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Hi folks.
I looked for a thread to introduce myself, so will have to do it here (have a hardware question coming up...)
I'm Gabrielle from the UK and am in the process of switching from PC/Blackberry to Mac/iPhone. I'll be getting the phone next month but would like to get the laptop now.
I've been reading posts on this forum for a while and it has been a wealth of information but this is my first post. I plan on writing about the switch and publishing it online so any help would be most welcome.
I currently have a trusty old Toshiba Satellite Pro A100 (Core™ Duo T2300 (1.66GHz) Windows XP Professional 15.4" TFT Widescreen 512MB memory and 60GB HDD, Bluetooth and WiFi) - I'd really like to buy an older Macbook that would offer similar specs and would give similar performance.
I use it for about 5 hours a day for browsing, streaming video, etc and it copes admirably - the only thing it struggles with is iTunes which generally kills performance on it.
If I could buy an older, maybe refurbed, Apple laptop to keep me going for a year or so, I think I would be in a much better position to invest in a new machine next year. So for the time being, as long as the Mac will do everything the old Toshiba will do then I'll be really happy, any additional performance would be a waste at the moment.
Could anyone reccomend an older Mac laptop that would give similar performance that I could look for on eBay, etc? I really do appreciate your help, I really struggle with computer specs at the best of time, let alone trying to compare PC-Mac.
Post 1 of many - hopefully I'll be able to share my experience with other newbies in the switchers forum.
xxxGabriellexxx
I looked for a thread to introduce myself, so will have to do it here (have a hardware question coming up...)
I'm Gabrielle from the UK and am in the process of switching from PC/Blackberry to Mac/iPhone. I'll be getting the phone next month but would like to get the laptop now.
I've been reading posts on this forum for a while and it has been a wealth of information but this is my first post. I plan on writing about the switch and publishing it online so any help would be most welcome.
I currently have a trusty old Toshiba Satellite Pro A100 (Core™ Duo T2300 (1.66GHz) Windows XP Professional 15.4" TFT Widescreen 512MB memory and 60GB HDD, Bluetooth and WiFi) - I'd really like to buy an older Macbook that would offer similar specs and would give similar performance.
I use it for about 5 hours a day for browsing, streaming video, etc and it copes admirably - the only thing it struggles with is iTunes which generally kills performance on it.
If I could buy an older, maybe refurbed, Apple laptop to keep me going for a year or so, I think I would be in a much better position to invest in a new machine next year. So for the time being, as long as the Mac will do everything the old Toshiba will do then I'll be really happy, any additional performance would be a waste at the moment.
Could anyone reccomend an older Mac laptop that would give similar performance that I could look for on eBay, etc? I really do appreciate your help, I really struggle with computer specs at the best of time, let alone trying to compare PC-Mac.
Post 1 of many - hopefully I'll be able to share my experience with other newbies in the switchers forum.
xxxGabriellexxx