I'm a high school student and I have been looking at laptops. I currently own a PC and an old Powerbook G4. I wanted to sell my parts and put the money towards a Macbook or Macbook Pro.
The main reason I'm going Apple is because of the design. I'd like some help to justify the additional U$200 I'd spend on a Macbook Pro vs. the Macbook.
My plans are to buy a 13" Macbook Pro base model and upgrade it to 4 or 8GB of RAM and purchase a 320GB or 500GB hard drive for it.
If I were to purchase the 13" Macbook I'd go for the base model and upgrade to 4GB of RAM and 320GB or 500GB hard drive.
I have no problems upgrading parts at all, just trying to figure out what would be the best value for me. The laptop's going to be used for school work, general multimedia and will install Boot Camp and use Windows for programming. Also wondering if it'd be possible to play a few games on either model under Windows. I'm looking more at real time strategy, but some first person shooters (I'm OK with lowering graphics) would be nice too.
Any advice is greatly appreciated and I apologise if this question has been asked a million times before.
Thank you!
The main reason I'm going Apple is because of the design. I'd like some help to justify the additional U$200 I'd spend on a Macbook Pro vs. the Macbook.
My plans are to buy a 13" Macbook Pro base model and upgrade it to 4 or 8GB of RAM and purchase a 320GB or 500GB hard drive for it.
If I were to purchase the 13" Macbook I'd go for the base model and upgrade to 4GB of RAM and 320GB or 500GB hard drive.
I have no problems upgrading parts at all, just trying to figure out what would be the best value for me. The laptop's going to be used for school work, general multimedia and will install Boot Camp and use Windows for programming. Also wondering if it'd be possible to play a few games on either model under Windows. I'm looking more at real time strategy, but some first person shooters (I'm OK with lowering graphics) would be nice too.
Any advice is greatly appreciated and I apologise if this question has been asked a million times before.
Thank you!