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Help choosing my first Macbook (Canada, 1500$, software development)
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<blockquote data-quote="Slydude" data-source="post: 1720931" data-attributes="member: 131855"><p>Many of the current Macs are difficult for the average user to open up and work on themselves. Personally I think AppleCare is a good idea. You don't have to purchase the extended AppleCare at the same time that you purchase the machine. You simply must purchase it before the first year is up. Theoretically, if your budget permits you could go for more storage now and purchase AppleCare later. </p><p></p><p>Here's a consideration that may help you decide how much storage you need. On your iMac select the hard drive and choose Get Info. That should give you an idea how much space is used by the applications that you are already using plus any data you have on there. Second ask whether there is any software you want/need on the laptop but don't currently have on the laptop. Finally, you need an additional amount of free space for the swap files OS X creates. If that space gets too low things really slow down. Most of our members recommend 15-20% of free space for best performance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Slydude, post: 1720931, member: 131855"] Many of the current Macs are difficult for the average user to open up and work on themselves. Personally I think AppleCare is a good idea. You don't have to purchase the extended AppleCare at the same time that you purchase the machine. You simply must purchase it before the first year is up. Theoretically, if your budget permits you could go for more storage now and purchase AppleCare later. Here's a consideration that may help you decide how much storage you need. On your iMac select the hard drive and choose Get Info. That should give you an idea how much space is used by the applications that you are already using plus any data you have on there. Second ask whether there is any software you want/need on the laptop but don't currently have on the laptop. Finally, you need an additional amount of free space for the swap files OS X creates. If that space gets too low things really slow down. Most of our members recommend 15-20% of free space for best performance. [/QUOTE]
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