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Well... I'm an idiot, bought a new laptop, now I need a Mac
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Well... I'm an idiot, bought a new laptop, now I need a Mac

AllSounds 11:44 PM - 9 February, 2009
I don't want to waste the money again, going to go with the Macbook Pro. I can not afford a brand new one, so I need to get used.

It says you need a 2 gig processor or higher, but I don't want to make a bad mistake... is 2 gigs too low or will I be fine with that? My budget is only around $1200.00

Thanks,

Matt
a-swift 12:00 AM - 10 February, 2009
i'd say 2.4Ghz is minimum for good quality
Dj Blee 12:06 AM - 10 February, 2009
I run last years model its 2.4ghz and i ran it for about two weeks wth only 2gb of ram and ran fine. I did upgrade to 4gb of ram. I always suggest upping your ram. MAKE SURE YOU GET DDR2 RAM IF YOU GET LAST YEARS MODEL DDR3 IS ONLY FOR BRAND NEW MACBOOKS AND MACBOOK PROs!!!!!!!!
PhoenixUK 1:35 AM - 10 February, 2009
These guys are so right!

Definately more than 2ghz and definately as much RAM as you can squeeze into the thing!

Oh, and definately a mac!

Don't worry though, I, and many others have done the same as you!
AllSounds 1:37 AM - 10 February, 2009
Will the Radion X1600 Series 256mb Video Card work?
AllSounds 1:37 AM - 10 February, 2009
*sorry Radeon
Funkytownstopsix 2:36 PM - 10 February, 2009
That means your looking at a 2.13 or something like that. Bump that and get at least a 2.4 you said in your post you don't want to waste money. I have both PC and MAC and both work fine. Yet if you buy a older macbook you will not be able to get all the effects to work,,so don't waste you time just go to apple and buy a refrub you may be able to get one for 1400.... just my 2 cents.
PhoenixUK 2:49 PM - 10 February, 2009
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buy a refrub


Yeah, those refrub's are great value for money ;)

D:)
AllSounds 3:31 PM - 10 February, 2009
Thanks for the help everyone.

I just purchased a 2.4ghz model with the Nvidia 256 mb card, and the guy upgraded the ram to 4 gigs.

Total cost to me was $1300, found it on Craigslist.

Matt
PhoenixUK 3:36 PM - 10 February, 2009
Nice job!

Welcome to the family :-)
Rebelguy 4:59 PM - 10 February, 2009
I was running video on a MBP 2.16 Core 2 Duo with 4 gigs of Ram and an ATI Radeon X1600 with 128mb of Ram and was able to get all the transitions and effects to work. The only one I had issues with was the melt. All my setting were in the middle as far as quality and buffer.

I recently upgraded to the last gen 2.5 with 512MB video card. I can max the quality and buffer settings but I still have issues with the Melt transition.
Funkytownstopsix 5:02 PM - 10 February, 2009
Really on the Your Mac when you say truouble what do you mean? I say this because even my PC can handle it and to be honest I haven't tried it on my mac and it's a 2.5 like yours....

Allsounds I hope you paid for that in person....too many damn scams going on out there...
AllSounds 5:55 PM - 10 February, 2009
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Really on the Your Mac when you say truouble what do you mean? I say this because even my PC can handle it and to be honest I haven't tried it on my mac and it's a 2.5 like yours....

Allsounds I hope you paid for that in person....too many damn scams going on out there...


Yes, Paid in cash!
a-swift 6:03 PM - 10 February, 2009
You got it?
andrew b 12:43 AM - 15 February, 2009
i was runinng my mbpro with 2gb of ram and it was fine, i recently upgraded to 4gb but 2 will be fine until your ready... just make sure its a mbp heheh