Macbook or Macbook Pro

[ikkitousen]

I think i'm going to have to pop to the Apple store and just relook at the colours tomorrow. Just to make sure i want to pay for the black paint job!

That HE 3 year warranty news really sucks; i guess i'm going to just cash out on the Apple care.

Thanks everyone yet again!

[Ray_001]

get the new santa rosa mbp with the 8600 graphics chip!

[ikkitousen]

get the new santa rosa mbp with the 8600 graphics chip!

I have been thinking about it but i just don't know how portable the MBP is to carry around.

Just to give everyone a update, i'm now able to get a 20% discount but it won't be under the student discount. So that free ipod is out of the window but hey 20% discount

I think i'm going to wait however until early Oct to see if any updates are coming for the MB.

[Whiternoise]

From what i can gather, it's really worth going to an Apple store to check out the options - you're in London, so the Regent Street branch is probably a good choice. I went there yesterday and it's an amazing place, they have loads of laptops with pre installed stuff on that you're free to muck around with. It'll give you an idea of what you're going to buy.

I for one was besotted with the macbook pro (capable of running Final Cut, Photoshop, Aperture and numerous other apps simultaneously at a decent speed - i was very impressed..), but as you say, carrying around and price can be a big issue.

[Pie_uk]

i was about to make a similar thread about all this. cheers charleski for that link to replacing the HDD really good! is it a SATA or PATA drive? do you have a similar guide to replacing the RAM>?

also i have a question. is there multiple stores for this discount malarkey? or shall i just call apple and order it>?

my plan is to buy the cheapest MACBOOK i can and then replace the HDD and Memory

[charleski]

RAM installation for the MacBook. The HDD is SATA.

For refurbished macs, checks out the AppleStore on the right-hand side near the bottom is a link marked "special deals" that takes you to their discount store. Another palce for refurbed macs is The Clearance Store, which has a wider range, and includes 2nd-hand machines.

Just so you know, the current rumour is that the MacBook will be replaced with new, slim aluminium models, possibly with a multi-touch touchpad. This might happen next month, or it might be next year.

[Pie_uk]

hmm cheers for that. I don't know about the whole new macbooks. i am hoping leopard is coming out soon ?

I can get the standard macbook for £630 with my staff discount so that makes it £20 cheaper than if you use a student discount !

and do you know if the hdd mac's use is PATA or SATA?

[charleski]

and do you know if the hdd mac's use is PATA or SATA?

sata

[CocoPops]

Just to add to the HE applecare/warranty scenario....

I just took delivery of my new 2.4 MBP... it's lurvely...

I ordered through the HE Store, but I'm not a student I just had access to the store So now have a cheaper MBP, with 3yrs Applecare Job done!

[CocoPops]

oh and Pie_UK.. the cheapest MacBook can be had for £601 with the 3yr warranty (plus about £50 if you want to "upgrade" the applecare

[Pie_uk]

where would that be, that HE you're referring to blocks ip's other than ones from in uni's iirc

[CocoPops]

or does it?

[Pie_uk]

cheers dude will look into i guess

edit, i just realized the cheapest Macbook has a combo drive.... ? what the H is that?

>> One of the following optical drives:

* 24x slot-loading Combo drive (DVD-ROM/CD-RW)
o Reads DVDs at up to 8x speed
o Writes CD-R discs at up to 24x speed
o Writes CD-RW discs at up to 16x speed
o Reads CDs at up to 24x speed

* 8x slot-loading SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
o Maximum write: 8x DVD-R, DVD+R; 4x DVD-R DL (double layer), DVD+R DL (double layer), DVD-RW, DVD+RW; 24x CD-R; 10x CD-RW
o Maximum read: 8x DVD-R DVD+R, DVD-ROM; 6x DVD-ROM (double layer DVD-9), DVD-R DL (double layer), DVD+R DL (double layer), DVD-RW, and DVD+RW; 24x CD


so i have to pay an extra £100 basically least i get the bigger HDD

[charleski]

edit, i just realized the cheapest Macbook has a combo drive.... ? what the H is that?

DVD-ROM/CD-RW. No DVD writing ability. You can get an external USB DVD-RW drive for under £40 if you need to write DVDs.

[arizonagroove]

The HE warranty isn't transferable no - and its much more limited than the full applecare..Apple are known for sticking rigidly to this too so its something to watch for. You can always buy full applecare when you purchase your macbook from the HE store which *is* transferable - and its only £50 or so from the HE store if you buy it at the same time as your macbook..I really reccomend doing it this way

In what way is the warranty on HE purchases 'much more limited than full applecare'?

There seems to be a lot of confusion about HE purchases and AppleCare. I work at a HE establishment and have recently spoken with several different people at the Apple about. They all told me that the only benefit from buying the AppleCare that is offered with HE purchases is that you extend the phone support to three years. Personally I don't think that it's worth paying £60 for the phone support given the existence of the information resource that is the Internet.

It is worth noting that at time of writing the information regarding AppleCare on the 'Configure your Mac' pages of the HE store is wrong and has been for a long time. It says that you must buy the AppleCare to get a three year warranty which is not the case. As other people on this thread have said and is stated on the portal page for the HE store, all HE purchases have a three year hardware warranty. It is possible to get people at Apple to acknowledge that this information is wrong but apparently not to get anyone to actually fix it.

[ikkitousen]

With leapord looking like it's going golden soon it looks like i'll make my purchase soonish!

Yet with the rumors of a thin macbook i just hope Apple releases them along with leapord!