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13" MBP vs MB
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<blockquote data-quote="jobborrow" data-source="post: 976249" data-attributes="member: 51642"><p>Screen quality - just as Crimson said, that's what I understand too. I am sure that the Macbooks are great machines, when I was buying my Macbook Pro, the salesman asked me why I don't just go for the Macbook a save a few £s, I mentioned the large chunk of plastic that it is, and he suddenly reassured me that it doesn't split round the edges anymore!!! I hadn't mentioned anything about edges and splitting! LOL! </p><p></p><p>Having said all that, I must reiterate that I'm sure it's a great machine, I would have one any day, even an older one if it came to it. But I do like the solid feel to the Pro... But, if you search around, they did make a Unibody Macbook for a while! I've seen places still selling them for knock down prices. Search Unibody Macbook, see what you can find. </p><p></p><p>One other important factor, and please anyone correct me if I'm wrong, but whilst the Macbook Pros support up to 8GB of RAM, the Macbooks only support up to 4GB. Now there's no way on God's earth that I can afford 8GB of RAM, there are solid nuggets of gold the size of a man's hand going for cheaper than 8GB of RAM, but with OSs changing and growing and Apps getting bigger and better and more complex, I like having the option to go 8GB in a future day when it's affordable for the low people like myself!! </p><p></p><p>Firewire for me is important, for audio card. SD slot is useful, but no big deal. The only real let down for me on getting a Macbook Pro is that it has only one audio port, and output that can be configured as an input if you fancy it. It does work with headphone/mic set ups like my iphone headphones, and it's true that for decent low latency audio recording you'd want an external card anyway, but I feel they could have squeezed an extra hole in there for me?!!</p><p></p><p>Please note, when I say 'unibody' I refer to the Aluminum unibody commonly found on the Macbook Pros, as the Macbooks call themselves 'poloycarbonate unibody'. </p><p></p><p>Good luck</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jobborrow, post: 976249, member: 51642"] Screen quality - just as Crimson said, that's what I understand too. I am sure that the Macbooks are great machines, when I was buying my Macbook Pro, the salesman asked me why I don't just go for the Macbook a save a few £s, I mentioned the large chunk of plastic that it is, and he suddenly reassured me that it doesn't split round the edges anymore!!! I hadn't mentioned anything about edges and splitting! LOL! Having said all that, I must reiterate that I'm sure it's a great machine, I would have one any day, even an older one if it came to it. But I do like the solid feel to the Pro... But, if you search around, they did make a Unibody Macbook for a while! I've seen places still selling them for knock down prices. Search Unibody Macbook, see what you can find. One other important factor, and please anyone correct me if I'm wrong, but whilst the Macbook Pros support up to 8GB of RAM, the Macbooks only support up to 4GB. Now there's no way on God's earth that I can afford 8GB of RAM, there are solid nuggets of gold the size of a man's hand going for cheaper than 8GB of RAM, but with OSs changing and growing and Apps getting bigger and better and more complex, I like having the option to go 8GB in a future day when it's affordable for the low people like myself!! Firewire for me is important, for audio card. SD slot is useful, but no big deal. The only real let down for me on getting a Macbook Pro is that it has only one audio port, and output that can be configured as an input if you fancy it. It does work with headphone/mic set ups like my iphone headphones, and it's true that for decent low latency audio recording you'd want an external card anyway, but I feel they could have squeezed an extra hole in there for me?!! Please note, when I say 'unibody' I refer to the Aluminum unibody commonly found on the Macbook Pros, as the Macbooks call themselves 'poloycarbonate unibody'. Good luck [/QUOTE]
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