Hi Geoff: or rather, greetings back at y'all: Ok, so, I'm not a very experienced user. But I might be able to provide some helpful input: The mini definitely needs a monitor to work with VO. 2. The MBP has more than sufficient memory and processing speed for just about any task. Also, you can expand memory to double.
3. Definitely worth a little more poundage and money. HTH Carolyn ----- Original Message ----- From: Geoff Waaler To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2010 8:37 AM Subject: Mini or MacBookPro? 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 -- 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.
