About to buy a MacBook

cotton31

cotton31

cotton31

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Hi all,

After a while saving, I am finally in a position to buy a MB.

Few things i want to run by you experts :D before I get it:

- I was going to buy the basic spec mac, upgrade the RAM and HDD from OcUK and buy an external hard drive for backups.

- However, now I am thinking about upgrading just the RAM, sticking with the standard HDD and buying a big-ish external hard drive to store my music, photos, and about 50 dvds.
In this scenario, the internal HDD would be just for apps.

Do you see any problems with scenario 2 in terms of streaming dvd films from a firewire/usb HDD, and the internal HDD being big enough to hold my apps.

Would I be better sticking to my original plan.

Sorry if my posts a bit of a mess, I just think if i'm buying a brilliant machine, why not do brilliant things with it :D.

Cheers for any help you can give me.
Matt
 
Cheers mate, thats the sort of info I was after. Do you use handbrake to rip it?

Another question that I forgot to ask is: VMWare Fusion or Parallels?

I will probably need to use some Windows apps. Are all apps supported? Which is better? What about price? Do I need a copy of windows?

Sorry I'm asking a lot.

Cheers again.
 
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