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Ok, I'm sure that this topic must have been brought up about a million times by now but I really what an expert opinion before I commit to anything.
Here's my situation. I'm a 19 year old student so I have VERY little money at all. Last year the government were kind enough to buy me a computer of my choice because I'm dyslexic and can't spell for ****. I bought with my grant a top spec 15" PowerBook. It's got 2gb ram, 100gb HDD at 72,000 rpm, superdrive, the works basically.
This year the MacBook came out and I recon that I could probably do a straight swap on eBay for my top end PowerBook for a Middlish MacBook. Selling mine and then buying a MacBook.
But, is this worth it? How do the 2 different models compare with each other in terms of power and speed? It's going to be quite a hassle for me and I love my computer.
Another question is, can I take a stick of 1gb ram out of my PowerBook and stick it straight into a MacBook no problem. This will give me at least 1.5gb of Ram on the MacBook but will obviously reduce my selling power. I would quite like to do this as I have Apple Ram (not 3rd party) and might quite like to keep it.
Can you run Windows XP on a MacBook. I need to run autocad for next years uni course. If you can run a Windows application and XP on a MacBook then I may be more up for the switch. Front row is also quite tempting but does the MacBook have a remote?
What do I do? HELP!!
Cheers for your time,
Andrew
Here's my situation. I'm a 19 year old student so I have VERY little money at all. Last year the government were kind enough to buy me a computer of my choice because I'm dyslexic and can't spell for ****. I bought with my grant a top spec 15" PowerBook. It's got 2gb ram, 100gb HDD at 72,000 rpm, superdrive, the works basically.
This year the MacBook came out and I recon that I could probably do a straight swap on eBay for my top end PowerBook for a Middlish MacBook. Selling mine and then buying a MacBook.
But, is this worth it? How do the 2 different models compare with each other in terms of power and speed? It's going to be quite a hassle for me and I love my computer.
Another question is, can I take a stick of 1gb ram out of my PowerBook and stick it straight into a MacBook no problem. This will give me at least 1.5gb of Ram on the MacBook but will obviously reduce my selling power. I would quite like to do this as I have Apple Ram (not 3rd party) and might quite like to keep it.
Can you run Windows XP on a MacBook. I need to run autocad for next years uni course. If you can run a Windows application and XP on a MacBook then I may be more up for the switch. Front row is also quite tempting but does the MacBook have a remote?
What do I do? HELP!!
Cheers for your time,
Andrew