MBP 15" vs. 13" + Where to get it cheap?
It was a pretty dumb move to give my 1st 15" MBP to my g/f.
I want a new one for all the DJ-glory. I like 15" and am asking myself whether even 13" is enough. What do you think?
Also: Got some kinds where I can get one cheap?
I can get the EDU version (-140€ from a new MBP 15")
other than the screen size the 13" can do well. If you take the cheaper version you can upgrade to 8g and sdd drive by yourself for half the price
The performance of the 13" version is absolutely ok. The question is just whether its too small. I often run complicated setups so additional display space would be precious.
Doesn’t changing the HDD void the warranty?
Nope, HDD and RAM you can exchange yourself without voiding the guarantee. The cheapest option for a new one is afaik the Apple-On-Campus program, which gives a bit more of a discount compared to the normal EDU one. But not all universities participate in that program, so you have to check if you can get that discount.
Mine does, I just checked it.
EDIT: Mine doesn’t, it does not appear on the Apple-site but on another one advertising the Campus Store-thing.
I’d stay away from the solid-state-drives for now. From what I have heard as time goes on their performance dwindles away.
Jus my two cents.
Just fyi the MBP 13 is a core 2 duo and the 15’s are the i5/i7 chips so ther is a big differnce there.
Hold off for a bit on getting an MBP if you can manage. They’re just about due for an update given apple’s release schedule history (likely will be in line with Intel’s new architecture set to drop in early 2011).
hey ali! i can check the gravis store here in leipzig since they have 5 years aniversary. i will get me one 2 there. will ask tomorow how much they charge for a 13"… they said it will be cheaper than the edu discount plus u get a 50€ voucher
Well, if Senor Panda’s discount is not as cheap as the Apple on Campus stuff would be, I might be able to help as well. Since the university here is participating in the program I could probably get you one (still employed there and my last purchase was over a year ago, so I should be eligible for the discount)
gravis told me, that it will be cheaper than the campus discounts. going there tomorow and checking the prices
Nothing cheaper than a hackintosh.
The Samsung R580 laptop has an i5 and costs HALF the price of a MPB with BETTER hardware and is a PERFECT hackintosh.
YOU LITERALLY just pop in an iBoot CD, then put in the RETAIL Snow Leopard DVD. Install. Update. Enjoy your not-applebranded cuntware
Well, even better then (just thought I’d offer my help anyways, since I don’t see myself buying another Mac during the next year 
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Actually, there is other things to a laptop than sheer computing power. Just thinking about the multitouch-trackpad, the magnetical power chord, the impressive battery runtime, and stuff like that - I really wouldn’t want to miss out on that anymore. And with a Windows machine I would have to, most likely
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Well, even better then (just thought I’d offer my help anyways, since I don’t see myself buying another Mac during the next year )
Actually, there is other things to a laptop than sheer computing power. Just thinking about the multitouch-trackpad, the magnetical power chord, the impressive battery runtime, and stuff like that - I really wouldn’t want to miss out on that anymore. And with a Windows machine I would have to, most likely
[/quote]Multitouch is a software thing not hardware. If you have ever run linux you can turn any laptop with a touch pad into a muti-touch trackpad. Thus it will work, exactly the same as MPB, with the Voodoo PS/2.kext.
Hours of battery time is also a software thing. They are called C-states and are must be individualized to every laptop. So if you wanted the hours of battery life all you have to do is fiddle with the DSDT to get possibly MORE than MPB battery rates. (I think you only get an hour and a half out of a MPB whereas my T60 gets 3 hours on full power off battery…)
Compared to Windows you are definitely right but you are talking to a Linux fanboy homie. We can do anything better than you.
Please, raise another Apple superiority, I dare you.
this thread is not meant to be a mac vs pc vs linux thread…
Whats the cheapest 15" on the campus program?
It’s 1.540,63 €…
Thats a very good price. I’ll talk to our universities admin to take care of it.
Should I also buy AppleCare?
1000% yes.
yeah what he said, but just keep in mind that you have 1 year to get the apple care to extend it for anyother 2 years