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<blockquote data-quote="Tory" data-source="post: 353281" data-attributes="member: 28747"><p>Hello everyone!</p><p></p><p>I currently own an Alienware Area-51 desktop computer and now that I am starting college I am in desperate need of a laptop. I was browsing around a Barne's and Noble one day and saw a Macworld magazine and started flipping through it. Instantly I fell in love... er, lust, perhaps. I have a few questions before I take the dive, because if I am spending $3,000, I want to be sure I am making the right choice.</p><p></p><p>Firstly, I design a lot of websites... I know Macs are for the "hip and creative", but I see a lot more music, pictures, and video advertised than I do web design. Am I still going to be able to program my PHP/MySQL-heavy websites with a MacBook Pro? Currently I use Zend and Dreamweaver.</p><p></p><p>Second, along with these online sites comes the business side of things. This involves a lot of writing (business models/plans, charting revenue growth, etc.). Am I going to be able to create such documents and have them be compatible with Windows-based computers? I did see that Office 2008 is in the works, but currently there is only 2004. Has there been a release date set for 2008, or is it just a rumor?</p><p></p><p>Third, how is the OS speed compared to Windows? Some people tell me OS X is faster than Windows, and others say the opposite.</p><p></p><p>And lastly, I was wondering about a couple of hardware problems. First, no MacBook comes with a numpad on the right-hand side. Are there are USB numpads that I could plug in to use? Reason being is I deal with stocks and with a lot of numbers, so reaching above the keyboard will be very inefficient as opposed to a numpad. Also, can you right click with a mouse? I have read that you can OPTION-CLICK or something of that nature to replicate a "right-click", but again that would be very inefficient.</p><p></p><p>Thanks in advance guys, hopefully I hear what I am hoping to hear and end up going with it!</p><p></p><p><strong>My Possible MacBook Pro Stats:</strong></p><p>2.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo</p><p>3GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM </p><p>160GB Serial ATA Drive</p><p>SuperDrive 6x (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)</p><p>MacBook Pro 15-inch Widescreen Display</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tory, post: 353281, member: 28747"] Hello everyone! I currently own an Alienware Area-51 desktop computer and now that I am starting college I am in desperate need of a laptop. I was browsing around a Barne's and Noble one day and saw a Macworld magazine and started flipping through it. Instantly I fell in love... er, lust, perhaps. I have a few questions before I take the dive, because if I am spending $3,000, I want to be sure I am making the right choice. Firstly, I design a lot of websites... I know Macs are for the "hip and creative", but I see a lot more music, pictures, and video advertised than I do web design. Am I still going to be able to program my PHP/MySQL-heavy websites with a MacBook Pro? Currently I use Zend and Dreamweaver. Second, along with these online sites comes the business side of things. This involves a lot of writing (business models/plans, charting revenue growth, etc.). Am I going to be able to create such documents and have them be compatible with Windows-based computers? I did see that Office 2008 is in the works, but currently there is only 2004. Has there been a release date set for 2008, or is it just a rumor? Third, how is the OS speed compared to Windows? Some people tell me OS X is faster than Windows, and others say the opposite. And lastly, I was wondering about a couple of hardware problems. First, no MacBook comes with a numpad on the right-hand side. Are there are USB numpads that I could plug in to use? Reason being is I deal with stocks and with a lot of numbers, so reaching above the keyboard will be very inefficient as opposed to a numpad. Also, can you right click with a mouse? I have read that you can OPTION-CLICK or something of that nature to replicate a "right-click", but again that would be very inefficient. Thanks in advance guys, hopefully I hear what I am hoping to hear and end up going with it! [B]My Possible MacBook Pro Stats:[/B] 2.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 3GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM 160GB Serial ATA Drive SuperDrive 6x (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW) MacBook Pro 15-inch Widescreen Display [/QUOTE]
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