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Need Advise on Buying My 1st Mac Notebook.. help?
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<blockquote data-quote="SweetCosmicPope" data-source="post: 1018883" data-attributes="member: 135923"><p>My suggestions:</p><p></p><p>Go with the 13 or 15 inch. You've shown interest in the 13, but the bigger screen will do you well if you'll be doing video and photo editing.</p><p></p><p>Go pro, for sure. It has firewire and SD slots, so you can capture your images and video with ease.</p><p></p><p>For video I highly suggest going with a good size hard drive. 250 is good, however, if you do alot of video, I would suggest an external drive for storage, as well. Those videos will fill your hard drive very quickly.</p><p></p><p>Also for video, DEFINITELY make the jump to 4gb of RAM or more. 4gb should be fine, though. You may also consider the faster processor, but honestly, that's going to make a much smaller difference compared to the RAM.</p><p></p><p>I'm not sure what video card upgrades are available for the macbooks pros, nor am I sure how powerful the built-in one is. Maybe somebody else can chime in on that.</p><p></p><p>Now, apple has their own propriety mini display port for video, so you'll need an adapter to go VGA, I believe.</p><p></p><p>Other than that, it's a great machine. If it's lightweight stuff you'll be doing, I think you can get by with the RAM upgrade, but if you'll be doing anything half serious, I would highly consider my suggestions above.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SweetCosmicPope, post: 1018883, member: 135923"] My suggestions: Go with the 13 or 15 inch. You've shown interest in the 13, but the bigger screen will do you well if you'll be doing video and photo editing. Go pro, for sure. It has firewire and SD slots, so you can capture your images and video with ease. For video I highly suggest going with a good size hard drive. 250 is good, however, if you do alot of video, I would suggest an external drive for storage, as well. Those videos will fill your hard drive very quickly. Also for video, DEFINITELY make the jump to 4gb of RAM or more. 4gb should be fine, though. You may also consider the faster processor, but honestly, that's going to make a much smaller difference compared to the RAM. I'm not sure what video card upgrades are available for the macbooks pros, nor am I sure how powerful the built-in one is. Maybe somebody else can chime in on that. Now, apple has their own propriety mini display port for video, so you'll need an adapter to go VGA, I believe. Other than that, it's a great machine. If it's lightweight stuff you'll be doing, I think you can get by with the RAM upgrade, but if you'll be doing anything half serious, I would highly consider my suggestions above. [/QUOTE]
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