On Mar 30, 2010, at 6:40 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > We're probably looking at the 15", but are willing to consider the 17". > She'll primarily use it at her desk, but will occasionally need to take it to > the library (she's getting a masters in library science, so she spends a fair > amount of time at various libraries).
IIRC the price difference from 15" to 17" is rather a lot. Sure you get more under the hood but you can always buy an external monitor for when it's at home. > First question: > Is there any huge difference in any of the screen options? I know that they > have glossy and anti glare screens, but are there TN, TFT or any other > technology choices that I should be aware of? A quick look at the tech specs page on Apple's website doesn't seem to help, maybe someone else knows which technology they use. I personally prefer the anti-glare screens so I ordered that for my macbook pro a couple of years ago. > I have always worked on the principle that Apple charges about a three times > premium for disk space and memory, that you're far better off getting the > smallest amount they sell, and upgrading it yourself. I've heard some rumors > that you can no longer buy a 500GB drive for less than the differential in > price between the 320 and 500 from Apple. I'd recommend upgrading to a 7200rpm drive. SSD is a bit expensive for my liking but I'm expecting it to be viable when I replace mine. I upgraded my memory last year and it was pretty easy to do. > Our plan was to buy a refurbished unit, but she also qualifies for a student > discount. Can you use a student discount on top of the refurb price? Probably not but that's just a guess. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
