Somewhat off topic, but someone convince me to shell out for a MacBook with a Super Drive. (if I can wrangle an Education Discount, still $1350+taxes, and I could get a free 4G Nano (which i'd sell for probably $180) meaning $1170 net + $100 taxes.
It would be for foolng around, surfing, and since it its fortay, be a bit more creative with my digital camcorder, so some digital video editing...recreational stuff. With a better program, I can do most of that on my 3 year old PC with a P4 HT and 512MB Ram already though.
That it, no gaming, no nothing else intensive.... I can get a HP PC latop 14.1 screen with a Cole Duo processor, same ram, same HD size for $400 less without the hassle of selling the Nano to boot.
Technically, if I upgrade the ram by 1GB and get a better video card and video editing program and the specs would look better then a mac for the same price as a mac, right?
I like the idea of a macbook to compliment my pc, and am a bit curious, I just don't know if I can justify the premium price that Apple charges for thier hardware for a computer that doesn't directly serve a specifc need, other then they are slightly better multimedia-wise/friendly out of the box.
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