Getting a Macbook

I'm considering a macbook for college as well. Specs are a turn off, 1,000+ dollars for a laptop that is slower than my desktop I got 3 years ago is not cool ;) specially' considering the fact I'm gonna' end up running windows on it.

Im defiantly considering a macbook at the moment, bringing me in :P

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Originally Posted by Markokas

I would agree with cocaine. The Macs do look nice but they are far too overpriced in my opinion. Like HotelUser said, you will probably be ending up running Win7 on it. Again the question rises: what do you want to use it for specifically; do you want to play games on it? If so i suggest getting a PC, better machine for the same price. If you just want to use it for work and browsing and your wallet won't hate you for buying one, go for the Macbook.

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I did not say this. The biggest bonus of getting a Macbook for me would be having OS X :)

Apple don't even sell the plane old MacBooks anymore. That died a few months ago. Only the Air and Pro now.

Just ordered a new one!!!!!!

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Originally Posted by iBlueBox

Apple don't even sell the plane old MacBooks anymore. That died a few months ago. Only the Air and Pro now.

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I might be mistaken here but I believe they axed the normal line, then reduced the prices in the pros so the end user was then getting a better machine with their pro, for the same or around the same price as traditional macbooks.

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Originally Posted by HotelUser

I did not say this. The biggest bonus of getting a Macbook for me would be having OS X :)

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Oops sorry, my bad apparently i'm going blind amongst other things... As Recursion said, you will probably end up running win7 in that case. :D

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Originally Posted by Markokas

Oops sorry, my bad apparently i'm going blind amongst other things... As Recursion said, you will probably end up running win7 in that case. :D

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In regards to probably having to run Windows 7 I don't think that's true at all. If he's a gamer he should stick to Windows, but if that's not the case OS X will be perfectly fine ;)