PC user looking for a Macbook; white or Pro?

[vistadude]

Hi Ryeno,

Thanks for the post. I guess I meant the 13 inch is about $900 in many stores, and only about $100 to $200 more than a comparable "premium" windows laptop that is sleek and fast. But the 15 inch costs $1600 to $1700 and only comes with 4 gb ram and 250 gb hard drive. A comparable premium sleek windows laptop is about $400 to $700 less expensive and usually comes with 6 to 8 gb RAM and a bigger hard drive. In my opinion, that makes the macbook pro 15 inch not a great deal. I guess it all depends how you calculate the numbers

cheapest =/= best bang for your buck.

4gb (2gb x 2) of ram is ~100 new. Assuming you bought the cheapest macbook for ~900 with that extra ~100 you have 1000 total (-tax). So you are paying ~75 dollars per inch.

Assuming you buy the 15in macbook pro with the epp refurb discount for ~1450 (-tax). You are paying ~94 dollars per inch.

So for a extra 25% in price (per inches) you get about 20% more screen space (by pixel) but you also get a 12% faster cpu, illuminated keyboard, sd card slot and most importantly a case made out of aluminum so it will not crack.