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Hi,
After years of using my IBM laptop, I've decided to switch to Mac.
I looked into the refurbished line, and purchased the following:
15.4-inch widescreen display
2GB memory
200GB hard drive
8x SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT with 256MB of GDDR3 memory
Built-in iSight Camera
for $1,349.00
I'll be using my MBP mainly for photography, i.e. Adobe Lightroom/CS4 working with 15 MB RAW files...
And maybe i'll get into some gaming...no movie editing (well not just yet).
Anyway, I was wondering if the above is enough for my needs?
Also, Im wondering if I should have purchased the exact same model as above, except that it comes with a 250GB hard drive AND NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT with 512MB of GDDR3 memory for only $150 more.
I could care less about the extra 50GB as i have an external hard drive, but will the extra 256 MB video card memory i.e. 512 MB video card, have an obvious advantage/improvement over just the 256 MB in the model i just bought?
Thanks - my MBP is due to arrive tmr......
After years of using my IBM laptop, I've decided to switch to Mac.
I looked into the refurbished line, and purchased the following:
15.4-inch widescreen display
2GB memory
200GB hard drive
8x SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT with 256MB of GDDR3 memory
Built-in iSight Camera
for $1,349.00
I'll be using my MBP mainly for photography, i.e. Adobe Lightroom/CS4 working with 15 MB RAW files...
And maybe i'll get into some gaming...no movie editing (well not just yet).
Anyway, I was wondering if the above is enough for my needs?
Also, Im wondering if I should have purchased the exact same model as above, except that it comes with a 250GB hard drive AND NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT with 512MB of GDDR3 memory for only $150 more.
I could care less about the extra 50GB as i have an external hard drive, but will the extra 256 MB video card memory i.e. 512 MB video card, have an obvious advantage/improvement over just the 256 MB in the model i just bought?
Thanks - my MBP is due to arrive tmr......