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Recommend me a new mac!
Nataneko
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Hello! I just came back from the best buy and it looks like I'll probably be getting around 1200$ from them because my computer breaks all the time. I currently have a 13 inch black macbook (with the smallest harddrive ever, 80g)
I use my computer for internetting, schoolpaper making and picture watching (as in I take picture and put them in my computer >.>) so I don't think I need extreme performance. Also, I finish school in about a year, and well, I don't need extreme portability (the main transporting I did in the last year is from my home to my boyfriend's place)
so right now I'm not sure what I should get. the 13 inch new macbook or the 20 inch imac? are there any known issue with any one of them? Are there good reason I should pay more for the next bigger model?
also, if I buy my computer at bestbuy can I still get the applecare? I'd prefer not dealing with bestbuy again if I have to repair my computer.
I use my computer for internetting, schoolpaper making and picture watching (as in I take picture and put them in my computer >.>) so I don't think I need extreme performance. Also, I finish school in about a year, and well, I don't need extreme portability (the main transporting I did in the last year is from my home to my boyfriend's place)
so right now I'm not sure what I should get. the 13 inch new macbook or the 20 inch imac? are there any known issue with any one of them? Are there good reason I should pay more for the next bigger model?
also, if I buy my computer at bestbuy can I still get the applecare? I'd prefer not dealing with bestbuy again if I have to repair my computer.
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If it works anything like it does for me here in Sweden: you get 90 days of phone support, and a full year of warranty from Apple. You can buy AppleCare at any time within that year to extend it another two years.
thanks Echo, i'll check if it's the same in Canada (I think it is)
do you want a bigger screen? get the iMac
do you want to use the mulitouch trackpad? get the macbook
do you ever intend on moving your computer around, even if it's to the living room or whatever? get the macbook
need the 320GB hard drive instead of the 160GB? get the iMac
seriously though all of these except portability are going to be fixable with extra hardware. I'd buy the MacBook simply because if I decide I need a bigger screen, I can go buy one. if I need a bigger hard drive, I can get a terabyte external for ~$100. but if I decide I need portability, I can't exactly turn the iMac into something that's easy to carry around
It's more flexible than the iMac and you can even hook up two screens to it (once you do you will never understand how one was enough).
Regardless which Mac you get buy the least amount of memory from Apple. Just like when one buys a PC from Dell or IBM there is a huge mark up on RAM. Just get memory from Crucial or some similar place and you save a lot while still getting brand name memory.
My sentiments exactly. I'm typing this in bed, 300 miles from where I live, on my work computer.
Also, I think the iMac updates are pretty recent, so I shouldn't be surprised by a huge price lowering/hardware update right?
Can't wait for my laptop to be confirmed dead by bestbuy!
No, the hardware updates are so frequent that if you keep waiting for the next one you'll never buy one. :P
Apple will tell you no, however, as long as you're careful, opening up the iMac is stupid easy. Everything on the inside is very easy to get to. HD is an easy replacement, as is the optical drive. Hell, I think there are sites now that show you how to replace your processor (oh so warranty voiding).
I believe replacing your HDD is a warranty breaker on iMacs too. or at least, it used to be. check Apple's policies before you do anything.
hard drives are a user replaceable part (doesn't void your warranty to replace it) on macbooks though.
Oh yeah. I forgot to mention that pretty much doing anything on the inside of an iMac might void the warranty (haven't actually read up on what will). Then again, as far as I've ever seen, there are no stickers on the HD or enclosure that would indicate you've opened the machine. And really, with the exception of a failure, there's probably no reason to replace the internal HD anyway considering you can get one CTO with a 1TB drive.
It is.
Don't even consider the low end aluminium macbook. The only difference between the old-style white and this on is 40gig HD and $300. The low end iMac, which is better than the mid-spec macbook, and is $400 cheaper. They have the same graphics card, but the iMac is a 2.66Ghz and has a 320gig HDD.