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A Mac for college, and do I have questions...

by pilotincommand Feb 23, 2010 8:47AM PST

So, I started the process of laptop searching for the greatest educational expierience of my life.

I've already had a chat with my university, and basically any platform is fine, although in a few specific instances, there would be "compatibility" issues with a mac. To combat this, I have decided to buy a copy of Windows and install it when I get the machine.

My plan is to buy the 13 inch MacBook Pro 2.53 GHz processor with 4GB RAM. I'm not a gamer, but I do plan on using flight simulation software; I'm a pilot, and simulation is helpful when I can't fly, plus it's just fun. Having said this, would the given specifications work well with what I'm planning to do??

Flight simulation takes a lot for a computer, and I would use Microsoft Flight Simulator X with the Windows via Bootcamp. I have even entertained the idea of XPlane, although I've never used it.

Anyone want to give suggestions??

I'm open to anything.

Thanks

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The 9400M GPU is

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Feb 23, 2010 10:49PM PST

Nice and on a 13 inch display likely to be fine. Gamers would scoff at this but gaming on laptops is something I like to avoid. Since you are on the Pro, that's as good as it gets for the Apple today.
Bob

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