Thread: Macbook vs. IMac. (college)

I think it all comes down to what your work habits are like. Are you the kind of person who can just come back from a day of class and sit down to do work at the desk in your room? (Im not! But I've had room mates who could). The one trap I find with owning a laptop is that it can serve as a portable distraction box. You take it to the library to work on a paper, and you end up here on MR reading threads till midnight. That said, for my...

i dig the idea. i actually may have a guy who can repair my ibook

Quote: Originally Posted by stixcom92 Sorry to hijack the thread for a second, but I'm in a similar problem. I'm heading to college next year, and my current comp, a 2.0ghz macbook is starting to show some signs of wear after 3 years, a ram and hd upgrade. I do a lot of music work on it (logic, pro tools, etc.), and it works well for that, but for general work and other general computing tasks, it's starting to suffer, and...

Depends on your major. If your classes involve complex diagrams and mathematical equations, you're better off with a piece of paper and a pen in class, than trying to keep up with the professor on a laptop. Personally, I'd try to get your laptop repaired and pick up the iMac, that way you have an iBook for on the road, and a speed demon with a huge screen in your room when you get back.

I have a mbp 13 2.53 ghz with a 24 in dell screen. best of both worlds and I love the extra horsepower of the 2.53 compared to my MBA air.

Quote: Originally Posted by guitargoddsjm You didn't really hijack this thread, as it was long dead. Anyways, I'm not really sure as to the condition of your Macbook. I have a black macbook, and I really like the new MBPs, but if your machine is still running, I'd bring that to college and use your netbook to take notes in class. I'd suggest spending some money on a decent 22"+ monitor, and a keyboard/mouse setup...

Get a Macbook. It pretty much suffices a student's needs. If you need FW and an SD-card slot to store and transfer stuff, top up a little bit more money and you can get a 13" UMBP. I have a 17" UMBP and the aluminium chassis is much better than the Macbook's unibody plastic IMO.

Baseline iMac and max out the RAM yourself, and an Eee PC. Sorted.

Quote: Originally Posted by Robbadore64 You don't want to bumming off your roommates' laptops; dealing with roommates is hard enough :-) Oh and don't room with a girl you know you'll eventually sleep with, then marry, then divorce ten years down the road. Just get the MacBook. ahh. . um, ooookie dokie on the second "paragraph". hahahahaa! but i would say go for the macbook. if you need to take it places,...

If you have a MacBook that you don't want to carry around anymore, then you can just leave it shut and pretend it is a very flat MacMini. Get a nice 24inch monitor, and a good keyboard and mouse, and you have a fine desktop computer.