What macbook to buy

[jwoodfin2012]

I am a college student. I have been a PC user for many years. I run virtualization of multiple OSes, games such as Need for Speed, Word, Powerpoint, databases, and virtual labs(for MS certifications). I stream music and movies to my HDTV via my current laptop as well, so I multitask heavily. What do you recommend I buy?I was thinking a Macbook Pro 15-inch with 8 GB of RAM, with the 2.6 Ghz i7 processor.

 

[Spink10]

If you buy a non-retina MBP - dont pay Apple for the RAM upgrade - use Amazon - Newegg - Etc.

Any of the 15inch MBP's will work.

 

[jwoodfin2012]

macbook

is there any diff between the 512 mb and the 1 gb graphics other than memory size?

 

[jmpnop]

is there any diff between the 512 mb and the 1 gb graphics other than memory size?

They're the same. The difference between the two models isn't much, go with the base-model.