Which Macbook is the best....

[unlokia]

Hi all!. I am thinking seriously about investing in a Macbook/pro but I have not a clue which one is best, money wise and performance wise. I certainly do NOT want to be throwing money away, especially for the sake of *colour*!!.

Just wanted some advice from the pro's, as I am not one - I am on a budget of £1000 uk.

:D

[xfile087]

Hi all!. I am thinking seriously about investing in a Macbook/pro but I have not a clue which one is best, money wise and performance wise. I certainly do NOT want to be throwing money away, especially for the sake of *colour*!!.

Just wanted some advice from the pro's, as I am not one - I am on a budget of £1000 uk.

:D

It just depends on you really and what you want? I think they're all great pieces of hardware. Personally, i'd go for the cheaper one and just add more ram and perhaps a SuperDrive.

[chaosgeisterchen]

If you want a reasonable price, get the white MacBook. It has the best power/price ratio, I think.

Take the 2GHz one with SuperDrive and buy additional 2 GB of RAM by yourself (not order them with your MacBook, you will waste money this way).

You will end up at around 1250-1300 pounds.

[unlokia]

White?? They're ALL white! (alwight!)

[darkninja]

If you're after a Macbook (not pro) I'd go for the middle priced one (white) with the DVD-RW drive.

I can't really comment on how well Ubuntu supports dual booting on Macs but from what I understand Parallels should run it fine under OSX.

[fng]

laptops should be small imo, so i would suggest a macbook 13''

[unlokia]

No way!. 15.4" MINIUMUM :D. If I wanted small screens, I'd buy a pda!!

[chaosgeisterchen]

You fail. MacBook pro at 1000 pounds is pure utopia.

[Macintosh Sauce]

With Parallels for Mac software, you will be able to run Ubuntu 6.10 - I have it working perfectly in Parallels on my Mac Pro. Works like a charm too! :)

[Spif]

Go for the Macbook, very nice laptop.

[prizrak]

The best MacBook is any laptop made by ASUS. They are the ones who make them for Apple, they play well with Linux, and you don't pay up the **** for one.

[unlokia]

I take back the comment I made a couple of weeks ago about the mid range MacBook... it is actually very nice, hence I am getting that one, after all. I had not realised the screen still retained the 1280x800 res.

[RAV TUX]

moving to the MAC/OS X forum

[PatrickMay16]

moving to the MAC/OS X forum

Why? I don't see how this is a discussion on Mac OS X. It's a thread where somebody is asking for advice on which Macbook to get.
This thread should be moved back.

[hanzomon4]

Are you a an artist(photo,audio,video) by any chance? If so a macbook pro would be nice....
That's what I'm getting, school requirement and discount \\:D/

[unlokia]

I am neither really - more like a jack of all trades. My main interest is computers, but I cannot personally justify the £1349 price tag of the 15.4" MacBook Pro. My friend has just bought one for Final Cut work - he is a film editor and publisher, so that it much more suited to what type of work he is doing.

Please feel free to take a look at his site by the way - his name is Peter Whitehead - he used to go on tour, and film with the Rolling Stones, and conceived many ideas for the way in which the 'pop video' could be filmed. He is a very interesting guy, and also shared a house with/made pop videos for Pink Floyd:

http://www.peterwhitehead.net

Personally, I have decided to pluck for the £879 MacBook in white - this machine satisfies all my needs, since now I have seen Peter's MacBook Pro in the 'flesh' so to speak, it is a little extravagant *and* heavy for my liking. MacBook is *perrrrrrfection!!*

[mscman]

I take back the comment I made a couple of weeks ago about the mid range MacBook... it is actually very nice, hence I am getting that one, after all. I had not realised the screen still retained the 1280x800 res.

Good Call! I just made the switch from a Toshiba M45-S331 with a 15.4" screen a few months ago. It took a few days to get used to the smaller screen, but I really love the portability of this laptop. Since I take it to school with me every day, it makes a big difference in the backpack.

With Exposè and Hot Corners enabled, multitasking is even easier on this smaller screen than on my 15.4" Toshiba. Granted, I could get this functionality with Ubuntu, but I love the integration of OS X.

I am happy to see the route Ubuntu is headed down though. :)

My Macbook:
13" White Macbook with SuperDrive
1Gig RAM (will be upgrading when I have the money)
80Gig HDD