Greetings y'all,
For the benifit of those who don't hang out on the viPhone list, I recently
started assisting Cara Josh and Olivia with the management of this list.
Since I don't yet have a Mac until now I only read posts that Google
suspected of being spam.
This weekend my state is exempting "back to school" items such as computers
from sales tax. I've been considering migrating to the Apple world for a
while and the 8% savings is tempting.
I am a total, hence gaming is not a priority. I anticipate my primary uses
would be web surfing, email, playing/editing audio, and hopefully app
development. I therefore don't believe that processor speed and memory
would make a lot of difference, but perhaps more experienced Mac users can
comment.
With these assumptions in mind I'm considering either the 13 inch low end
MacBookPro (2.4 GHZ processor) for $1,200 or the Mac Mini for $800.
Comparing the specs it would appear that $400 would buy me a keyboard, 2GB
extra memory, a 13 inch display, fewer USB ports, an extra pound to cary
around and 70 GB less disk storage.
I have a four year old USB display that I plug into my Dell desktop on those
rare occasions when I need sighted assistance.
Okay, so at long last, here are my questions. Any input would be greatly
appreciated!
1. Considering my anticipated usage are my assumptions about memory and
processor speed accurate? If not, any details would be very helpful.
2. Will the Mac Mini work without a display?
3. I already own an Apple wireless keyboard. I assume this would work with
the Mini if I unpare it from my iPhone?
TIA and best regards.
Geoff
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