Hey there: new here, new to Macs. I'm going to be starting college soon, going for computer science, I've heard having a laptop with a UNIX backend is all but mandatory in this major.
I have Debian Linux on my desktop here just fine, but the Macbook looks like an acceptable deal, and I like trying out new OS'es for no reason
Thing being, Macbook or Macbook Pro? I've used them both in person at a CompUSA, and the MBP admittedly has a keyboard which I find heinously annoying, like all laptop keyboards. The Macbook surprised me though, I don't make typos on it because of strange, smooshed keys like other laptops. That and it's cheaper, nice processor for the price.
On the MBP side, I do like playing some games sometimes, and don't NEED the lightest laptop there is, the screen real estate would be appreciated. That and every ounce of processor power counts when compiling programs.
What do you guys think?
P.S. while I'm here, what's the temperature like on these things? A lot of my friends have been getting laptops, and they're all like furnaces it seems...
I have Debian Linux on my desktop here just fine, but the Macbook looks like an acceptable deal, and I like trying out new OS'es for no reason
Thing being, Macbook or Macbook Pro? I've used them both in person at a CompUSA, and the MBP admittedly has a keyboard which I find heinously annoying, like all laptop keyboards. The Macbook surprised me though, I don't make typos on it because of strange, smooshed keys like other laptops. That and it's cheaper, nice processor for the price.
On the MBP side, I do like playing some games sometimes, and don't NEED the lightest laptop there is, the screen real estate would be appreciated. That and every ounce of processor power counts when compiling programs.
What do you guys think?
P.S. while I'm here, what's the temperature like on these things? A lot of my friends have been getting laptops, and they're all like furnaces it seems...