Hi Tracey, I fully agree about performance of the mac books, as for the mac minis I’ve got a 2012 device but I’d have to be forced I think to get the new ones as they don’t have any way now of allowing us to update or upgrade things such as ram or harddrives,
They’ve started making them like the other devices where it has to be built in house But still a bloody good little device. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Traci Duncan Sent: Friday, 20 May 2016 7:52 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: What shall I get? Any recommendations? I wanted to reiterate something here. I’ve had my MBA since Summer 2011. Nearly 5 years and it’s performance feels no different from the day I started it up. This continues to amaze me. Four or five years into my Windows laptop, I was itching for a new one, because it just felt sluggish and out of date. As another side note, the Mac Mini has been tempting me for years. It grabs me more than buying an iMac. Traci On May 19, 2016, at 5:28 AM, Scott Granados <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Chris, with all this discussion I don’t want you to get the idea the macbook pro is a big boat anchor or anything. The new 13 and 15 inch Macbook Pro retina laptops are very light for what you get. It’s all SSD now so there’s no heavy hard drive and the battery is built in and light. The air is just super thin and really stylish but both are great and very portable. On May 19, 2016, at 8:13 AM, Cris Ali <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Thanks Simon, I am leaning to the 13 inch macbook pro. I do not care much about weight, since I rarely carry my laptops around, probably two or three times a year at best. Cheers, Cris From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Simon Fogarty Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2016 3:00 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: RE: What shall I get? Any recommendations? Hi Chris, Welcome to the world of Mac and Apple. Your first statement about wanting a machine that will last you years without becoming obsolete, well that’s any mac book you get really so long as you look after it! I’m using a mid 2013 mac book air which I had custom built with 8 gig ram, and 512 gb SSD, with I7 processor, With an apple warrenty extended to 3 years It cost me new zealdn dollars 2800.00. And I run windows 10 on it via bootcamp It’s just as fast as my mac mini server which is also custom built with highest specs available at the time it was purchased in 2014. The mac book air is to me the best value for money as it gives you higher specs for processor ram and SSD drive than the 12inch mac book But there is available I believe a 13inch mac book pro with optical drive 500GB drive and 4GB ram This is the older style so thicker and heavier but you can put up to 16 gb ram, and increase the harddrive size or make it ssd if you have the need to do so, I did this myself to one at the start of last year and it’s going great and apart from weight it’s running quicker than my air with a 480gb ssd and 16gb ram and I5 processor. Really it comes down to what you wish to spend and custom build is a great option because you can future proof to your best abilities out of factory, you can’t change anything once you have the machine in your hands unless it’s the 13inch with Optical drive. Good luck finding your new toy. Simon F From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Cris Ali Sent: Wednesday, 18 May 2016 11:33 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: What shall I get? Any recommendations? Hello Folks, I have never used the OSX system before. I have always been a windows user. However, now is the time for me to buy a new laptop. I decided to give the apple mac a try. I do not know what apple laptop to buy. I am looking for a machine powerful enough to keep for a number of years without getting obsolete so fast. But I do not want it to be outrageously expensive either. 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