Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

Will This Do?

D

DrummerBASS

macrumors regular
Original poster
Aug 1, 2009
108
0
I'm going to cave in and buy a MacBook Pro on Saturday - can't be doing with the 'one more week' stuff so I don't want any off that :p

I'm going to get the 13" 2.26GHz model. I'm then going to upgrade the RAM to 4GB and possibly the HD to 500GB if I need the space.

I'm a student so I'm going to be using iTunes, Safari with a few tabs open and Word a the same time with some occasional Photoshop etc.

Will this be sufficient, with it in mind that I'm going to upgrade to 4GB RAM?

Thanks in advance.
 
DrummerBASS said:
I'm going to cave in and buy a MacBook Pro on Saturday - can't be doing with the 'one more week' stuff so I don't want any off that :p

I'm going to get the 13" 2.26GHz model. I'm then going to upgrade the RAM to 4GB and possibly the HD to 500GB if I need the space.

I'm a student so I'm going to be using iTunes, Safari with a few tabs open and Word a the same time with some occasional Photoshop etc.

Will this be sufficient, with it in mind that I'm going to upgrade to 4GB RAM?

Thanks in advance.
Click to expand...

Yes, you should be more than happy with the performance. My wife has the same model with upgraded 4gb ram and has WAY more open than what you are describing and she has little to no issues...
 
jonbravo77 said:
Yes, you should be more than happy with the performance. My wife has the same model with upgraded 4gb ram and has WAY more open than what you are describing and she has little to no issues...
Click to expand...

When she has 'issues' is it just beach-balling?
 
DrummerBASS said:
When she has 'issues' is it just beach-balling?
Click to expand...

A little bit, but like I said she has a lot of things open. She uses Safari with a butt-load of tabs, Firefox with a butt-load of tabs, Word, iTunes, and sometimes Parallels. Parallels is where she gets most of the memory shortage from. Oh, I forgot Tweetdeck, and a few other programs. She knows how to use the full 4gb of Ram... :D
 
jonbravo77 said:
A little bit, but like I said she has a lot of things open. She uses Safari with a butt-load of tabs, Firefox with a butt-load of tabs, Word, iTunes, and sometimes Parallels. Parallels is where she gets most of the memory shortage from. Oh, I forgot Tweetdeck, and a few other programs. She knows how to use the full 4gb of Ram... :D
Click to expand...

Ok cool, so you think the processor will be fine?

And thanks :D
 
DrummerBASS said:
I'm a student so I'm going to be using iTunes, Safari with a few tabs open and Word a the same time with some occasional Photoshop etc.
Click to expand...

I would wait for the back to school promo in a few months (end of May I think?) if you can. Do you already have a laptop? Try to hold out for the free iPod that you can sell off (makes paying for a MBP cheaper). Plus, you know, upgraded processor etc too...)

Are you in a hurry/is there a big need now? If not, hold off... This is from a student perspective, which is saying, save money 'cause we're all poor.
 
JUST ONE MORE WEEK!!!

:p

Haha, yup do what you want. The new one probably won't be a *huge* difference, maybe... maybe not. I'm waiting, but that's just cause I don't need one until June, I'll get one as soon as they come out.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back