[NTLK] OT I need some advice on buying a Mac

[Woo Lee]

RAM is too easy to replace, hence the cheap 'service fee' these days. And thirdparty RAM is relatively cheap. 
If she needs to do her work anywhere then a MBP.
If she needs screen real estate than a iMac. 
Get the RAM from macsales.com. 
Woo. 
Still newting on my MP2100 at 220mhz. :)
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On Feb 1, 2011, at 9:58 AM, "SteveC" <steve at craftsathome.net> wrote:

> Usually upgrading memory in a laptop is a pain, and when RAM for a particular item becomes scarce the price goes through the room, beyond the actual "utility" of the item. So if you go laptop, you might want to verify how much RAM is in a thing and what the max is and see if you need to buy some immediately.
> 
> Of course you can't upgrade a CPU on most systems either...
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> Based on budget, the (1) fastest, (2) most RAM, & (3) largest screen affordable, in that order.
> One way to save is to buy a Mac Mini, max it out, and get a PC-priced screen & keyboard.
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> Sent from my ¡Brick...
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> On Feb 1, 2011, at 11:21, Matt Howe <matthowe at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
>> My daughter is a graphic designer and professional photographer. 
>> Although she learned Creative Suite on a Mac in college, because we 
>> are a PC family, she bought a PC as her first computer. That PC now 
>> needs replacing and she wants to go back to a Mac. She comes to her 
>> software developer father for advice on her next computer, knowing I deal with Apple hardware (Newtons).
>> So my question is, What would you advise a young professional power 
>> user, fresh out of college on a limited budget, buy in the way of a 
>> Mac to use Creative Suite?
>> 
>> Matt (Ducky) Howe
>> Owner of a MP2000U and an Emate
>> SantaMatt at Gmail.com (Android LG Vortex) matthowe at comcast.net (Desktop) 
>> http://home.comcast.net/~mhowe41/ http://SantaMatt.blogspot.com
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