Hi, If money is a major concern, I would go with a regular Macbook or a Mac mini. The advantage of the Macbook is you get the multi gesture trackpad with it. You could buy one separately for $70 that connects via bluetooth but, why if you don't have to? The Mac mini doesn't work well at all without a monitor hooked up. The new Mac minis have HDMI ports now so you can hook it up to an hdtv as well. Anyone of these options is more than enough to do the tasks you intend to do. I do a lot of audio stuff on my Mac mini and I only have 2gb of ram and a 2.0ghz processor. And of course iTunes is a breath of fresh air on the Mac after using it on windows. :). You can contact me off list if you want more detailed info.
hth On Aug 7, 2010, at 10:37 AM, Geoff Waaler wrote: > Greetings y'all, > > For the benefit of those who don't hang out on the viPhone list, I recently > started assisting Cara Josh and Olivia with the management of this list. > Since I don't yet have a Mac until now I only read posts that Google > suspected of being spam. > > This weekend my state is exempting "back to school" items such as computers > from sales tax. I've been considering migrating to the Apple world for a > while and the 8% savings is tempting. > > I am a total, hence gaming is not a priority. I anticipate my primary uses > would be web surfing, email, playing/editing audio, and hopefully app > development. I therefore don't believe that processor speed and memory would > make a lot of difference, but perhaps more experienced Mac users can comment. > > With these assumptions in mind I'm considering either the 13 inch low end > MacBookPro (2.4 GHZ processor) for $1,200 or the Mac Mini for $800. Comparing > the specs it would appear that $400 would buy me a keyboard, 2GB extra > memory, a 13 inch display, fewer USB ports, an extra pound to cary around and > 70 GB less disk storage. > > I have a four year old USB display that I plug into my Dell desktop on those > rare occasions when I need sighted assistance. > > Okay, so at long last, here are my questions. Any input would be greatly > appreciated! > > 1. Considering my anticipated usage are my assumptions about memory and > processor speed accurate? If not, any details would be very helpful. > > 2. Will the Mac Mini work without a display? > > 3. I already own an Apple wireless keyboard. I assume this would work with > the Mini if I unpare it from my iPhone? > > TIA and best regards. > Geoff > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
