iWork) Collect Some Pictures And Make Some Music On It. But Making Music ON It Is Nothing PROFESSIONAL Its Just Clean And Organized.

I have External HDDS With All The Things I Need To Work With And A 21" Flatscreen For Editing and stuff. So Am I Getting The Right Mac? Or Should I Make Some Tweaks?
 
DJTHEFUNNY said:
What I HAVE:
I Have An Inspiron 1525 Dell Laptop With 2GBs Of Ram (DDR2) 150GB HDD 1.86GHz Processor And DVD CD Burner.

What I WANT:
The Low End 15'' MBP, The Standard 2.53GHz


MY SITUATION:
I Run A Small Company. We Book And Manage Bands So I Have To Do Some Photo Editing, Maybe Some Flash Stuff, Website (Which Should Be Covered In iLife Or iWork) Collect Some Pictures And Make Some Music On It. But Making Music ON It Is Nothing PROFESSIONAL Its Just Clean And Organized.

I have External HDDS With All The Things I Need To Work With And A 21" Flatscreen For Editing and stuff. So Am I Getting The Right Mac? Or Should I Make Some Tweaks?
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Just for kicks we had the same laptop (the switched to 17" stock) and since nothing you are doing is graphic intensive you you should be fine with that config.
 
appleguy123 said:
Just for kicks we had the same laptop (the switched to 17" stock) and since nothing you are doing is graphic intensive you you should be fine with that config.
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Actually What I Do Is. We Make CD Covers, T Shirt Designs, Concept Art, And So on. Some Times We Digitize Concept Art Drawn On Paper Then Color Them In With A Table. Windows SUCKS For This, Drivers And PErmissions ********.

Also I Wana Learn How To Code Apps And Do 3D Modeling. Im Thinking ABOut Keeping This Computer As My Everyday Computer Till College When I Would Upgrade To Some Big guns
 
DJTHEFUNNY said:
Actually What I Do Is. We Make CD Covers, T Shirt Designs, Concept Art, And So on. Some Times We Digitize Concept Art Drawn On Paper Then Color Them In With A Table. Windows SUCKS For This, Drivers And PErmissions ********.

Also I Wana Learn How To Code Apps And Do 3D Modeling. Im Thinking ABOut Keeping This Computer As My Everyday Computer Till College When I Would Upgrade To Some Big guns
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Have you considered this model? It is better in every way except for the sd card slot (you may like express card better and there are some adapters out there). Don't worry refurbs are just as good as new products and are warranted the same way.
 
DJTHEFUNNY said:
Hmm That Actually Has Me Chewing Something :) Thank You :)
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Glad to help. Some things to consider.
1:this machine is at least $100 cheaper
2:this machine has a faster clock speed (probably almost unnoticeable)
3:this machine has discrete graphics (mean that the video card does not share memory with the system)
4:70gb more space
5: faster with snow leopard (or at least in theory )
6: thee are inspected and rebuilt in the US.
Keep us posted! :)
 
Texas Isnt Qualified For Tax Free Computers :( I Checked, If You Can Find It Link It So I Can Print It Out And Argue My Case :)
 
we do everything at our management company on macbooks and imacs. photoshop, audio recording, hd video editing with final cut express, dvd authoring with idvd. it all works fine.
 
Could either of them be okay? I'm On time constriant bcause I have to migrate everything compnay and personal to the mac and learn the software in a week that's why I would likely buy it new. What's in a week? My junior year and my business qualifies me for the work program so I have to be ready by school To hit the ground running
 
DJTHEFUNNY said:
Could either of them be okay? I'm On time constriant bcause I have to migrate everything compnay and personal to the mac and learn the software in a week that's why I would likely buy it new. What's in a week? My junior year and my business qualifies me for the work program so I have to be ready by school To hit the ground running
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The new one could possibly be shipping from china but the refurb is guaranteed from the us. and both are within 24 hours. If you want the new by all means i don't make your decisions for you but the refurb oddly is more future proof and will perform in snow leopard better with dedicated memory for graphics.
Edit: the refurb will ship with any software the origional owner bto'ed in the machine so you could get logic for free even...
 
Thing is I have saved for the followig:
MBP
iWork
one to one
apple care


I would torrent logic. Or Jeremy(studio engineer):cool: would prolly give me a copy they have macs they are getting rod prams software that they don't need so he said he would hook me up, but what all does a refurb require?
 
DJTHEFUNNY said:
Thing is I have saved for the followig:
MBP
iWork
one to one
apple care


I would torrent logic. Or Jeremy(studio engineer):cool: would prolly give me a copy they have macs they are getting rod prams software that they don't need so he said he would hook me up, but what all does a refurb require?
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Don't admit that you torrent software your thread will be locked. Also if you buy refurb you will have to buy iwork for 79$ also have you considered applecare through amazon it is much cheaper there.
 
Oh Snap I Didnt Know. I Apologize I Am New,And DLing Software Isnt A Habbit For Me FYI. :p Okay So What If I Added The Cache Onto My Mac. I REALLY Want To Buy It New! Its Been My Dream To Walk Out Of The Mall With A Shiny New Mac! And besides If i Get A Mac They Would Prolly Screw Me Over Saying That It Was MY Fault Something Broke, But I ALWAYS Take Care Of My Computers.


Would The Cache Kill My Battery Life In Anyway? Thats One Of The Stronger Reasons For Me Switching To Mac
 
I Probably Will But If i Can Configure it The Way I Want Ill Prolly Just Buy It new.
Im Like That I Love BUying Things New :D:apple:
 
You don't need a dedicated graphics card. The base 15" should be more than enough for you. If you're working on an external display, just get the base 13" Pro.
 
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