Hi all
I am in the market for a new laptop as my Asus F9J-A1 (spec here if you're interested) is just so slow to start up (running Vista) that I have basically stopped using it. This now means that every time I do bother booting it up there are loads of MS updates to get which makes it even slower!
Anyway, I have always fancied a mac so I think now is the time to get one. I was hoping you kind folks could help me decide between a MB and a MBP.
I will mostly be using the laptop for browsing the web, playing poker, watching films when travelling etc. However I also need to be able to run Parallels or equivalent so I can run metatrader (a programme used for trading forex which is unavailable for mac). I'm not concerned about playing games etc as I have my main rig for that. I also want it to be quick to boot up!
This is how my thinking is going at the moment:
MBP - more powerful, sexier etc but significantly more expensive. Has the negative of a new model coming out soon, although I could wait a couple of months to see what happens.
MB - much cheaper and it was released more recently so a refresh shouldn't come out too soon. But is it powerful enough?
Sorry for the stream of conciousness!
Over to you guys!
I am in the market for a new laptop as my Asus F9J-A1 (spec here if you're interested) is just so slow to start up (running Vista) that I have basically stopped using it. This now means that every time I do bother booting it up there are loads of MS updates to get which makes it even slower!
Anyway, I have always fancied a mac so I think now is the time to get one. I was hoping you kind folks could help me decide between a MB and a MBP.
I will mostly be using the laptop for browsing the web, playing poker, watching films when travelling etc. However I also need to be able to run Parallels or equivalent so I can run metatrader (a programme used for trading forex which is unavailable for mac). I'm not concerned about playing games etc as I have my main rig for that. I also want it to be quick to boot up!
This is how my thinking is going at the moment:
MBP - more powerful, sexier etc but significantly more expensive. Has the negative of a new model coming out soon, although I could wait a couple of months to see what happens.
MB - much cheaper and it was released more recently so a refresh shouldn't come out too soon. But is it powerful enough?
Sorry for the stream of conciousness!
Over to you guys!