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Iphone or MacBook White

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Hi all

I have been saving for a White MacBook but now my brother has offered me his iphone 3g as he wants the the new iphone coming later on in the year if you could giveme some ideas on what to do that would be great
 
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Get the Macbook. iPhones are useless.
 
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Yup get the macbook, dont let your brother seduce you into buying his USED iphone :eek:
 
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macbook...you will get more benefit
 
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Well what do you really need? A computer or a phone?
 
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Depends on what you really want but I'd say go for a macbook :)
 
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There too completely different things lol.... tbh this is hardly a forum question... its like saying what should i by a tv or a new house lol
 
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dudeking said:
There too completely different things lol.... tbh this is hardly a forum question... its like saying what should i by a tv or a new house lol
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TV of course!! Who needs a house!
 
December

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An iPhone is almost like a netbook...so if you don't need a whole lot of power, and pretty much all you do is listen to music and browse the web, the iPhone may be worth it.

But personally I'd go for the MacBook, there's just so much more you can do with it and use it for.
 
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December said:
An iPhone is almost like a netbook...so if you don't need a whole lot of power, and pretty much all you do is listen to music and browse the web, the iPhone may be worth it.

But personally I'd go for the MacBook, there's just so much more you can do with it and use it for.
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Yeah, couldn't have said it better. If you plan on traveling a lot, the iPhone might be worth it a bit more but yeah like others have said it's comparing Apples to Oranges (pun intended :)).
 
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BlueMac said:
Get the Macbook. iPhones are useless.
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iPhones are far from useless but they are not like a complete computer either. I personally if I needed a computer would take the Macbook. A small screen for doing everyday computing is not really that great on the eyes.

It all depends on what you need, but if you need a real computer, a Macbook is for you and not an iPhone.
 

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