Another Switcher...Macbook or Macbook Pro?

[VinceSkahan]

Originally Posted by Eagle23

Hello! I am making the switch from PC to Mac. My parents are planning on getting me a new computer for school, but I cannot decide between a Macbook or Macbook Pro....I know you guys get this question a lot, but I cannot decide between the two laptops

Go to an Apple Store and check the two out. The MacBook and Pro are a bit different, the keyboards are different, the Pro 'does' run quite a bit hotter from what I've seen. I went to the store about noon after they've had the demo machines up for a couple hours and saw how hot the Pro is under the middle of the unit, for me it was hot enough to not consider as I use mine as a laptop. I also liked the MacBook keyboard better than the Pro model.

I bought a 2GHz MacBook and increased the memory to 1GB and disk to 100GB which was a nice price point for me. Parallels is 'very' nice for running the occasional Windows apps, certainly faster than running XP on the Dell D600 I switched from.

[billcd]

Originally Posted by VinceSkahan

Go to an Apple Store and check the two out. The MacBook and Pro are a bit different, the keyboards are different, the Pro 'does' run quite a bit hotter from what I've seen. I went to the store about noon after they've had the demo machines up for a couple hours and saw how hot the Pro is under the middle of the unit, for me it was hot enough to not consider as I use mine as a laptop. I also liked the MacBook keyboard better than the Pro model.

I bought a 2GHz MacBook and increased the memory to 1GB and disk to 100GB which was a nice price point for me. Parallels is 'very' nice for running the occasional Windows apps, certainly faster than running XP on the Dell D600 I switched from.

I concir. I just got a MacBook, got the 2GHz, but upgraded to 2gigs (don't buy it from the apple store, I only paid 180 for the RAM, it was 500 at the apple store...)

The size and weight was a big thing to me, I wanted something I could take with me and the 13" is great!