Thinking of getting a Macbook.....

themask70 said:
The likeliness is that your monitor will be a VGA connection and Mac Books have a digital monitor input, but as good as Apple are, they provide a nice little screen adapter so you can plug VGA screens into the Mac Books.
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They don't come with an adapter. Apple charge something like £15 for a mini-DVI to DVI adapter, then you need a DVI to VGA adapter.
jesta said:
I was looking at the Education part of the Apple site and theres a Education and Higher Education part where you can shop.Is there a big difference?I see that the Higher Education says you need to be on campus to order or mail stuff to them but whats the benefit,do you get more of a discount or something?
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Call up, easiest way to get the better discount as it works out over 14%. They don't even ask for proof of your education.
 
Mr Spew said:
They don't come with an adapter. Apple charge something like £15 for a mini-DVI to DVI adapter, then you need a DVI to VGA adapter.

Call up, easiest way to get the better discount as it works out over 14%. They don't even ask for proof of your education.
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They don't always ask proof but it's not uncommon for them to challenge you, particularly if you're unsure about what you want to order.

Saying that, I've only ever been asked to provide proof once :)
 
I had been pretty set on upgrading in October because I could get the extra HE discount when I'm back at uni and I could get Leopard, etc etc.
Are there any rumours about what possible updates we would see in February? If there are any significant changes I might put off the upgrade till then...

Panzer
 
Panzerbjorn said:
I had been pretty set on upgrading in October because I could get the extra HE discount when I'm back at uni and I could get Leopard, etc etc.
Are there any rumours about what possible updates we would see in February? If there are any significant changes I might put off the upgrade till then...

Panzer
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Penryn Processors :)

FYI: You don't need to wait until term time to claim the discount
 
Massive bumpage.
Was wondering how much would Leopard cost to buy on its own?
Also I'm doing Architecture for Uni so would be using AutoCad,Illustrator,Photoshop,etc would a Macbook be fine for these stuff?I can't afford to get a Macbook Pro so thats out the question. I'm thinking of getting 2gb ram in the future aswel.

Cheers
 
I think Apple OS updates are in the region of 70 pounds.

Illustrator and Photoshop will run nicely on a Macbook, both are CPU bound, however AutoCAD might not be so good if it relies heavily on OpenGL/DirectX crunching power; the GMA950 is OK, but nothing to write home about. The GMA950 isnt any good for Aperture or rendering transitions in Final Cut Pro either.
 
Autocad wouldn't be so slow that is not very useable right?
Also I'm not sure whether to go with the lowend or middle spec macbook.I have a 320gb external hard drive for backing things up and I am getting either a 4gb or 8gb USB pen so I'm thinking a DVD-RW won't be necessary?Because I don't think I can justify paying an extra £130 for a 40gb hard drive increase,a tiny .16ghz cpu increase and a dvd rw.Am I right in thinking its better to use the money saved from getting a low-end mac and get 2gb RAM and some accessories for the Macbook?
 
Yeah I would splash out on the 2GB of RAM in that case. I rarely use my DVD Burner, waste of money really.

I agree that AutoCAD should run OK.
 
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