Purchasing Laptop for college?

[dragade3789]

I need a laptop for college. I am perusing art is a major so that is why I am look at Macs. I love playing computer games (counter strike, day of defeat, warcraft, starcraft, basically nothing too high end). I grew up with a PC my life and I love what windows has to offer. Why I want a mac is that there seem to be better programs for video editing/creating and graphics (I will buy adobe software for any kind of graphic design stuff). I have not spent a lot of time with editing/creating films but I may want to get into that.


Currently I have been looking at the macbooks and not the pros. any suggestions would be great.


For me, I dont mind (too much) to make the transition between pcs and macs (partially b/c I use the macs at my high school)


I did try to learn java and that didnt go over so well so I dont think I will never need to program on this laptop. Although I will be doing some web design (some could be more like a lot)


To note: saving money isn't my 1st goal in what I buy.


thanks in advance.

 

[AliensAreFuzzy]

I think you'd be fine with one of the mid range macbooks or even buy one of the last generation macbooks from the refurb store if you want to save a lot of money without losing much performance

 

[TEG]

If you are going to play any games, get a MacBook Pro. Plus, the MBP will remain relevant much longer than the MB.

TEG

 

[Hankster]

If you're into gaming the low end MBP would fit you better than a MB.

 

[natharvey]

like others have said if your gonna be doing any gaming you should go to a MacBook pro. reason being it has an independent graphics card not a shared graphics card like the MacBook. also you'll get better ram and processor perfomance out of a MacBook pro which will suit all your needs from the video editing and adobe software as well as gaming