[Leica] Apple MacBook

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Hi Jim,

As others have said, do make sure you take advantage of any educational 
discounts.

Aside from that, I just bought a new Apple laptop for my daughter when I was 
in San Francisco. I was originally going to buy the white Macbook for $999, 
but in the Apple store I realized that it is much better to spend an extra 
$200 and get the entry-level MacBook Pro instead. You get twice as much 
memory (4 GB vs. 2 GB), the memory in the Pro can be upgraded to 8 GB while 
the Macbook maxes out at 4GB, the Pro has a larger hard disk, faster chip, 
Firewire port and a sturdier body.

Last year I bought MS Office for Mac for 25 Euro for myself, taking 
advantage of my employer's Home Use Program agreement with Microsoft, but 
for my daughter I bought Apple's Pages and Keynote (equivalents for Word and 
Powerpoint, respectively). Especially Pages is really nice to work with, and 
its files are fully compatible with Word. I bought the software in the App 
store for 15 Euro (download).

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
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On May 29, 2011, at 5:50 AM, Jim Nichols wrote:

> I know there are a lot of Apple users out there.  I am "Apple MacBook 
> ignorant".
> 
> My granddaughter wants an Apple MacBook for college.  I have looked up the 
> specs, and a couple of options for added memory and a larger HD.
> 
> Are there any basic shortcomings or traps that I can run into with the 
> MacBook?  Anything to avoid?
> 
> Thanks in advance for any advice you can provide.
> 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> 
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