Hi Louis,

The MacBook Pro has better specs, so it will be able to process large audio or 
video files faster. I'm not sure what the specs of the latest MacBook Pros are. 
I've got an early 2011 model with 4 GB of RAM, an Intel COre I5 processor 
running at 2.3 GHz, and a 320 GB hard disk. What kind of specs are you looking 
at?

Regards,

Gavin


On 14 Oct 2011, at 7:12 AM, Louis Do wrote:

> Yes, this is very useful information. I am leaning more towards the
> macbook Pro. Are there reasons why the pro is better than the air or
> vice versa?
> 
> On 10/13/11, Gavin <g.batw...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Louis,
>> 
>> It sounds like a MacBook Air would be your best bet, though I don't know
>> what kind of specs it has. I've also heard that the MacBook Air has a
>> similar price to the 13 inch MacBook Pro, which you could also try. If you
>> don't want to spend too much, you could also go for the ordinary MacBook
>> model which, if my memory serves me correctly, is made out of a kind of
>> plastic as opposed to the MacBook Pro, which is aluminium.
>> 
>> As far as equivalent software to Microsoft Office goes, Apple has a
>> productivity suite called iWork that contains 3 applications. Pages, for
>> word processing, Numbers, for spreadsheets, and Keynote, for creating
>> presentations. It's very accessible with VoiceOver.
>> 
>> Hope this info heaps.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Gavin
>> 
>> 
>> On 14 Oct 2011, at 5:25 AM, Louis Do wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello. i am planning on purchasing a mac for my first year of college
>>> next year. i am currently learning voiceover and I prefer it to the PC
>>> screenreaders available. I have a few questions that hopefully you
>>> kind folks can answer to help me make a more informed purchase.
>>> 1. What macbook would fit my needs? i will need to watch a lot of
>>> videos, do reasearch, write long papers, and create spreadsheets or
>>> powerpoints.
>>> 2. I heard that microsoft office is not accesible on the Mac. Is this
>>> a true statement?
>>> 3. What equivalent mac softwares are available for powerpoint, word, and
>>> excell?
>>> Thanks for your help,
>>> Louis
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