Thinking of buying a Mac

Adam1389 · 04-07-2009, 01:06 PM

I am thinking about getting a Mac to start trying to develop apps for the iPhone and all. No experience what so ever with Apple, so I was wondering whats a good starting model to get? Laptop prefered. Thanks

kenneth · 04-07-2009, 01:09 PM

the new unibody macs are a wonderful machine and I do not regret my switch from PC at all. New MacBook gets my vote.

FlwrPwer · 04-07-2009, 01:11 PM

Originally Posted by Adam1389

I am thinking about getting a Mac to start trying to develop apps for the iPhone and all. No experience what so ever with Apple, so I was wondering whats a good starting model to get? Laptop prefered. Thanks

Well, it depends. If you want the top of the line laptop, go with a macbook pro. Start with their base model and see what works for you.

Otherwise, go with a macbook. There aren't that many choices.

I'd say no to the Air even though I have one. Not sure it'll be great for what you want to use it for. It's made mainly for portability.

Adam1389 · 04-07-2009, 01:13 PM

So this might sound dumb

Totally clueless on the Mac scene. I have a ton of important documents on the PC, Word and such. Still usuable and editable on the mac?

FlwrPwer · 04-07-2009, 01:14 PM

Originally Posted by Adam1389

So this might sound dumb Totally clueless on the Mac scene. I have a ton of important documents on the PC, Word and such. Still usuable and editable on the mac?

Yup...just get Office for Mac. Or you can get apple's version.

Adam1389 · 04-07-2009, 01:15 PM

Final question

Is there anything I can't do on a Mac that I can on a PC? Basically, will it totally replace my PC?

kenneth · 04-07-2009, 01:21 PM

PC=obselete you haven't gotten a real computer yet just wait. What I got was the 2.4 ghz MacBook and I would suggest getting 4GB of ram. It's insanely fast and it does everything while multitasking.

FlwrPwer · 04-07-2009, 01:22 PM

Originally Posted by Adam1389

Final question Is there anything I can't do on a Mac that I can on a PC? Basically, will it totally replace my PC?

It totally replaced mine. I started out with a PC desktop and mac laptop. About 1 year later I could afford to switch to a mac desktop as well.

I havent gone back. I now have an imac and a macbook air.

chris · 04-07-2009, 03:19 PM

+1 on the MacBook unibody. Best value in the lineup and plenty of horsepower for most. MacBook Pro, while great, might be overkill unless you are doing a good amount of serious video editing.

psylichon · 04-07-2009, 03:50 PM

Originally Posted by Adam1389

Final question Is there anything I can't do on a Mac that I can on a PC? Basically, will it totally replace my PC?

There will always be certain applications that are PC-only or Mac-only, but on the whole you can do the same work on both platforms. If you're asking whether there are Mac versions available for all your common software, it's worth taking a look into before you make the leap.