[nabs-l] Getting a Mac for my birthday, recommendations wanted

[Suzanne Germano]

Disk space and ram depends on your needs. I am a computer science student
so I alwasy go for as much hard drive space and as much ram as I can get.


On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 10:56 PM, Zachary N. Griego-Dreicer <
zdreicer at gmail.com> wrote:

> My parents are  aware of this. How about disk space and RAM?
>
> Sent from my iPhone 4S using VoiceOver
>
> On May 31, 2013, at 11:15 PM, Josh Gregory <joshkart12 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi Zach and all, if you're going to get a Mac with a solid-state drive,
>  which is faster than a hard drive, expect to pay more for the higher
> amount of space. If you're going to get a standard hard drive, you will pay
> less for that, but you will have to run the risk of hard drives failing at
> random. This will eventually happen with solid-state, but it is not as
> random since these have no physical moving parts which is part of the
> reason why they can run so fast. It should be noted, however, that Apple is
> starting to move away from the hard drive, so you're going to find more and
> more Macs with solid-state rather than hard drives. The latest max have
> good processors, they're quite fast. Depending on what you want, you can
> either get an A5 or A7 processor. A7 is faster than A5, so   depending on
> what you want, and if speed matters, you may look into either option. It
> Should be noted, however,  that Aseven is more expensive than than A5. I
> suppose that what it really boils dow
>  n to is what you're going to be using the computer for. If you're going
> to be doing a lot of video stuff and podcasting, you may want the speed but
> if you're going to be doing a lot of web browsing and other such smaller
> tasks, speed may not be an issue and the price may not be as bad. Be
> forewarned though, Max are notoriously more expensive than Windows
> computers, in the thousand dollar range. So just be aware of that.
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > On Jun 1, 2013, at 12:54 AM, "Zachary N. Griego-Dreicer" <
> zdreicer at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Thanks for the help there, how about disk space and computer specs?
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPhone 4S using VoiceOver
> >>
> >> On May 31, 2013, at 10:44 PM, Josh Gregory <joshkart12 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Yes but from what I have heard, this is not accessible with voiceover.
> And I really don't mean to offend, but if you're going to do that, why not
> just get a Windows 8 Computer? I have  VMware Fusion but it's a pain  on
> the processor. I imagine that parallels would be too. Although I do have a
> standard hard drive so that could be part of it, as solid-state drives
> managed to run more quickly. but for me VMware just maxes out my processor
> so that when I turn on voice over so I can check Skype chats or something
> it is really really slow.
> >>>
> >>> Sent from my iPhone
> >>>
> >>> On Jun 1, 2013, at 12:37 AM, Suzanne Germano <sgermano at asu.edu> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I prefer using parallels to bootcamp so I don't have to reboot the
> computer
> >>>> to switch between the two.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 8:31 PM, Zachary N. Griego-Dreicer <
> >>>> zdreicer at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> For my 19th birthday and high school graduation, my parents said
> that they
> >>>>> will be getting me a Mac. They wanted me to inquire from my sources,
> which
> >>>>> one would be best given the following specifications: I would like
> to be
> >>>>> able to have Windows 8 and a version of Mac running from the same
> computer,
> >>>>> I know that this is possible using Boot Camp, among other methods.
> What
> >>>>> specifications could I have to have a stable Windows 8 and Mac OS
> running
> >>>>> from the same system? Any recommendations would be greatly
> appreciated.
> >>>>> Thank you!
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Sent from my iPhone 4S using VoiceOver
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