I just want a portable laptop that I can take to uni sometimes, do assignments on, email, Itunes etc. Would a Macbook be enough?
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Would a Macbook do for me?
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yeah the macbook is going to be great for what you want. i wouldn't do anything more or anything less
I was thinking about a PC laptop but I have a little Asus eee PC to take care of that want
Since I live in Australia, I am eligible for the nano rebate. Could someone explain the benefit of that to me? I don't quite understand how it works
Since I live in Australia, I am eligible for the nano rebate. Could someone explain the benefit of that to me? I don't quite understand how it works
Replace your 'uni' with my 'travelling' and I'm exactly the same as you.
I bought the 'bottom of the line' MacBook for emails, iTunes, blogging, iPhoto, etc and it's perfect. Small & lightweight, powerful, looooong battery life and bloody lovely looking!
I bought the 'bottom of the line' MacBook for emails, iTunes, blogging, iPhoto, etc and it's perfect. Small & lightweight, powerful, looooong battery life and bloody lovely looking!
Buy a Mac laptop and you get a free 2GB nano or $199 off the price of any iPod you buy in conjunction with the laptop.
This deal for the free 2gb nano is only in Australia? What about the US?
And are these 2G nanos or 3G video nanos?
And are these 2G nanos or 3G video nanos?
Our sale begins in June and usually centers around the $200 model of nano/mini.
As for the OP, I think a macbook is more than fine.
If weight is a concern, the MBA might be nice, but that's a lot of cash to throw to save yourself another 2 lbs.
A macbook would be more than perfect for you. A lot of people (from what I've seen) have bought the macbook pro, and just do the basics (email, internet, word processing) and i can't help but wonder why they spent the extra cash? i dunno, but yeah, the macbook should be great.
Truly i bought the MBP because I primarily liked the aluminum
Although the LED backlit screen was a small factor. It's probably overkill for my mobile needs. The Macbooks are very nice.
Would it also be capable of running Vista via bootcamp? Im thinking of the middle white macbook model or the black
Yeah, any of them will do that. Remember, an Apple laptop is basically a PC laptop with a chip that allows it to run OS X. With Vista, it'll behave just like any other PC laptop with equivalent specs.
I say invest on an addition 2GB stick of ram, it costs like nothing and you'll certainly benefit from it (i,e, multi-tasking without slowing down).
The MacBook should be more than enough for what you're looking for. As far as the RAM, get the 1 GB of RAM and then bump it up to 2 GB after-market if you can to save some money (although the last time I looked, bumping to 2 GB of RAM directly from Apple wasn't too bad). Mac OS X absolutely flies on 2 GB of RAM.
How many slots does the macbook have if I got the standard 2 512 sticks could I just buy another 1GB and put it in or do I need to have 2 1GB sticks? and are they difficult to put in yourself
There are 2 slots in the macbook and macbook pro.
You can replace either or, but with RAM so cheap, you might as well just buy one time and get 2 1GB sticks.
It's very easy to do and doesn't take much at all.