Macbook Air Dealio?
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- Dancer
Do you thnk this is a good deal? For my GF: Fashion designer running CS3
MAC BOOK AIR 13.3"
1.6GHZ Intel Core 2 Duo
2 GIG RAM
80 GIG HD£800 New (well unopened)
- Jimbo820
Nope.
- Dancer0
why not?
- Raniator0
Refurbished iMac 2.8Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo
24-inch glossy widescreen display
2GB memory
320GB hard drive
8x Superdrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
Built-in iSight camerahttp://store.apple.com/uk/produc…
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- Raniator0
I mean this:
Refurbished MacBook Air 1.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
13.3-inch glossy widescreen display
2GB memory
64GB Solid-state drive
Built-in iSight Camera
- Dancer0
a refurb for MBA is £900
- Dancer0
Is it no as in a shit deal or No CS3 will not run?
- Jaline0
Hmm...is she a traveller? I would suggest a Macbook if not.
- Dancer0
...as it happens yes. but I doubt she would take it to HK or India. She commutes everyday on the train but I would like her to be able to work on it as well. Not just answer emails but do the odd bit of work.
- Dancer0
I reckon I could haggle down to £700 actually
It's either this or a 13" MB which is £1,149.00
- rafalski0
What is it for?
Travel?
Good. It's lightweight, that's the only reason to choose it.Design?
She might want to have more screen real estate (ie. mb pro).
I don't think Air's ram can be upgraded above 2GB (but check that).
Air has a non-standard small hard drive, a bit slower than other laptops'. Harder to upgrade too.Will she bee hooking it up to a monitor? Air has somewhat limited connectivity (needs more converters/hubs and stuff).
I'd say, it is only good for her if she needs to carry it around with her all the time. Otherwise, I'd look for a mb pro deal.
- Jimbo820
It depends what she wants to use it for. I'm assuming she's going to want to use Photoshop, for that money you could get something with more umph, that's right I said umph, behind it. This would make it smoother, faster and better. Innit.
- ian0
Well she won't be able to install anything else or use cds/dvds unless she also gets a superdrive which is another £65 and something else to carry about, plus a usb hub cos its only got one usb port. So actually the more she'll use it the more peripherals she'll need to do everyday tasks. Go macbook or macbook pro.
- Jimbo820
I just got myself a MacBook (black), 2.16ghz, 160 HD, 4gb Memory 13.3inch (I think) for £450 second hand, great nick.
- Dancer0
She does have a second computer at work. So this will not be souly for work use.... hmmm I will have to think about it... the no disc drive is an issue...
Maybe worth spending the extra £450-£500 for a MB
- ian0
Its funny, was in Dixons on Monday and saw the Macbook Air on display and thought, wow thats so thin and light and lovely and then saw a stack of superdrives sitting beside it and thought, well thats a bit bloody stupid. Then I went off to look at the macbook pro, which although is bigger and heavier, just looks much nicer and feels like a more complete computer.
- ian0
Heres options:
Refurbished Mac Book 2.1GHz Intel Core 2 Duo - White
13-inch glossy widescreen display
1GB memory
120GB hard drive
Combo drive (DVD-ROM/CD-RW)
Built-in iSight Camera£699.00
- ian0
And link to last item:
http://store.apple.com/Apple/Web…
- Ramy0
Go with the MB. That way you have no limitations. Plus, the 13" MB is quite small. Or go with a second hand one. Either way the MB gets my vote!!
- Dancer0
hey hey Ramy!!!!
MB it is