Which Mac?

[chedabob]

I think when he said "drugs" he meant alcohol aswell.

[ownaginatious]

I currently have an iBook and I think it's a great laptop. Sure it's old (G4 800 Mhz), but the thing is so well built that it doesn't even look a month old. The battery also lasts just as long as the day I got it... well at least until it got recalled Get a mac laptop over a generic pc one, their much more solidly built and will physically last a lot longer.

As a side note, apple makes sure that their new OSs support as far back as computer's they made 5 years ago, so that means that even Tiger (the current OS) can run on my crufty old power mac 350Mhz.

[chedabob]

I think Im gonna go with the cheapest macbook pro. Just need to get enough money to buy it

[CanaBalistic]

wrong...ill customize a pc right now for under a grand that can outperform a mac...one sec.

Who said anything about money? Sure, PC's are far better in price. If you had a mac with simmilar spec's, it would kick the teeth out of that PC.

And for top of the line performance... Dont even get me started.. The base-line mac pro boasts Two 2.66GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon "Woodcrest" processors. Not to mention the 16Gb of ram that you can cram in there.

Try and find a dual core xenon PC for under $2500...

[simon275]

Back on topic

For doing anything with meida i.e. Photos, Music, Podcasting and Video's that mac is best. It comes with most of the software you need. You don't just get an OS you get everything you need.

Get one of the intel macs. As you are at COLLEGE!!!!! I suggest a Mac Book.

The cheapest one comes in at £749 pounds. I know that is a bit more then your £500.

http://store.apple.com/Apple/WebObje...CihQx1G0pSSOPn

You could get the cheapest iMac for £679

http://store.apple.com/Apple/WebObje...CihQx1G0pSSOPn

If you really didn't want to spend more than £500 pounds you could buy the cheapest Mac Mini for £399 pounds. And try and get a screen on the cheap somewhere.

http://store.apple.com/Apple/WebObje...CihQx1G0pSSOPn

Hope this helps

[chedabob]

Im not at Uni

[simon275]

I never said you were.