MacPro 17" Laptop 3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
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- xcarlx0
TheeOtherJuan, if you know that little about computers perhaps this might not be the profession for you.
sorry, just had to say it.
- no offense.xcarlx
- Hahahaha, don't you just love the expertise you get onlineraf
- I know nothing about a laptop. Always rely on the power of th tower.TheeOtherJuan
- TheeOtherJuan0
Update: So I ended up getting a 2.26 8-core Intel Xeon Mac Pro with 16 gb of rama 24" monitor. What I've learned after purchasing this beast, I now have a way better comp than the whole IT combined :). For real, I need to render video while taking advantage of my new pony. Working locally is best. But should I buy a raid system or just add internal hard drives? My budget is around $500.
- raf0
The bottleneck of a computer is the hard drive: a desktop drive is still faster, even if both are 7200 rpm. That's the main difference between desktops and lapyops. Fast SSD memory will even (or wipe) this out soon though. Even if your MB doesn't come with one of these now, they'll be cheap enough upgrades in a year or two.
Note: I hear Apple installed SSD drives aren't the fastest around.You'll be ok getting your mb with a large 7200 rpm dirve, or better get a standard drive and upgrade it yoursrelf with a 7200 drive with 5 years warranty. It'll cost the same and you will have the original drive for external storage.
- i played with a mbp with a ssd and wasnt to impressed. im not sure about those drives yet on the writingdeathboy
- mirrorball0
will all new macs allow the hard drive to be swapped with a SSD drive if you decide to get one in the future when the price comes down?
- I understand so. It's the same SATA interface all along.raf
- TheeOtherJuan0
Thanks for the insults and the advise.
- ksv1230
of course.
- applepirate0
yeah just get the max RAM & you'll be golden
- For how long? Dont want to buy for at least 3 years.TheeOtherJuan
- TheeOtherJuan0
One more thing, will have 8gb of ram.
- ksv1230
plenty, plenty
- jfletcher0
I have 4Gb and do pretty well. With 8Gb I'd be burning!
- dropdown0
OH, GOOD FOR YOU!!!
- dropdown0
Let me ask you. What's your other option? Do you already have a desktop Mac? because if you can easily afford that MacBook Pro then why not go tits out and get the Mac Pro Desktop
- benfal990
People want laptops these days. Sometimes I wish my big fat Mac Pro would be movable and feather light like a laptop.
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- xcarlx0
exactly....
- mirrorball0
Your grand on this MacPro one thing I've noticed, always turn off SAFARI when you need a good handful of ram, have noticed that it takes up to 1.3gb sometimes (though I do have about 40 odd sites running in tabs)
- I do that too and all those flash sites in tabs add up.CyBrain
- memory cell tell me the same thing w/ firefox - always thought it was just an errorfrediscrazy
- fyoucher10
I have that config w/ 8 gig. Plenty plenty.
Wait to buy though.
Snow Leopard coming Aug 28th. Apple also has something going on Sept 7th. Usually when that happens, upgrades and discounts happen as well.
- sublocked0
get a 13" with SSD and 4gb ram. use an external monitor. then you actually have something portable.
17" monitors are fucking stupid. might as well just buy a desktop.
- mirrorball0
I'd wait until after the 9th September too, if they do release an update I guess they will be even more built with Snow Leopard in mind.
- akrokdesign0
better buy the 15" and hook it up to a 24" when working at the desk.