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Hello everyone,
I am totally new to this forum as well as Mac. Right now I have a Compaq laptop that I bought 5 years ago. At any day now it is bound to die!
Well the time has come for me to switch to Mac and after doing the research I plan to get the Mac Pro 13in. As much as I love the 15in right now it is not within my budget. Hopefully some day I will be able to get the 15in. Right now I just want something to start off with. Hopefully I will be more prosperous down the road; right now the road is good and has left me with money to buy this Mac and room to expand my education.
I should mention that I have a 19in monitor (which I am using to type this message as we speak) to hook up my Mac to. So technically I am not really losing screen size.
Also I should admit that I wanted a laptop with Blue Ray and HD but after reading articles and talking to people it seems like a waste of money. I took into account licensing fees, picture quality ( which to see a difference you would need at least a 40in TV), and there is the issue of a DVD player being able to actually play the DVD at home or on any other computer which is also tied to regional issues on the DVD player. It seems that right now the technology has not matured to make me want to run out and buy it. And if I do want to burn HD or Blue ray there is Roxio for that. This whole Blue Ray and HD is just a bunch of hype to please the masses and is a format war just like VHS and DVD in the beginning. Well not hype but more like something else for consumers to pay money for when it still has flaws.
Does anybody have the latest news for Mac? I was going to buy one tonight but then there is a event on January 27 so I waited. My guess there is going to be updates for the Iphone or tablet.
I hope my rambling did not bore anyone but I wanted to share some good news. Look out Mac here I come!
I am totally new to this forum as well as Mac. Right now I have a Compaq laptop that I bought 5 years ago. At any day now it is bound to die!
Well the time has come for me to switch to Mac and after doing the research I plan to get the Mac Pro 13in. As much as I love the 15in right now it is not within my budget. Hopefully some day I will be able to get the 15in. Right now I just want something to start off with. Hopefully I will be more prosperous down the road; right now the road is good and has left me with money to buy this Mac and room to expand my education.
I should mention that I have a 19in monitor (which I am using to type this message as we speak) to hook up my Mac to. So technically I am not really losing screen size.
Also I should admit that I wanted a laptop with Blue Ray and HD but after reading articles and talking to people it seems like a waste of money. I took into account licensing fees, picture quality ( which to see a difference you would need at least a 40in TV), and there is the issue of a DVD player being able to actually play the DVD at home or on any other computer which is also tied to regional issues on the DVD player. It seems that right now the technology has not matured to make me want to run out and buy it. And if I do want to burn HD or Blue ray there is Roxio for that. This whole Blue Ray and HD is just a bunch of hype to please the masses and is a format war just like VHS and DVD in the beginning. Well not hype but more like something else for consumers to pay money for when it still has flaws.
Does anybody have the latest news for Mac? I was going to buy one tonight but then there is a event on January 27 so I waited. My guess there is going to be updates for the Iphone or tablet.
I hope my rambling did not bore anyone but I wanted to share some good news. Look out Mac here I come!