A few things I'd say here. First, if it's n emergency, go ahead and buy it but if it's not, you may want to wait a few more months. Rumor is that Apple may be renewing the MacBook Pro line later this summer/fall and the new MacBooks may have a slimmer profile similar to the Air model. They may have other new features and updates as well.
I always check here before buying: http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/ Also, I would go ahead and max out the RAM to 8gigs, but you don't have to buy all that from Apple. I bought mine with 4 gigs of RAM and them upped it to 8 with 4 more from crucial.com. It's pretty easy to unscrew and get to the memory bays on the MacBook but you may have to buy an electronics screwdriver set if you don't have one. I got one for about $10 at Radio Shack. As for the iPhone 4s, you can also check the MacRumors site for advice on that as well. also will probably refresh in the Fall. Getting all your files from your PC to your mac isn't too painful. I got Parallels with my Mac, and it comes with a cable kit to connect the two and clone your old laptop onto a VM on the new one. I don't love Parallels for everyday use though, so I wouldn't expect to run windows routinely on your Mac (even though you can). I'm not sure where you're located right now, but if you are anywhere near an Apple Store, I'd walk in on a weekday (they are slammed on weekends) and try to talk through amy other questions with a staff member. Unlike Best Buy or other stores, Apple store employees are genrally incredibly knowledgable. You'll pick up 100 other tips from those guys just by having a 30 minute conversation. I'm not sure if you already have an older iPhone, but if you do, and you don't want to wait in line at the Apple Store - there's an app called Apple Store that will let you make a reservation at the store to speak to someone (free). This is sorta like a reservation at a restaurant, which means they may not be ready for you exactly at the time you get there, but trust me, you will be ahead of all the walk-ups. That's all I can think of for the moment. -Cameron On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 10:36 AM, Bruce Sorge <sor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > This is really for all the MAC users out there, MAC haters need not > reply, haha. > Anyway, my Acer has outlived it's usefulness as a daily computer and I > am moving up to a new Mac book pro with the Intel i7 processor, 17" > display, 4GB memory and a 750GB hdd. Is this good to start with. I am > new to MAC's other than messing around with them on rare occasions. So > what can I do with this machine? What are some good tips and tricks that > I can use to maximize my experience and make things easier/more > productive? In July I'll be upgrading to the iPhone 4s when my upgrade > is available so I think that those two devices should get along well. > Also, what do I need to do in order to get my music, pictures and files > from my Acer to the MAC without farcking anything up? > > Thanks, > > Bruce > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:351488 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
