[BC] notebook suggestions

[randymoore@nettally.com]

If you are going to run Parallels Desktop so you can also run XP, DOS  
or whatever OS you want then you need at least 1 gig of ram.  It will  
run with 512 megs of ram, but not very well.

I also recommend the 80 gig hard drive.

You can get a refurbished MacBook directly from Apple with 1 gig of  
ram, 80 gig hard drive, DVD burner +CD RW, and all the other stuff  
for about $200.00 off list price.

Randy Moore
AI4CO


On Mar 12, 2007, at 6:42 PM, WLOYPROD WLOYPROD wrote:

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> Hi Willie,
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>> From around $1000 for the 13" MacBook, to about $2800 for a maxed  
>> out whiz-bang do-all 17" MacBook Pro.  Not cheap, in any sense,  
>> but my loaded 17" Pro was less than the loaded 15" IBM R32 cost 4  
>> years ago.  It's certainly worthwhile if it's your only machine  
>> and you want to do everything from design to audio and video  
>> production...  Apple has a nice suite of stuff bundled in (movie  
>> creation, DVD authoring, web authoring, photo editing, etc...).
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> This is the basic MacBook feature list:
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> 13.3-inch glossy widescreen (I gotta say, these are great screens...)
> 1280 x 800 resolution
> 1.83GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor
> 512MB of 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, expandable to 2GB
> 60GB 5400-rpm Serial ATA hard drive
> Slot-load Combo Drive (DVD-ROM/CD-RW)
> Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 with 64MB of DDR2 SDRAM
> Mini-DVI out
> Built-in iSight video camera
> Built-in Gigabit Ethernet
> Built-in AirPort Extreme
> Built-in Bluetooth 2.0+EDR
> Two USB 2.0 ports
> One FireWire 400 port
> Scrolling TrackPad
> Apple Remote
> Mac OS X Tiger
> iLife '06 Suite (iMovie, iWeb, iPhoto, iDVD, GarageBand)
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> And a place like MacMall (first thing I found on Google) has these  
> "extras":
> SAVE $75 via mail-in rebate!*
> GET Parallels Desktop for only $9.99!*
> FREE HP Photo Printer!*
> GET 1GB USB Flash Drive for only $4.99*
> GET a Carrying Case for only $9.99!*
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> Apple offers educational discounts and stuff too...
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> Keep in mind that these are all dual-processor machines too.  It  
> makes running multiple OS pretty amazing.  Of course if you don't  
> want or need all that stuff, I'm sure lots and lots of people are  
> fine with a $500 Windows machine.  Me?  I'd be fine if I never saw  
> the Windows logo again...
>
> John
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>>>> <WFIFeng at aol.com> 3/12/2007 5:32 PM >>>
> In a message dated 03/12/2007 4:53:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> pmoncure at radiosoft.com writes:
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>> Mac with parallels is awesome:  Now it's a MAC, now it's XP, now it's
>>  Ubuntu, very nice and they all play nicely together.
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> That's *impressive*! How much do these "toys" generally run?
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