Which Macbook Pro?

[RedJeans]

I'm going to be using it for university next year - I'll be living in residence. I'll be doing the basics: MS Office, MSN, internet, photoshop (rare), low-end games (rare), watching movies, listening to music, etc.

I'm going to be purchasing a 13" Macbook Pro and I was wondering which config options I should get...

13" Macbook Pro 2.4 GHz
250 GB hard drive
4 GB RAM
($1,149 CAD)

13" Macbook Pro 2.4 GHz
320 GB hard drive
4 GB RAM
($1,196 CAD)

13" Macbook Ppro 2.4 GHz
500 GB hard drive
4 GB RAM
($1,291 CAD)

13" Macbook Pro 2.66 GHz
320 GB hard drive
4 GB RAM
($1,449 CAD)

13" Macbook Pro 2.66 GHz
500 GB hard drive
4 GB RAM
($1,544 CAD)


Thanks

 

[spinnerlys]

The first option, 2.4GHz and 250GB, will more than suffice your needs. You can upgrade the HDD yourself, which will also be cheaper and you have a backup HDD with the old one.

 

[WisdomWolf]

The first option, 2.4GHz and 250GB, will more than suffice your needs. You can upgrade the HDD yourself, which will also be cheaper and you have a backup HDD with the old one.

Agreed. This is what I went with and I'm still deciding if I want to upgrade the hard drive or just stick the the 250GB for now.

 

[TxMacAddict]

Stick with the the stock hard drive and once you fill it up go for the 750

 

[hypermog]

I think that you need the highest end, most decked out, most expensive computer on that list for those extremely minimalistic tasks..................................................................................not

 

[millertime021]

I think that you need the highest end, most decked out, most expensive computer on that list for those extremely minimalistic tasks..................................................................................not

Looks like they'll need a 12 core Mac Pro for all that. (when ever those are refreshed )

I'd say go with the lower-end if cost is an issue. If it isn't, go for what you want.

I personally don't like the screen on the 13" so I went with a 15" i7 for college. WAAAAAY more than I need now, but it has higher resale, and the last iBook I got handed down was 7 yrs old. So I expect this to last AT LEAST 4 years.

Go big or go home