What Notebook???

[chriscorbin]

Ok here is the deal after my birthday and graduation i am going to buy a notebook(a mac duh) but what one. i figure i am gonna have a strict budget of $2,000 i have acceess to a education discount my dad is a teacher. must be in store i am only 17 and dont have a credit card so refurbs are a no! i will use it for
school-MS Office
i own my own event production company so
Video Editing-Final Cut Studio
Photography-Aperture, a little bit of photoshop
and of cours music, email and browsing
Most data will be stored on an external HD just need the internal space for applicatoins and music, mabye a movie or two

I was thinking of a new MBP "15.4" just as it is
or
a macbook and spend the extra money on a display and apple care

P.S. i already own all of the software

Thanks For the help!!!

 

[livingfortoday]

Zomgz!!!?!?

Get a MacBook Pro, maybe the 17". Hell, even with the 15", you can still afford a nice external display as well. Get extra RAM, and you'll be happy.

 

[gauchogolfer]

Get a MacBook Pro, maybe the 17". Hell, even with the 15", you can still afford a nice external display as well. Get extra RAM, and you'll be happy.

Umm, how are they going to get all of that with only $2000? The cost of the software alone is going to be $2000. Setting aside that, a baseline 15" MBP is $1800, even with an education discount, and the 17"' is $2600.

 

[brendanryder]

lol

Umm, how are they going to get all of that with only $2000? The cost of the software alone is going to be $2000. Setting aside that, a baseline 15" MBP is $1800, even with an education discount, and the 17"' is $2600.

how bout next time read the whole thing
"P.S. i already own all of the software"

 

[chriscorbin]

oops

sorry i forgot to post it but i have all of the software already and it suppourts mulitipale installs

 

[livingfortoday]

Umm, how are they going to get all of that with only $2000? The cost of the software alone is going to be $2000. Setting aside that, a baseline 15" MBP is $1800, even with an education discount, and the 17"' is $2600.

He will afford it by selling himself on the street for money to strangers. Or maybe he already has it. OR MAYBE THE WHORING! Who knows!?

 

[gauchogolfer]

sorry i forgot to post it but i have all of the software already and it suppourts mulitipale installs

That's fine, I said in my post that even setting aside the issue of acquiring the software through whatever means, that if you only have $2000 to spend then you certainly can't get a 17" MBP, or a 15" and external display+RAM, etc.

I'm resisting the urge to wonder why you have multiple licenses of Aperture, FCS, Photoshop, etc. when you currently only have one Mac. But like I said, I'm resisting.

 

[devilot]

Ok here is the deal after my birthday and graduation i am going to buy a notebook...

Shrug. Guess I'm the only one who might think this... but high school and graduation? So we're looking at second maybe third week of June?

That's a good almost four months from now. Why not wait until a little bit closer to then? At that point, who knows, there might even be a new laptop or updates to an exisitng one that would attract you more to one than the other.

 

[chriscorbin]

That's fine, I said in my post that even setting aside the issue of acquiring the software through whatever means, that if you only have $2000 to spend then you certainly can't get a 17" MBP, or a 15" and external display+RAM, etc.

I'm resisting the urge to wonder why you have multiple licenses of Aperture, FCS, Photoshop, etc. when you currently only have one Mac. But like I said, I'm resisting.

the reason i have the software is my best friend is admin for some production company cant recall the name and he gave me permission to use is licenses for the software

 

[gauchogolfer]

He will afford it by selling himself on the street for money to strangers. Or maybe he already has it. OR MAYBE THE WHORING! Who knows!?

I guess my point was that if he's only got $2000, to spend, then he can afford the baseline MBP ($1800) plus a 3rd-party RAM option to bump up to 1.5GB. That's it. Suggesting things that are way out of his price range just isn't constructive.

 

[livingfortoday]

the reason i have the software is my best friend is admin for some production company cant recall the name and he gave me permission to use is licenses for the software

Hmmm... giving permission... is he... using the software as well?

All I have to say about that is, get ready for some knee-arthritis, since you'll probably have to buy new copies for yourself.

 

[livingfortoday]

Suggesting things that are way out of his price range just isn't constructive.

Nothing I have ever done, ever, could be called constructive. Saying otherwise makes you a liar, sir. A LIAR! Bah! I will take my leave of you now!

 

[chriscorbin]

Hmmm... giving permission... is he... using the software as well?

All I have to say about that is, get ready for some knee-arthritis, since you'll probably have to buy new copies for yourself.

why would i have to do that i am using the same liscince right now on my imac for aperture and finalcut

 

[gauchogolfer]

Nothing I have ever done, ever, could be called constructive. Saying otherwise makes you a liar, sir. A LIAR! Bah! I will take my leave of you now!

Fair enough, as long as we understand each other.

 

[gauchogolfer]

why would i have to do that i am using the same liscince right now on my imac for aperture and finalcut

The point is that your friend probably doesn't have the authority to 'share' the licenses with you, and at some point you'll need to buy a legitimate copy of each of them for yourself.

 

[livingfortoday]

why would i have to do that i am using the same liscince right now on my imac for aperture and finalcut

My brain! She hurts!

Oh, that's just the alcohol. You, on the other hand, need to read the licenses on the software you're using. You can't use the same license as someone else, that is most likely not legal.

 

[iMacZealot]

You'll have to get a MacBook Pro because the MacBook's measley Intel GMA 950 graphics card cannot run with FCS.

Although, they may (and probably will) upgrade it by June or July.

I would probably just get a stock 2.16 GHz 15" MBP with a 120 GB hard disk for just $1799. You can always get more RAM, but I wouldn't buy it from Apple.

 

[jordygreen]

To run those apps you definately need a MBP i would suggest the 15" and then get like a 24" dell monitor for external use It is what i will be doing eventually.