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

Sat Jun 1 15:46:54 UTC 2013

Thank you all for the suggestions!

Sent from my iPhone 4S using VoiceOver

On Jun 1, 2013, at 9:07 AM, Suzanne Germano <sgermano at asu.edu> wrote:

> 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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