a few more macbook questions

PeakOutput

Thinking about getting a macbook as my new college course will be run completely on macs and also i will use it for djing and leave my other laptop jsut for net/downloading etc

a few questions.

the 13" 2.16 is 1249euro while the 13" black 2.16 is 1249. the only difference(besides the colour) I can see is an extra 40gb of hard drive is this correct?

are the macbooks 32bit or 64?

in the other thread it says that they are limited to 3gbram but on the site it says up to 2gb is this just the max amount you can buy from them?

is iwork08 worth the 80quid?

thanks in advance people

440Hz

Mus Tech in UL? Or is that some random thought I think is a memory but isnt hehe! ?

su_dios

PeakOutput wrote:

Thinking about getting a macbook as my new college course will be run completely on macs and also i will use it for djing and leave my other laptop jsut for net/downloading etc

a few questions.

the 13" 2.16 is 1249euro while the 13" black 2.16 is 1249. the only difference(besides the colour) I can see is an extra 40gb of hard drive is this correct?

are the macbooks 32bit or 64?

in the other thread it says that they are limited to 3gbram but on the site it says up to 2gb is this just the max amount you can buy from them?

is iwork08 worth the 80quid?

thanks in advance people

You will get iwork 08 if you buy online afaik!
Max is 3gb ram.. again don't buy from apple buy from crucial.com for nothing!
Yeah its really just the novelty of the black but the white finish is much slicker I think.. I miss my old ibook

PeakOutput

440Hz wrote:

Mus Tech in UL? Or is that some random thought I think is a memory but isnt hehe! ?

close but its digital media design in ul i ended up putting as my first choice in the end...more career possibilities imo

You will get iwork 08 if you buy online afaik!
Max is 3gb ram.. again don't buy from apple buy from crucial.com for nothing!
Yeah its really just the novelty of the black but the white finish is much slicker I think.. I miss my old ibook

cheers

Creamy Goodness

the standard black has a bigger hard drive 160gig as opposed to 120gig of the white one.

the white one is 1249 and the black is 1449. so 200 extra for 40 gig's of space and different colour.

no one can justify this but yourself.

don't forget to use the education store if you're buying online.

they are physically limited to 3 gigs of ram 2gig stick and 1 gig stick, but apple only say max 2gig's as they prefer you to have identical sticks in each ram slot.

daveyjoe

PeakOutput wrote:

the 13" 2.16 is 1249euro while the 13" black 2.16 is 1249. the only difference(besides the colour) I can see is an extra 40gb of hard drive is this correct?

Yes the only difference between the two is the hard drive (and the colour). You've got the prices above wrong by the way.

PeakOutput wrote:

are the macbooks 32bit or 64?

They have Core 2 Duo's, so they're 64bit.

PeakOutput wrote:

in the other thread it says that they are limited to 3gbram but on the site it says up to 2gb is this just the max amount you can buy from them?

It is best to use two ram modules that are the same size, so 1GB + 1GB for example. If you use 2GB + 1GB then the ram will be a small bit slower. Both will work fine though and the speed difference is minimal.

PeakOutput wrote:

is iwork08 worth the 80quid?

I think so, it depends how often you would use them though I suppose. Pages and Keynote are great for producing really quick, nice looking presentations/documents. Haven't used numbers yet.

Hope that answers your questions.

daveyjoe

su_dios wrote:

You will get iwork 08 if you buy online afaik!

I don't think this is true, I'm pretty sure that you get iLife and a 30 day trial of iWork.

PeakOutput

cheers for that davyjoe ye i meant to say 1449 for the black one

also whats the educational site?

daveyjoe

On the right hand side of the apple store page there is a link to a store for students, teachers etc..

If you order through this store then you will get reductions on the macbook (and other products).

PeakOutput

daveyjoe wrote:

On the right hand side of the apple store page there is a link to a store for students, teachers etc..

If you order through this store then you will get reductions on the macbook (and other products).

found it nice little reductions alright.

edit; nvm found it