I want to switch to an Apple laptop, and after a few days looking around the internet and website, i haven't been able to find answers to many of my questions. The 2 laptops i am looking at are the 2.0ghz macbook (white) and 2.0ghz macbook pro. I am hoping for some good feedback, so if you can contribute, please do so...
something that concerns me is the graphics card on the macbook. i am not a big fan of shared memory. Disregarding games, is the integrated card all that bad? I am planning on installing 2gb of game.
I spend the better part of my day as a developer, mostly programming with java and oracle. I think it would be crucial that the laptop can be able to compile/run java applications relatively quick. The laptop must also be able to run some version of an Oracle database. Any one have any luck with this, i don't expect java to be too much of a problem, i am more or less concerned with Oracle. Anyone have an success running Oracle?
What about programming in general, has anyone encountered any limitations? I am hoping to use the laptop to learn about new languages and technologies, so i wouldn't want to be hindered there.
I won't be gaming too much on the laptop, but may play here and there. Can i expect the macbook to be able to handle games like GTA?
I imagine the mbp will have no issues doing anything i need it to, but $700 is a lot of money to spend on overkill if the macbook can do what i need it to.
So please, if you have any knowledge and advice you can give me, please do so. Thanks to everyone in advance!
something that concerns me is the graphics card on the macbook. i am not a big fan of shared memory. Disregarding games, is the integrated card all that bad? I am planning on installing 2gb of game.
I spend the better part of my day as a developer, mostly programming with java and oracle. I think it would be crucial that the laptop can be able to compile/run java applications relatively quick. The laptop must also be able to run some version of an Oracle database. Any one have any luck with this, i don't expect java to be too much of a problem, i am more or less concerned with Oracle. Anyone have an success running Oracle?
What about programming in general, has anyone encountered any limitations? I am hoping to use the laptop to learn about new languages and technologies, so i wouldn't want to be hindered there.
I won't be gaming too much on the laptop, but may play here and there. Can i expect the macbook to be able to handle games like GTA?
I imagine the mbp will have no issues doing anything i need it to, but $700 is a lot of money to spend on overkill if the macbook can do what i need it to.
So please, if you have any knowledge and advice you can give me, please do so. Thanks to everyone in advance!