Planning to make the Switch !

Hello fellow forum members..I'm looking to make the transition from PC to Mac i Just wanted to get a little opinion on what i should get, my choices so far are between a refurbed macbook pro 13 inch from apple's website or the new macbook uniobody polycarbonate ...thanks for your help

Domo-Kun said:

Hello fellow forum members..I'm looking to make the transition from PC to Mac i Just wanted to get a little opinion on what i should get, my choices so far are between a refurbed macbook pro 13 inch from apple's website or the new macbook uniobody polycarbonate ...thanks for your help

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Do you mean the MacBook air? Depends what you want to use it for but the specs on the new one look very low to me.

clive12 said:

Do you mean the MacBook air? Depends what you want to use it for but the specs on the new one look very low to me.

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Nah jus the regular macbook pro 13 and the Macbook white ...to answer your question I plan on using it for Some Video & Photo Editing

You didn't mention the specs on the refurbed MBP but there isn't too much difference between the white MacBook and the silver 13" MBP. The MBP has Firewire 800 which is faster than USB 2 and it has an SD card reader slot. Those are only an issue if they are important to you.

Also depending on how old the refurb you are talking is it might have an older video card whereas the MacBook has the newer Nvidia 320M card which may or may not help you with your video and photo editing if the programs you use utilizes the video card.

I would look over this page. It is a comparison of all the features of the different Macs. The 13" MB and MBP are almost identical on the inside. Minus a few things that EndlessMac was nice enough to list out for you.

Crimson: did you forget the link to the page perhaps?

Thanks for all your help from what the apple website states its a 13" Macbook Pro with a 2.4 Ghz Core 2 Duo processor 4 gb of DDR3 Memory and a Nvidia 320M Graphics card

chas_m said:

Crimson: did you forget the link to the page perhaps?

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LOL I did forget. Anyways here is the link.

LOL CR, I think this may be the link that you wanted to supply
Apple - Why You?ll Love a Mac - Compare Mac notebook computers.

6string said:

LOL CR, I think this may be the link that you wanted to supply
Apple - Why You?ll Love a Mac - Compare Mac notebook computers.

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Thanks 6string. Wow that stuff must be a lot stronger than I thought. >_<" Totally off of it.

CrimsonRequiem said:

Thanks 6string. Wow that stuff must be a lot stronger than I thought. >_<" Totally off of it.

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Yeah... I stopped doin that years ago, and it's definitely a lot stronger than it was in the 60s and 70s ;P

6string said:

Yeah... I stopped doin that years ago, and it's definitely a lot stronger than it was in the 60s and 70s ;P

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Big lesson learned. Don't computer under the influence. >_<"

So i'm leaning towards the Macbook White Unibody but idk if i should save some more and get the pro?

Domo-Kun said:

So i'm leaning towards the Macbook White Unibody but idk if i should save some more and get the pro?

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Hard to say -- can you tell us a little about what you expect to do with the machine? That would help us determine the best answer for you.