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02-16-2007, 02:49 PM
Basically, its for work and leisure use. Storing docs, recording and editing the podcast, picture editing (photoshop stuff), small amount of flash animation. I was going to go for the £800 macbook (2.0GHz core duo, 1GB ram etc) would this be suitable? ive been told that im stupid buying a macbook now as apple has plans to release another laptop or something. finally...ive been told there is a website dedicated to apple macs, where you can download free software (not priated stuff), widgets and all sorts of stuff...but forgot the link..any ideas also? All feedback is welcome :headphone Last edited by boletje; 02-16-2007 at 02:59 PM. |
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02-16-2007, 02:58 PM
It has been about 3 months since the last macbook revision... the "typical" time frame in between revisions is 6 months... The truth is you could spend your whole life waiting for the next release. The Macbook you are interested in will suit you just fine.. If you have the extra $$$ I would max the RAM at 2 GB. |
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02-16-2007, 03:33 PM
I got mine with 1GB of RAM, but to be honest, I really feel as though I should upgrade to 2GB since I run a lot of memory intensive programs and often find myself with just 10-15MB left. As for the website, you can find widgets and other software right on Apple's website. Another site you might want to check out is www.macupdate.com |
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02-16-2007, 05:24 PM
only thing i miss is dedicated graphics for games, but a macbook w/ 2Gb of ram is a nice little machine. Please participate in our Member of the Month polls. Every vote counts! And remember to use the user reputation system! ["Dear Homer, I. O. U. one emergency donut. Signed, Homer." - Note by Homer Simpson] |
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