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Hi all,
I'm a computer idiot for the most part and am new to macs, my friends have macs and I have gotten familiar with using them but don't know much else. They have convinced me to get a mac so I think that I am but want to make sure that I get one that will last a long time because I am hopefully going to start grad school in the fall and anticipate being broke for at least the next 3 years. I think I have narrowed it down to the macbook pro 13" and have enough for either a hard drive or memory upgrade and am wondering which would be better. I mainly would use it for school and basic internetting (surfing, stumbling, research, streaming shows/netflix, music, maybe some basic video editing) nothing that seems to crazy.
My options are either
A) 4GB to 8GB- from what I've found from other forums it looks like this can be done after the purchase so I could do that if down the line 4GB doesn't seem enough...true???
B)5400-rpm Serial ATA hard drive to 750GB Serial ATA Drive @ 5400 rpm or 128GB Solid State Drive- I have no idea what any of this means
I'm looking to get a machine that will get me through several years without feeling like I've reached it's limit.
Any tips? Is now a good time to buy?
I'm a computer idiot for the most part and am new to macs, my friends have macs and I have gotten familiar with using them but don't know much else. They have convinced me to get a mac so I think that I am but want to make sure that I get one that will last a long time because I am hopefully going to start grad school in the fall and anticipate being broke for at least the next 3 years. I think I have narrowed it down to the macbook pro 13" and have enough for either a hard drive or memory upgrade and am wondering which would be better. I mainly would use it for school and basic internetting (surfing, stumbling, research, streaming shows/netflix, music, maybe some basic video editing) nothing that seems to crazy.
My options are either
A) 4GB to 8GB- from what I've found from other forums it looks like this can be done after the purchase so I could do that if down the line 4GB doesn't seem enough...true???
B)5400-rpm Serial ATA hard drive to 750GB Serial ATA Drive @ 5400 rpm or 128GB Solid State Drive- I have no idea what any of this means
I'm looking to get a machine that will get me through several years without feeling like I've reached it's limit.
Any tips? Is now a good time to buy?