Miss Mandy
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This may have been covered in other threads, but I had a quick look and couldn't see anything.
Basically, I've really wanted a Mac computer for a long time and I'm now looking into it a bit more seriously with a view to buying one towards the end of the year. I'm not really sure what I should be looking for though.
I know I want a laptop and I know I want a 13" or 15" screen. Other than that I don't really understand what the specs mean in terms of the benefits to me.
The machine will primarily be used for internet and emails, but will also be used a lot for photo editing. I use photoshop Elements for that at the moment, but would change software if there is something better for Mac use out there.
I'm looking to spend around £1k so I've been looking at the Macbook Air and Macbook Pro (non-retina) 13" models, this is where I'm stumped though!
The Air looks really nice and thin with a 2ghz processor, but doesn't have a disc drive. Not a major issue though as I can buy an external. It has a 128gb SSD so from what I understand this loads the system up really fast?
The Pro has a 500gb drive which is obviously a lot more storage, but its a standard HDD. What are the pro's and con's of this over the SSD? Its also a 2.5ghz processor on the Pro which is obviously faster, but will I notice that difference?
Can either of these models be upgraded to add more RAM or change the hard drive? Coming from Windows machines I've always been able to do that pretty easily. If they're not upgradable will they have problems running software in the future?
Basically, I've really wanted a Mac computer for a long time and I'm now looking into it a bit more seriously with a view to buying one towards the end of the year. I'm not really sure what I should be looking for though.
I know I want a laptop and I know I want a 13" or 15" screen. Other than that I don't really understand what the specs mean in terms of the benefits to me.
The machine will primarily be used for internet and emails, but will also be used a lot for photo editing. I use photoshop Elements for that at the moment, but would change software if there is something better for Mac use out there.
I'm looking to spend around £1k so I've been looking at the Macbook Air and Macbook Pro (non-retina) 13" models, this is where I'm stumped though!
The Air looks really nice and thin with a 2ghz processor, but doesn't have a disc drive. Not a major issue though as I can buy an external. It has a 128gb SSD so from what I understand this loads the system up really fast?
The Pro has a 500gb drive which is obviously a lot more storage, but its a standard HDD. What are the pro's and con's of this over the SSD? Its also a 2.5ghz processor on the Pro which is obviously faster, but will I notice that difference?
Can either of these models be upgraded to add more RAM or change the hard drive? Coming from Windows machines I've always been able to do that pretty easily. If they're not upgradable will they have problems running software in the future?