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militaryman911

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Hey I'm looking into buying a preferably new Macbook or Macbook Pro. I need one soon as I'm moving out for my freshman year of college. The things I'm mainly concerned about is 500+GB, 4GB RAM, and 2.4+Ghz. I was wondering what might be some good places to begin looking for the right laptop.

Maybe something like this?
Or this? (2nd option, for $1,499.00)

Also how important is the Processor? What should I look for? Currently I have a Intel Core 2 Duo, but I know theres new ones such as Quad, i5, i7, etc.
 
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militaryman911 said:
Hey I'm looking into buying a preferably new Macbook or Macbook Pro. I need one soon as I'm moving out for my freshman year of college. The two things I'm mainly concerned about is 500+GB, and 4GB Processor. I was wondering what might be some good places to begin looking for the right laptop.
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If buying new, from apple.com with the edu discount, or an apple store with the edu discount...
 
militaryman911 said:
Hey I'm looking into buying a preferably new Macbook or Macbook Pro. I need one soon as I'm moving out for my freshman year of college. The two things I'm mainly concerned about is 500+GB, and 4GB Processor. I was wondering what might be some good places to begin looking for the right laptop.
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4GB processor? Hopefully you mean ram :eek:

You can always look on Apples web site for new or refurb. Mac Of All Trades also has a good selection of used MacBooks for fair prices.
 
hows something like this?

Here
Or this? (2nd option, for $1,499.00)

Might get the second, i've heard great things about i7. Also i've heard wifi is better on MB because the aluminum interferes on the MBP?
 
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iLucas said:
If you're willing to spend that much then why not just get a baseline 2011 MBP?

The Intel i series of the new MBPs will be far better than that C2D found in that macbook. See here
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Hahaha thats weird, you quoted me right before I changed that post to include what you're talking about.
 
militaryman911 said:
Might get the second, i've heard great things about i7. Also i've heard wifi is better on MB because the aluminum interferes on the MBP?
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With a MBP you get a newer processor that won't be outdated nearly as fast as a C2D. You also get thunderbolt. It may not mean anything to you now since there are not that many thunderbolt devices but there will be in the future, and you get a better graphics card in a MBP than in the MB. You get Intel HD 3000 in the MBP and NVIDIA Geforce 320M in the MacBook. The Intel has 384MB whereas the NVIDIA has 256MB
 
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