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Apple Users

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3. I only actually own a white MacBook, several generations of Minis, and a Mac Pro

Fri Jan 6, 2012, 01:20 PM

Jan 2012

so I really can't give you a deeply-informed comparison of the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro

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Need advice on purchasing (some type of) Mac [View all] Gidney N Cloyd Jan 2012 OP

I think we're on the same page... Gidney N Cloyd Jan 2012 #2

I've seen MacBook Pros, the 13 inch model. originalpckelly Jan 2012 #9

I'd go with a 13" MacBook Pro and here's why Stinky The Clown Jan 2012 #4

Very helpful. Thanks. Gidney N Cloyd Jan 2012 #5

A word about Blackboard, specifically . . . . Stinky The Clown Jan 2012 #6

My iMac is the cheap one, and it is better compared to the MBPro 13 inch. originalpckelly Jan 2012 #10

I'd get the 13" MacBook Air CreekDog Jan 2012 #7

Damn. originalpckelly Jan 2012 #11

Mac Book - there's an education discount for those REP Jan 2012 #12

I'd guess most students are running Snow Leopard (10.6.8) or Lion REP Jan 2012 #14

I'd also guess most at Snow Leopard with a few on earlier systems suffragette Jan 2012 #15

Yes. I know :-) REP Jan 2012 #16