Imoutgoodbye Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 Can someone take a look at these bundles and let me know what they think? I plan on ordering a MAC for next semester, but want to make sure I get a decent one for school work. Bundle 1 $1,150+Tax Contents: 13" Macbook White 2.4 GHz Core2 Processor 250 GB Harddrive 2 GB RAM Apple Care MS Office '11 Case Logic Sleeve Targus Combo Lock 25ft Gold X E-Net Cable 4GB Kingston Flash Drive Cleaning Cloth Bundle 2 $1,450+Tax Contents: 13" Macbook Pro || 2.5GHz Dual-core Intel Core i5, Turbo Boost up to 3.1GHz) 4GB 1600MHz memory 500GB 5400-rpm hard drive Intel HD Graphics 4000 Built-in battery (7 hours) Apple Care MS Office '11 Case Logic Sleeve Targus Combo Lock 25ft Gold X E-Net Cable 4GB Kingston Flash Drive Cleaning Cloth Bundle 3 $2,100+Tax Contents: 15" Macbook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.3GHz 4GB 1600MHz memory 500GB 5400-rpm hard drive Intel HD Graphics 4000 NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M with 512MB of GDDR5 memory Apple Care MS Office '11 Case Logic Sleeve Targus Combo Lock 25ft Gold X E-Net Cable 4GB Kingston Flash Drive Cleaning Cloth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f0xx Posted July 26, 2012 Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 What are you going to use the laptop for, mostly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iyorvin Posted July 27, 2012 Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 I would run option 2, just because I have recently ordered two very high end laptops, one the HP ENVY and if you run them too hard you start having heat issues and slowly but surely they will start powering down on you. Both of mine got to the point where I HAD to run external cooling devices on them and even then, depending on what I do, they are powering off and starting to have hard drive issues. If I was to do it again I would sacrifice the extra power for stability and save the extra coin. That's just my own opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imoutgoodbye Posted July 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 What are you going to use the laptop for' date=' mostly?[/quote'] I'll mainly be using it for school work, though this will probably including a lot of uploading/downloading via academic databases and finding free online books so I can keep the number of student loans I have to take out as minimal as possible. My old laptop will go to my wife so she can use that to browse the web. It's getting slow after just 2 years, plus I like the capability of creation via the MAC tools and software that come with the laptops. I made four youtube videos last year in my technology and education course using a MAC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mali Posted July 27, 2012 Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 really hard to beat for the money, even has HDMI connectivity. http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-NP305E5A-A03US-15-6-Inch-Laptop-Silver/dp/B006KYY00Q/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1343349016&sr=1-1&keywords=NP305E5A-A05US Pros: 1.5 Ghz Quad core processor with Turbo Core (2.4 Ghz) 4 GB of RAM Multi in 1 card reader BRIGHT, vibrant, matte finish screen Full sized chiclet keyboard 500 GB HDD Bluetooth Discrete class graphics processing unit with 512 MB RAM with HDMI capable of 7.1 audio output Light Mostly fingerprint resistant Webcam and digital microphone array Easy access hardware upgrades 3+ hour battery life on "full" charge Real, fully functional restore disc set Can be easily and safely overclocked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akoz Posted July 27, 2012 Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 Well if I had to pick a bundle it would be option 3. Simply because its a 15 inch screen, you will be punching yourself in the face with a 13 inch mac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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