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<blockquote data-quote="fiveightandten" data-source="post: 296256" data-attributes="member: 24555"><p>Thanks for the reply, I appreciate the info. </p><p></p><p>So, as far as regular Macbook vs. Pro...are there other aspects that would make the Pro a better decision? Battery life? Durability? (seems the plastic Macbook cases crack easier than the Macbook Pro titanium dents). I know the Pro has the card slot, and has an additional firewire slot, and the keyboard is backlit. Do the regular plastic Macbooks have the heat issues that the Pros do?</p><p></p><p>What i'm seeing is that the price difference is roughly $500-900. I guess i'm just wondering if i'm missing anything else. For instance...picking up a Macbook, at worst worst case, dumping a few hundred into it to upgrade the RAM and putting a superdrive in it if I needed. I'd wind up with a machine that has a smaller screen (without the matte option), lesser graphics capability, and doesn't have the card slot and the extra firewire port. The keyboard wouldn't be backlit as well. Anything worth noting that i'm missing?</p><p></p><p>BTW...can you clarify what you mean by 'slots'? I'll probably keep the Dell around to use, it's a pretty recent machine, nice LCD monitor, and i've kept it clean...OS re-install every few months, so it runs nice. </p><p></p><p>Thanks again for the reply. </p><p></p><p>-Nick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fiveightandten, post: 296256, member: 24555"] Thanks for the reply, I appreciate the info. So, as far as regular Macbook vs. Pro...are there other aspects that would make the Pro a better decision? Battery life? Durability? (seems the plastic Macbook cases crack easier than the Macbook Pro titanium dents). I know the Pro has the card slot, and has an additional firewire slot, and the keyboard is backlit. Do the regular plastic Macbooks have the heat issues that the Pros do? What i'm seeing is that the price difference is roughly $500-900. I guess i'm just wondering if i'm missing anything else. For instance...picking up a Macbook, at worst worst case, dumping a few hundred into it to upgrade the RAM and putting a superdrive in it if I needed. I'd wind up with a machine that has a smaller screen (without the matte option), lesser graphics capability, and doesn't have the card slot and the extra firewire port. The keyboard wouldn't be backlit as well. Anything worth noting that i'm missing? BTW...can you clarify what you mean by 'slots'? I'll probably keep the Dell around to use, it's a pretty recent machine, nice LCD monitor, and i've kept it clean...OS re-install every few months, so it runs nice. Thanks again for the reply. -Nick [/QUOTE]
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