Thanks much to all for their suggestions!! Since I don't want to be hooked
to a display it seems that my choices are down to the MacBook vs MacBookPro.
From Eric's description the track pad sounds like a priority. Is that what
distinguishes a macBook from a pro? As Ricardo points out I could purchase
one separately, but I would think that having it built in without needing to
keep track of another peripheral would be an attractive option.
Take care.
Geoff
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From: "Eric Caron" <ecar...@comcast.net>
To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2010 6:58 PM
Subject: Re: Mini or MacBookPro?
Hi Jeff,
As you are a iPhone user I think you would really like the Mac book with
built in multi gesture track pad. Also, I use a 13 inch mac book white
case and it would certainly do all you have mentioned. I just hook up a usb
hub and I'm good to go. I love being able to take it with me when I
travel. Nothing against the mini but if you have only one Mac it might be
nice to have the flexibility of the Mac Book.
Nice thing is you cant make a wrong choice. Both would work well.
Eric Caron
On Aug 7, 2010, at 6:41 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote:
Hi,
Due to the portability, and trackpad, I'd go for the Pro.
Sarai Bucciarelli
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On Aug 7, 2010, at 5:21 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote:
Either model would work fine for what you want, the only thing is, the
mini requires that a monitor be connected, not turned on, just connected.
Otherwise voice over will be quite sluggish. If you have a monitor you
can connect, I would go with the mini, otherwise the mac book pro would
be a good choice. Or you could just get the regular mac book for $999,
that would also meet your needs I think.
On Aug 7, 2010, at 9:37 AM, Geoff Waaler wrote:
Greetings y'all,
For the benifit 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
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