Is it time to get a Macbook?

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Well......

Been building PC's and gaming for 5 or so years now, but lately I have lost the buzz and spend more time downloading stuff, watching DVD's or reading stuff on here :) added to the fact that I have to smashing baby son's to entertain me now...ahhhh

I have (what I class) a good spec'd system (in sig) and I don't really get the use out of it now for the past few months, so I'm thinking of selling the lot and hopefully getting £600/£700 together and buying a Macbook?

I have played with one before and the build quality is fantastic, never had one of my own to use on a daily basis though....

Really not sure what to do but the longer I leave it the less I will get for my current setup and therefore less I can spend on a MB :(

If gaming is dead for me will the Macbook make a good unit for general day to day stuff as mentioned above i.e surfing (wireless) converting and burning DVD creating documents? Seen some nice one's on flea bay for £600 or there abouts....

Manythanks :D

p.s. I did call Apple before and the sales guy said he would throw in an Ipod as well which I thought would be nice but that may have been a one off or a promotion so I would have to call again and see?
 
Is RAM cheap for the Macbooks?

I see OcUK sell 2gb upgrades....

I'm just worried that I won't get on with the operating system :(

But as you have said and others too the OS is very good....

edit: I'm also a part time student at college so would I get any discount if I went direct?? Thanks
 
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I've made my decision I'm going to break my PC down and sell it all off and get a Macbook (white) 13" screen :D

I have an old Dell GX280 at work I can use as I downloading and file server :)

Thanks for the post guys ;)
 
I'd like to but that may form a fair chunk of the funds to purchase the Macbook I think..


I get 12.5% discount at Johnlewis and you get 2 years free warranty too BUT they have Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger which is pants really as I would want Leopard :( may give them a call and see what they can do..
 
Well JL's just said that they would knock £30 off the order for selling it with Tiger?

I purchased Leopard to build my boss's MB the other week and Apple charged him £80 for that? So it's not much of a saving really... I will call Apple direct and see what they have to say...

I want to get into photography and basic design stuff so I think the MB will be the way to go....

Plus I can store it away from my growing son's as they love to break things
 
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Ok called Apple and if the unit shipped before the 1st of October 2007 I can do a rebate so I could get the new Leopard media shipped for £5.95 after that date I would have to enter the serial number on their website or send a scanned copy of my receipt to them and they will post me the media :D

Either way I get the latest OS and also 12% discount as my brothers wife works there, added to the fact JL said they would knock £30 off due to an old OS being on a brand new unit the total cost to me would be £588.72 with 2 years warranty :D good deal?
 
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It's about £100 more to get the 2.2ghz and DVD burner?

Suppose it's worth it, I must have the ability to burn :)

2gb RAM upgrade it cheap from OcUK too I see :D

Have seen a nice Brenthaven (Edge|Black) case that fits the bill
 
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itsallaboutyou said:
//edit - definitely up the ram though - I bought the 4gb kit from OCUK and my macbook is now lightning fast!
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4gb may be an overkill for me though as I'll only be doing light picture editing and movie converting and such, however if I make a good whack on splitting and selling my old system I may treat myself to the 4gb package while I have the cash :)
 
I'm dieing to get rid of my rig now and move to the Mac Book ..........


Just need to make sure I get the best price for my stuff so I can be sure to get the 2.2ghz and 120gb hard drive and also the Double-layer SuperDrive :D

Whats a good mouse to use on these bad boys? I have a Logitech MX Revolution at the moment?
 
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