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I am switching to Mac. I now use a PC and can do surfing, email and word processing.
I pastor a small church and I want to do the above. I also want to get a .mac account and set up a simple web site for the church, have a blog site and set up mailing list for different groups. I want to purchase an ipod for music and podcast, I want to purchase a digital camera and put church pictures on the .mac site and play with garage band a little. I assume I will want to upgrade to Leopard. I am 54 and all of this will be new to me except surfing and email. My Question:To do the above and grow into learning new things about the computer should I wait for the 64 bit chip to be in the Macbook or will the current mid-level white Macbook take me through the next three years and be plenty of computer for me. I thank you for your help. Rod Last edited by Rod : 2006-08-31 at 19:27. |
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Rod, the current macbook setup should be more than plenty for you. Just be sure to upgrade RAM. If you are tech savy enough or know some one who is, I would recommend on not buying RAM from apple but from some other company such as crucial or OWC (macsales.com). Apple charges way too much for additional RAM.
The 64 bit chip will be of little use to you. Hope this helps. |
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Hey Rod, I have to echo ironlung. I have a MacBook 2GHz and it does more than we really need it too. I originally had 1GB or RAM in it and just had to spring for the 2GB from OWC ($217 vs. Apple $450). I just upgraded ours today and it makes all the difference. If you need to maintain XP functions then Parallels will serve you fine while have all you have listed. I also use the .Mac account and love it too.
Remember the general rule: If you need it now, then get it. If you can wait, then wait. Personally, if you can wait for a little bit for OS 10.5 to come out it might be worth it to hold out. You can still get the .Mac and camera and such, just won't get the discount on .Mac. Louis L'Amour, “To make democracy work, we must be a nation of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain.” Visit our archived Minecraft world! | Maybe someday I'll proof read, until then deal with it. |
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Unless you need 16GB of ram, 64bit is useless.
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Care to explain? Or are seemingly useless comments as far as you go?
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windowsrookie has completely missed the point..
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1. Posting a link to a wikipedia entry is a poor explanation. 2. Your link does not support your claim that increased memory is the only advantage. The quality of this board depends on the quality of the posts. The only way to guarantee thoughtful, informative discussion is to write thoughtful, informative posts. AppleNova is not a real-time chat forum. You have time to compose messages and edit them before and after posting. |
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I thought the only advantages were support for more RAM, and the CPU can execute 64-bit instructions (Vs. 32-bit).
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64 bit processors can deal with maths more effeciently, as well as dealing with larger numbers on chip. A very simple example for you.. Quote:
They also generally use newer technology on the silicon, which makes them faster generically. 'Remember, measure life by the moments that take your breath away, not by how many breaths you take' Extreme Sports Cafe | ESC's blog | scratt's blog | @thescratt |
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But as I said, unless he needs 16GB of RAM for blogging. He doesn't need a 64-bit CPU.
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And I think macleod's response to you was quite telling of how your behaviour comes accross. Stop trying to move the goal posts. You got caught talking crap. End of story. 'Remember, measure life by the moments that take your breath away, not by how many breaths you take' Extreme Sports Cafe | ESC's blog | scratt's blog | @thescratt |
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Such language...
Am I going to have to separate you two? |
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Hi Rod - welcome to AppleNova.
The current MacBook will, in fact, meet your needs quite well for at least 3 years, especially if you max out the RAM. The only apps that will take advantage of 64 bit in that time period will be high-end, professional-level apps that would likely cost more than the MacBook itself. Waiting for 64 bit would gain you little (if any) value for what you will use it for, and you would lose months of happy, fun, productive computer use in the meantime. |
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Jeese, sit down have a drink. I apologize for answering his question. macleod didn't even say anything in this thread until AFTER I posted that answer. And there is no need to call me an asshat, if anything you guys are all being asshats. |
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was the one that you answered with that post: [disclaimer] just pointing it out WR...[/disclaimer] Last edited by macleod : 2006-09-01 at 10:38. Reason: less confusing for WR |
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Ahhh, this is getting confusing. Back on topic!
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But that 20-40% additional performance sure would be nice! My guess is they increase the ram to 1gb on everything across the board on all products, and keep the price the same rather than drop the price and keep 512 in there. |
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1 GB across the board would be a good upgrade if they kept the price at the current levels. They would probably do it in two sticks though!
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Gentlemen,
Thank you very much for your help. Some good guidance here. Sincerely Rod |
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Your advice along with several others was very helpful. My plan is to go to Atlanta Monday and look at the computers. I have a friend who has built some PC's, I think he can help me with the extra ram. I will buy after the Paris event whatever happens. Thanks Rod |
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