Macbook for University?

K1LLSW1TCH

K1LLSW1TCH

K1LLSW1TCH

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Well, I have a mid 2008 Whitebook which serves me very well. However I'm starting University in September and wondered if my Macbook is going to be suitable for the types of programs that I'll need, or wether it'll be worth buying a Windows laptop to supplement my Mac?

I'll be studying for a degree in computer science and some of the modules on my course are web design as well as graphic manipulation which require specific programs. I don't know how University works but in college they had purchased a license for each person on our course so at that time we were able to each have our own copy of a Macromedia suite. Is this the case in University? If so, presumably it would be a Windows version although I highly doubt that University's would spend that amount of money and it would be the student's responsibility to purchase a copy of said software for themselves?

Cheers in advance. :)
 
Actually, I can't believe I didn't even think of that. Windows 7 may be a decent investment then. The only thing that concerns me is that my Macbook only has a 120GB HDD. Are they easily replaceable on a Macbook?

Giant facepalm for not thinking of Bootcamp though. :(

EDIT: Don't worry I've found a guide on the Internets. Seems simple enough, now all I need to do is find a more accommodating HDD. :)
 
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Thanks for the advice Fillado. Looking at the prices I was going to go with a Samsung drive. Something like a 250GB. At the same time I was going to upgrade my RAM also as currently there's only 1GB in my machine.
 
Cheers all. I think I'll be going with the 500GB Scorpio Blue and also getting an external caddy as mentioned above. I'm waiting for delivery of an extra 2GB of RAM as well so my MacBook should be fairly decent for the next year or 2. :)
 
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