Hi. The new mac book aluminum models have great specs and reviews. On the plus side, they run cooler than previous models, have ddr3 ram, and faster graphics/video cards. (They are also recyclable and don't contain toxic chemicals such as mercury etc.) If you don't buy the mac book pro though, keep in mind that you won't have a firewire port or an express card slot.
Now, you can also still buy one of the white or black mac books that are being phased out from many retailers, I believe you can get the 2.1gHz core 2 duo white mac book new for under a grand with the Apple warranty. These models all have a firewire 400 port if you require one... I have the white mac book 2.4gHz core 2 duo with 2gb ram, 160 hd which I have partitioned, I can either boot into Mac OS X Lepard 10.5.5, or, into windows xp pro sp3. This is very handy, having the flexability of two machines in one box. The construction is great, the machine is quiet, it's never crashed on me, and it's never overheated, even after being left on for over two days straight batch converting files etc. I did find that the new style flat and shallow apple keyboard has taken a while to get used to. If I had the money to burn, I'd go for the aluminum mac book pro myself. Happy mac book hunting. Cameron. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben King Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 4:46 PM To: General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by the blind Subject: Re: Considering new Mac Dear LSW99, If I were you, I might take a look at buying a new Mac-book. I heard that they are pretty nice as well. I have a friend who just bought one and she likes it very much. Anyway, I hope this helps. Blessings, Ben King On Dec 1, 2008, at 12:49 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I am considering purchasing a new iMac and have the following > questions. > > First, as background, I currently have a PowerPC G5 iMac that I > purchased almost exactly 3 years ago. It has 1GB of ram, the 17 inch > screen and a 160GB hard drive. Unfortunately, I do not recall the > processor speed but its pre-intel for sure. When I purchased it the > OS was Tiger and everything worked just fine. However, about a year > ago I upgraded to Leopard and have noted that VO is much slower and > not very responsive. I believe the answer to this would be to > install more RAM. Yet, it might be better to take that money and > anything I can get selling the current iMac I have and purchase a > new one with more RAM, a higher processor speed, larger screen, Etc. > > With that said, here are my questions. > > 1. Does anyone have some concept of what a good selling point might > be for a 3-year-old iMac? > 2. For those of you using the newer iMac computers, there are > several different configurations I could choose from. I'm going to > get the 24 inch screen but am trying to decide between the 3GHZ or > 2.8GHZ models. There is about a $400 price difference between the > two. I guess a better way to put this is to ask whether more RAM or > a faster processor is more important for performance. I will be > using the iMac for audio editing, watching video and my wife will > probably do some video editing too. > 3. I've heard rumblings that Apple might be releasing new iMacs soon > that will probably have a different Intel chip in them. Yet it seems > that Apple just updated these machines not long ago. Does anyone > have any kind of gut feeling about whether it's a good idea to wait > or to go ahead? I also have a Macbook Pro that I purchased in May of > 2007. And, not a month later, Apple released models with faster > processors and configurations. I know this happens all the time but > if I can make a reasonably informed decision it would be great. > > Thanks to anyone who can offer some insights here. > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.9.12/1822 - Release Date: 12/1/2008 8:23 AM
