Thanks for your reply. The info you asked about is below.
Snyder, Mark (NGIT-CA) wrote:
If this is not a new laptop, you will need to tell us the model before I
can tell you its limits.
Apple 15.4" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo Mobile Notebook
http://www.ecomelectronics.com/prodinfo.phtml?id=2105
You are correct that you will need fewer ports
and get less internal disk capacity in a laptop. Pay attention to how
many USB ports (USB 2) and FireWire ports it has and what you plan to
connect at the same time. Laptops use 2.5 inch disk drives, not the 3.5
inch drives in most desktops, so storage capacities are lower for
laptops. Most laptops have only two memory slots, so I like to buy the
highest capacity chips available.
This laptop can be upgraded to Leopard for about $109 plus shipping as I
write.
Since it has an Intel processor, upgrading to Leopard before you install
any software would be a good idea. More Windows programs will run in
Leopard with an Intel processor without emulation. You can also check
dual boot, an option in Leopard, or Parallels, a separate product, to
run Windows. The latter will let you switch back and forth; the former
is a reboot to go from Mac OS X to Windows.
Adding an external USB or Firewire disk drive will provide the
opportunity to use Leopard's automatic backup, TimeMachine. Its
usefulness to you will depend on how convenient it is to carry the
external drive around with the laptop, and how often you will be
carrying it around.
Apple sells extended warranty, from 90 days to three years, for
something like ten percent of purchase price. I don't know if that
covers dropping the laptop or running over it with the car, I would
guess not. Most people buy it because Apple provides great telephone
tech support, so check that out to see if would be helpful for a Mac OS
newbie.
Thank you,
Mark Snyder
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Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 7:01 PM
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Subject: [CGUYS] Buying a Mac PowerBook Pro
Gosh, so many replies about serial ports and floppy drives on laptops.
I'm thinking of buying a Mac PowerBook Pro (college daughter bought one
and loves it), but I am a Windows person and don't know how to select
and I've never had a laptop. The one that I am considering is a 15.4"
screen, 2.2 GHz Intel processor, 1 GB memory, sells for $2000 but
available at a discount for $1800. Questions:
1. What is the best software that emulates Windows on a Mac? Or, is it
better to install Windows as a partition? I need this because of the
very many Windows applications that I have.
2. The discounted $1800 notebook is advertised with the OS Tiger, not
Leopard. How important is the latter OS?
3. How expandable is the memory and/or disk drive? I'm used to having
1.5 TB disk space, so 120 GB internal is very small. Is 1 GB memory
adequate?
4. How many ports? (My desktop has 16 USB ports and 5 IEEE ports, and
all are used. Of course, I know that a laptop will not need so many.)
5. Should I buy "drop" insurance -- i.e., insurance for repair if I
drop it or run over it with my car?
6. Other advice?
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