Purchasing a mac, need help
hello fellow mac lovers! have been using same black macbook last 5 years , bought used off friend 700 bucks. great deal then, , have absolutely had moneys worth out of thing. has froze 3 times while writing much.... needless say, time new computer. college student marketing major, require computer can perform video , photo editing lightweight enough me bring class , work regularly. have access imacs @ school larger projects literally live laptop side. have 4 options: buy refurbished macbook air 13" or macbook pro 15". or buy new macbook air 13" or macbook pro 13". figure go big or go home, why opted away 13".
there 13" refurbished airs $1200.
refurbished macbook air 1.8ghz dual-core intel core i7
released july 2011
13.3-inch (diagonal) high-resolution led-backlit glossy widescreen display
4gb memory
256gb flash storage
thunderbolt port support 2560-by-1600 resolution
facetime camera
intel hd graphics 3000
there 15" refurbished pros $1360:
refurbished macbook pro 2.2ghz quad-core intel i7
released october 2011
15.4-inch (diagonal) led-backlit glossy widescreen display, 1440-by-900 resolution
4gb (2 x 2gb) of 1333mhz ddr3 sdram
500gb serial ata @ 5400 rpm
8x double-layer superdrive (dvd±r dl/dvd±rw/cd-rw)
intel hd graphics 3000 , amd radeon hd 6750m
new 13" air $1630:
2.0ghz intel dual-core core i7, turbo boost 3.2ghz
8gb 1600mhz ddr3l sdram
256gb flash storage
, new 13" pro upgraded ram $1400
2.9ghz dual-core intel core i7
turbo boost 3.6ghz
8gb 1600mhz memory
750gb 5400-rpm hard drive1
intel hd graphics 4000
assume i7 entirely necessary. , should upgrade ram... paying myself , using payment plan trying keep cost down... interest crazy!!!
btw frozen 13 times far... -_-
ideally buy refurb air , upgrade ram third party style... if can. don't know. need help. plus worry air not being able handle editing needs. possibility of bootcamping it.
13" seems best deal, want air. maybe should buy ipad , 13" idk. getting expensive , computer 15 freezes... please please please help! again, looking need first, price absolutely matters. cuz outta pocket. mom , dad :/
an i7 not necessary , not perform faster spend 200 usd more.
btw, clean install of mac os x 10.6 snow leopard, if current os, might wonders current setup. new hdd or ssd bring speed boost, , more ram can freezing issue.
open activity monitor , go system memory* tab , page outs , swap used , report back.
macbook, macbook pro: replacing hard disk drive, transferring data new hdd
the guide includes:
- 0. identify macbook or macbook pro
- 1. getting new hdd
- 2. guides replace internal hdd newer one
- 3. transferring data old hdd new hdd
- 4. using optical disk drive (odd) slot placing ssd or hdd inside mb/p (optibay)
if need new mac, either go i5 variants of mbas or mbps.
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