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<blockquote data-quote="Kash" data-source="post: 294960" data-attributes="member: 23444"><p>Couple issues I have with your post. For starters, nowhere does he mention that he will be playing games on his Macbook Pro. He will be using it mainly for editing video/pictures/audio. As for the video card options, the difference between 2.16GHz and 2.33GHz is realistically minimal. Unless he plans on rendering videos, he won't gain much from the extra 128MB on the video card either. This is especially true considering the fact that the MBP video card isn't capable of addressing all that extra memory in the first place. </p><p></p><p>Second issue I have with your post is the erroneous assumption that you can't play DVDs on Windows XP via Parallels. I just stuck a DVD into my Macbook and Windows XP (via Parallels) played it without a hitch. As far as DVD Shrink not working, that's also not true. Any speed issues you'll deal with has to do with emulation rather than flaws in Parallels. Also, though there may be no DVD Shrink available for the Mac, there are quite a few applications available that do a similar job. Some notable ones are Mac the Ripper and Handbrake, the latter of which I find to be much easier than any PC alternative. </p><p></p><p>I understand that you're new to the whole Mac experience, but please, don't go telling people that they can't do things simply because you haven't figured it out yet. </p><p></p><p>Brock, I personally don't believe you have much of a use in getting a Mac when most of the applications you're used to using either are Windows only or have Windows versions. While getting a Mac might seem like fun, it may in fact be more of a hindrance when you have to restart every so often just to use another program when you could have saved yourself the trouble by getting a Windows based notebook. There's really no getting around it since your Windows uses are too extensive for Parallels to handle. A couple of weeks after buying your Macbook Pro, you'll be hating yourself for just having bought a Windows laptop with the Apple logo on it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kash, post: 294960, member: 23444"] Couple issues I have with your post. For starters, nowhere does he mention that he will be playing games on his Macbook Pro. He will be using it mainly for editing video/pictures/audio. As for the video card options, the difference between 2.16GHz and 2.33GHz is realistically minimal. Unless he plans on rendering videos, he won't gain much from the extra 128MB on the video card either. This is especially true considering the fact that the MBP video card isn't capable of addressing all that extra memory in the first place. Second issue I have with your post is the erroneous assumption that you can't play DVDs on Windows XP via Parallels. I just stuck a DVD into my Macbook and Windows XP (via Parallels) played it without a hitch. As far as DVD Shrink not working, that's also not true. Any speed issues you'll deal with has to do with emulation rather than flaws in Parallels. Also, though there may be no DVD Shrink available for the Mac, there are quite a few applications available that do a similar job. Some notable ones are Mac the Ripper and Handbrake, the latter of which I find to be much easier than any PC alternative. I understand that you're new to the whole Mac experience, but please, don't go telling people that they can't do things simply because you haven't figured it out yet. Brock, I personally don't believe you have much of a use in getting a Mac when most of the applications you're used to using either are Windows only or have Windows versions. While getting a Mac might seem like fun, it may in fact be more of a hindrance when you have to restart every so often just to use another program when you could have saved yourself the trouble by getting a Windows based notebook. There's really no getting around it since your Windows uses are too extensive for Parallels to handle. A couple of weeks after buying your Macbook Pro, you'll be hating yourself for just having bought a Windows laptop with the Apple logo on it. [/QUOTE]
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