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Apple Computing Products:
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Best Option for High School Student
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<blockquote data-quote="EAJ" data-source="post: 397751" data-attributes="member: 31438"><p>Greetings to all! </p><p></p><p>I hope it is alright to dive in with a slew of questions. I'm a confused PC owner (not by choice, but a work requirement, lol) tiptoeing into Macland. ;D </p><p></p><p>My parents have offered to buy my daughter a Macbook for her birthday. She'll be starting high school in the fall and they are hoping this one will last her all 4 years. She takes all honors courses and they seem to do a lot of projects using programs like Powerpoint. She of course does all the normal teen digital stuff (ipod, digital camera, IM, etc) and does like to play games, but is not a huge gamer. More along the lines of Sims and Guitar Hero. </p><p></p><p>A teacher at the high school said she will need Office with Powerpoint and iLife, but didn't give me much else to go on. My parents are trusting me to tell them what to buy and they are willing to spend what's necessary without over buying for what she needs. Is the black Macbook more than enough to handle what we anticipate her needing throughout high school? Should we bump the RAM to 2GB? Will the graphics on this one handle amateur dabbling with pics and video or should we consider the lower end Macbook Pro? </p><p></p><p>Any advice is greatly appreciated and any other recommendations for additional software or other additions would be very welcomed! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EAJ, post: 397751, member: 31438"] Greetings to all! I hope it is alright to dive in with a slew of questions. I'm a confused PC owner (not by choice, but a work requirement, lol) tiptoeing into Macland. ;D My parents have offered to buy my daughter a Macbook for her birthday. She'll be starting high school in the fall and they are hoping this one will last her all 4 years. She takes all honors courses and they seem to do a lot of projects using programs like Powerpoint. She of course does all the normal teen digital stuff (ipod, digital camera, IM, etc) and does like to play games, but is not a huge gamer. More along the lines of Sims and Guitar Hero. A teacher at the high school said she will need Office with Powerpoint and iLife, but didn't give me much else to go on. My parents are trusting me to tell them what to buy and they are willing to spend what's necessary without over buying for what she needs. Is the black Macbook more than enough to handle what we anticipate her needing throughout high school? Should we bump the RAM to 2GB? Will the graphics on this one handle amateur dabbling with pics and video or should we consider the lower end Macbook Pro? Any advice is greatly appreciated and any other recommendations for additional software or other additions would be very welcomed! :D [/QUOTE]
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