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Which is better for a highschool student (imac , macbook)

by andrenapster Sep 6, 2007 6:03AM PDT

A problem that many students have including me ..
You can pay almost the same price to get :
imac with good specs like core 2 duo ,1 gb ram ,128 mb VGA ,20 "monitor ,etc.
OR macbook with good specs but a 64 VGA and small 13" screen.

I know that they are in different categories .. but I live in Egypt and I'm going to Canada after a month .. And I don't know how will a laptop help my studying in the Canadian high schools .

Anyway ..there is no right or wrong about this thing .. All I want is to know some opinions from people who knows about it .

Thanks alot ..

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First off, wait till you get to Canada to buy your mac.
by grimgraphix Sep 6, 2007 8:57AM PDT

Next... you might ask that question of your fellow students for a response that better reflects the opinions of someone your own age.

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Kinda depends on what you plan on doing
by Dan Filice Sep 7, 2007 12:09PM PDT

My wife has a Macbook and I have an iMac. The Macbook is nice and portable, but I do a lot of multi-media stuff: Movie editing, music, graphics work, etc. I find working with an iMac is much easier for doing this stuff. The Macbook, with a small screen and scrunched keyboard is too small. Also, the iMac has more Firewire, USB, audio-in, audio-out, speaker plug, etc. that makes it much easier to plug external equipment in and also run my iMac speakers, all in a neat package. But, the Macbook IS portable, and I can download movies and music and take it with me. I just like the space and the "open" work environment that the iMac gives me.

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Mmmm
by andrenapster Sep 8, 2007 12:56AM PDT

Well , I guess you're right and for the first time I found someone who though like me , Actually I'm a composer and I work with softwares that require a big monitor and also rams .
Thanx for your opinion

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college
by idesign245 Oct 25, 2007 9:10AM PDT

If you're planning on going to college after high school, I'd say go for the macbook because its great to have the portability so you can take it to lectures, use wifi and everything else.

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