A Mac Pro will run Windows XP, but you have to provide
the Windows XP from disc.
1 GB will be fine for most 95% of what is done on a
Mac.
2GB or more is recommended if you are running pro apps
such as Aperture, Shake, or Motion. After Effects or
Photoshop will gobble up as much memory as you throw
at them.
For Microsoft Office, the iLife or iWork apps, email,
web browsers, and daily apps, 1GB works fine.
Video editing on a desktop PC when you have a Macbook
Pro?
That's... just wrong.
;)
Rocky
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Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 19:42:17 -0400
From: Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Comparing Mac and PC laptops
About 6 weeks ago, I asked this listserv about a
laptop for my daughter
in college, now a junior. She didn't know whether to
get a Mac or a PC
laptop, and her friends were giving her dubious
advice. Thanks to all
who responded -- I copied each response and emailed
them to her as well
as the recent Consumer Reports article.
Finally yesterday she made her decision: to get a
MacBook Pro, and she
says she loves it. She told me that the Mac seemed to
be for people
who
didn't know anything about computers such as herself.
(I have no
opinion since I've never owned any laptop.)
At this point, I don't know whether she got an
extended warranty, how
much SDRAM she got, nor what software came with the
laptop. She bought
it at a Mac store in Boston, MA. In case she bought 1
GB of memory,
how
beneficial would increasing to 2 GB be?
She says that she intends to use the laptop for
everything pertaining
to
her study (stage management with a minor in television
journalism), and
to use her desktop PC for her hobbies, which include
video editing but
not gaming. The PC was built locally to my
specifications.
Also, does the MacBook Pro come with an emulation
program for Windows?
If not, what is recommended (we have CDs with Windows
ME, XP Home,
2000,
and XP Pro available to install if needed).
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