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looking to get a mac but have a few ?'s
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<blockquote data-quote="anthemeral" data-source="post: 1098802" data-attributes="member: 101132"><p>I write books so i need a laptop that is reliable and sturdy above anything else,</p><p>added benefits would be the ability to run a constant backup whilst writing </p><p>and multitasking of huge documents that contain hundreds of high resolution tiff files, that end up converting into 2gbs or more sized pdfs</p><p></p><p>i have no gaming needs so am unsure whether or not 4gb ram will benefit me, or if a 4gb ram limit will mean that i will need to upgrade again too soon</p><p></p><p>i need a laptop that will last at the least 3 years and am struggling to choose between a macbook, macbook pro and an hp pavillion dm4 that has a metal casing and is 630 pounds for similar specs to the 15inch macbook pro, but build quality is important to me and if macbook or the pro version offer a huge difference then im happy to pay the extra but would like to save so i can buy software such as iworks and adobe otherwise i will use freeware</p><p></p><p>im happy using either windows or osx</p><p></p><p>also i heard that the mac is able to convert to pdf without installing third party apps, if this is true does anyone know if it is possible to convert to the highest quality possible, in the program i currently use this mode is called professional or source so that no image quality is lost in the tiff image files</p><p></p><p>is it easy to install fonts on a mac (saved on my hard drive from a windows laptop) and will documents i have written in star office with some unusual fonts (such as adobe caslon pro, diavlo, and geosans used in my saved odt files be readable (and useable) on a mac</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="anthemeral, post: 1098802, member: 101132"] I write books so i need a laptop that is reliable and sturdy above anything else, added benefits would be the ability to run a constant backup whilst writing and multitasking of huge documents that contain hundreds of high resolution tiff files, that end up converting into 2gbs or more sized pdfs i have no gaming needs so am unsure whether or not 4gb ram will benefit me, or if a 4gb ram limit will mean that i will need to upgrade again too soon i need a laptop that will last at the least 3 years and am struggling to choose between a macbook, macbook pro and an hp pavillion dm4 that has a metal casing and is 630 pounds for similar specs to the 15inch macbook pro, but build quality is important to me and if macbook or the pro version offer a huge difference then im happy to pay the extra but would like to save so i can buy software such as iworks and adobe otherwise i will use freeware im happy using either windows or osx also i heard that the mac is able to convert to pdf without installing third party apps, if this is true does anyone know if it is possible to convert to the highest quality possible, in the program i currently use this mode is called professional or source so that no image quality is lost in the tiff image files is it easy to install fonts on a mac (saved on my hard drive from a windows laptop) and will documents i have written in star office with some unusual fonts (such as adobe caslon pro, diavlo, and geosans used in my saved odt files be readable (and useable) on a mac [/QUOTE]
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