Macbookintosh?

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So, I just been given a deal, presuming I find a job that is smile

. I can get a macbook, and pay a third, and my family will chip in and help pay the other two thirds. So I been poking around on apples website, trying to find suitable prices and customising hardware.

I found that the newly upgraded white macbook I can get for £259 with 4GB RAM and a 250GB HDD, but the RAM is only DDR2.

But I also been thinking of getting the 2.4GHz Macbook Alumin one. Bumped the RAM up to 4GB and harddrive to 250GB and its £401.

So I guess it depends how long i can wait, when I get a job. I think I'd prefer the aluminum one since its RAM is DDR3. Thing is, it'll prolly be a music keeping, internet browsing, photoshopping, multimedia laptop, for when I go away from home, so is it worth the white one or the aluminum?

(Sorry for my bad typing, my keyboard is having a fit, need batteries!)

Resident Artist From : Devon, England OS : Vista

*very jealous of all these people making decisions on which mac to buy*

Your family is too nice *evil stare*

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randomus_r wrote:: *very jealous of all these people making decisions on which mac to buy*

Your family is too nice *evil stare*

Lol, I thanked them ALOT! Without them, I don't think I could ever get one, not untill I possibly get a grant from college or uni...

Resident Artist From : Devon, England OS : Vista

I tapped my parents up for buying me any possible mac as one present for birthday, christmas and easter plus partly paying for it through me working in my dad's business and the fact I may possibly at some remote point need it for school. Still didn't get it, gawd knows why worried

Anyhoo, sorry for the thread hijacking *slinkies away*

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Haha, it's so we don't feel out of place with our less than impressive (speaking for self) windows desktops happy

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to be honest, I know I could get better specs for cheaper price, but it's about time I got a mac, they are beautiful!

Subject: Re: Macbookintosh? March 4th 2009, 2:27 pm

If you can afford it, I would go with the aluminum one happy

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However, if you don't really think you need it just get the white one tongue

That's how I see it

Subject: Re: Macbookintosh? March 4th 2009, 2:34 pm

get the DDR3. it really feels different. Its much better in the end and also you'd be keeping with the times smile

congrats on the mac book btw but you COULD buy something MUCH better and just use OSx86

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I was tempted, but OSx86 means hassle, and I've hassled enough with it, i'd rather a macbook. But if theres something better that it works out of the box with, im all ears wink

Edit:I also decided i might try and save for the 2.0GHz model, since I don't need the 2.4GHz, just the 4GB of ram...

Subject: Re: Macbookintosh? March 4th 2009, 3:22 pm

that's a good choice.. there's not much of a difference between the 2,4 and the 2,0 Ghz processors tongue

Subject: Re: Macbookintosh? March 4th 2009, 3:23 pm

alxmarcond wrote:: get the DDR3. it really feels different. Its much better in the end and also you'd be keeping with the times congrats on the mac book btw but you COULD buy something MUCH better and just use OSx86

You know most people buy a macbook for the look of it too, right? tongue

Subject: Re: Macbookintosh? March 4th 2009, 6:16 pm

SbuxBlaze wrote:

alxmarcond wrote:: get the DDR3. it really feels different. Its much better in the end and also you'd be keeping with the times congrats on the mac book btw but you COULD buy something MUCH better and just use OSx86

You know most people buy a macbook for the look of it too, right? tongue

people mainly buy Apple products because of its aesthetics and forget that their paying a BIG price for a not so "buffed" up computer/mp3 player.

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ruipalmeira wrote:

SbuxBlaze wrote:

alxmarcond wrote:: get the DDR3. it really feels different. Its much better in the end and also you'd be keeping with the times congrats on the mac book btw but you COULD buy something MUCH better and just use OSx86

You know most people buy a macbook for the look of it too, right? tongue

people mainly buy Apple products because of its aesthetics and forget that their paying a BIG price for a not so "buffed" up computer/mp3 player.

lol, but of a dig there aye? happy

Well to be honest, I asked my tutor, and he said there's no much difference between DDR2 and 3, well not noticable anyway, so I may go the way of the white one... less money = ossumsauce!

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Can't you buy cheap RAM anyway and replace it?

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Don't know if the white one can take ddr3, and ill prolly get 4GB of ram with it anyway, just for speed.

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Just so you can say you have 4GB's wink

Subject: Re: Macbookintosh? March 6th 2009, 5:28 pm

BOyOfWONDEr wrote:: Just so you can say you have 4GB's

4gb helps if he's working with big psd files or with movie editing..

ps : i think you can buy cheaper ram (aka non apple), but be aware that the macbook only has 2 slots for ram sticks i guess.

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BOyOfWONDEr wrote:: Just so you can say you have 4GB's

That, and so I can work with Photoshop open, firefox, itunes, thunderbird and anything else running all at once lol. I like lots of RAM

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True true, i've lost many a photoshop document from it hanging with not enough RAM crying

Subject: Re: Macbookintosh? March 6th 2009, 7:38 pm

BOyOfWONDEr wrote:: True true, i've lost many a photoshop document from it hanging with not enough RAM

or you get your computer hanged by a nylon string.. like me trying to do a 15000*10000 (centimiters) psd document once ... friggin computer schools almost died in there

Subject: Re: Macbookintosh? March 8th 2009, 1:08 pm

i would suggest getting the white one, mainly because its cheaper, the DDR3 doesn't really make a difference IMO the only difference your going to notice is the 0.4Ghz processor upgrade. the glass trackpad in the aluminium is nice, but not really necessary if your going to be doing photoshop etc your going to be using an external mouse anyway.

major flaw in the aluminium macbooks is the screen, its glossy(the glossy screen can get really REALLY annoying) and over saturates colours, so its not that good for designing if your going to be doing a lot of it on there in the future. and its lacking firewire if you use firewire.

so all in all i just suggest that you get the white one with 4gb of ram, the ram is necessary for handling massive PSD files.

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My thoughts exactly tbh, spot on wink

. I'm managing to run 10.5 on my IBM for now, untill I get a real one, probably some time in the summer, till I get enough cash. Thanks for all your guys and girls opinions.