Let me ask you this; What do you need the computer for? First off, I'm not going to take it to class (that's what notebooks are for, goddamnit. people who take laptops to class piss me off.) and I don't need it just for school work, which is why I don't really CARE if it's light and fun. I need it to be able to run games, and I need it for graphics projects. And a "decent" mac would cost the same as a GOOD PC, so what's the point. ;) Also, the US is not an option. Unless someone bought it and sent it by mail. Which I don't see happening.
Not trying to find fault in stuff but the one for 5700 is 1GB RAM which is way too little (with 4MB RAM it's more like 6500), its graphics card is weak and, well, yeah, it's cute and small but so what. For that money I might as well get something that I can actually USE. Remember that I need it to be able to run not just the games that are coming out now, but a year from now, too.
Thing is, I'm good with dysfunctional things. I KNOW dysfunctional things. So I guess I prefer to stay with the devil I know.
Well, you might want to wait at least a week or maybe give them a call just so the new macbooks and the new pricing shows up for iDigital. The new MacBooks come with 2GB Ram and the next-gen Nvidia chips. They're the first on the market with them, so they should last a while.
I kinda have a different philosophy here though; I buy a computer, then sell it after 2 years and upgrade. That way I only have to pay the delta and I'm always top of the line.
Not for everyone though, it works for macs because they have a higher secondary market value.
Re: school, you'd be surprised how many people come to class with notebook computers these days, but to each their own... I got a laptop only in my last year at uni and it was a serious upgrade for my life. (BTW, Students get a 2 year warranty extension on macs)
Having said that, Macs are not really gaming machines. Yes, you can run Windows in bootcamp, but for OSX itself, there just aren't all that many games. It's getting better nowadays thanks to Cider, so I've been playing SPORE and C&C3 and stuff but there's a world of titles which never get ported, so that's something you should probably consider.
For graphics work, I'd still take a mac over a PC any day though.
First off, I'm not going to take it to class (that's what notebooks are for, goddamnit. people who take laptops to class piss me off.) and I don't need it just for school work, which is why I don't really CARE if it's light and fun. I need it to be able to run games, and I need it for graphics projects. And a "decent" mac would cost the same as a GOOD PC, so what's the point. ;) Also, the US is not an option. Unless someone bought it and sent it by mail. Which I don't see happening.
Not trying to find fault in stuff but the one for 5700 is 1GB RAM which is way too little (with 4MB RAM it's more like 6500), its graphics card is weak and, well, yeah, it's cute and small but so what. For that money I might as well get something that I can actually USE. Remember that I need it to be able to run not just the games that are coming out now, but a year from now, too.
Thing is, I'm good with dysfunctional things. I KNOW dysfunctional things. So I guess I prefer to stay with the devil I know.
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I kinda have a different philosophy here though; I buy a computer, then sell it after 2 years and upgrade. That way I only have to pay the delta and I'm always top of the line.
Not for everyone though, it works for macs because they have a higher secondary market value.
Re: school, you'd be surprised how many people come to class with notebook computers these days, but to each their own... I got a laptop only in my last year at uni and it was a serious upgrade for my life. (BTW, Students get a 2 year warranty extension on macs)
Having said that, Macs are not really gaming machines. Yes, you can run Windows in bootcamp, but for OSX itself, there just aren't all that many games. It's getting better nowadays thanks to Cider, so I've been playing SPORE and C&C3 and stuff but there's a world of titles which never get ported, so that's something you should probably consider.
For graphics work, I'd still take a mac over a PC any day though.
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