College Materials ( Laptop, tablet, phone)

<p>How did you lose it?</p>

<p>^^^^</p>

<p>@philosoup…well if it wasn’t obvious from what he wrote…it was only the fourth word on his reply…he specifically said it was “stolen”…wow</p>

<p>New macbooks will most likely be coming out this summer, if you can wait.</p>

<p>Lol, I guess my post was TL;DR</p>

<ol>
<li>It was stolen</li>
<li>Can’t wait too long, tons of stuff I need it for within the next week</li>
<li>Which is the better model right now: MB Pro 13"/MB Air 13"</li>
</ol>

<p>^ Non-Apple product, with the same specs for half the price. ;)</p>

<p>About when in the summer would the new macbooks be out? Eyeing a macbook pro but I wanted to take advantage of the back to school offer which will probably happen in the summer as well, with the $100 itunes card or whatever they were giving. Do they only offer those if you buy the older models? ):</p>

<p>I would go with an MB pro with i5 processor, apple products are great, they last a long time if you handle with care, the ease of use is amazing…and no a non apple product with same specs for half of the price is not worth it…</p>

<p>I would like an air, due to the weight advantage, but for many of my chemistry and biology courses we use a lot of CDs that are required for the course, which I wouldnt be able to use on an AIR…</p>

<p>Most likely the new macbooks will probably come out right after the back to school special which they have done the last two years. so maybe late sept…</p>

<p>but it is also possible they could come out this summer, with the launch of their new OS Mountain Lion…</p>

<p>Apple makes new reditions to most of its products each year…as they do with the iPhone, iPad, macbooks…etc</p>

<p>^ why wouldn’t non apple computers with the same specs be worth it? I use both windows and mac operating systems and I find both are perfectly capable of performing what I need and have pros and cons for both. It’s definiteley personal preference.</p>

<p>@darksaber91 your programming on a Mac? LOLS </p>

<p>Jk i heard you can dual boot. so its convenient.</p>

<p>Considering the Macbook Air 13 inch too, but i dunno the 11 in seems tempting its just so small and convenient. Argh that decision has been holding me back for months on what Mac to buy.</p>

<p>For everyone who is thinking of getting a MacBook, I recommend that you wait it out until the refresh. The ivy bridge chipset that apple is going put in the new models are going allow better performance.</p>

<p>Hopefully they upgrade the Standard screen resolutions as well, considering MacBooks don’t have that great of a resolution sans the HR screens that you have to pay extra for. There are rumors of a retina display MacBooks this summer but those are definitely “believe it when I see it” type of deals.</p>

<p>@berkeleyappeal</p>

<p>Lol, yes I program on a mac, along with all the guys at my last internship. Our office was pretty amazing. 1 iMac, 6 Apple Cinema Screens, 8 MBP, and an air. Nerd heaven. And who needs bootcamp, Xcode/eclipse ftw!</p>

<p>The guys I work with now only know PC, but then again, we’re excel monkeys so that’s expected :P</p>

<p>@darksaber haha</p>

<p>I’m getting a mac soon, was worried bout programming. But as long as eclipse works i’m good to go.</p>

<p>Oh god Excel… I have to read this book whenever I’m preparing worksheets for (formulas) my firm. It gets annoying but i’m getting use to it :D</p>

<p>do you guys think the 13in is a better option? i have been having a dilemma over which i should buy 13 or 11. Just like the OP</p>

<p>Plus (darksaber91)Get a macbook air so we can be MBA buddies… get it :P</p>

<p>im pretty sure the current macbook air 13" has a better screen resolution if that makes a difference to you. I think i’m going for the macbook air 13" or an ipad, but now im gonna try and hold out for the new releases.</p>

<p>I was planning on getting a MacBook Pro 13" once they update it this year. I only want a MacBook, because they hold a good battery compared to Windows and they look better than most Windows laptops. Well, that’s just my opinion on looks, though.</p>

<p>who needs xcode/eclipse… Emacs and g++ ftw!</p>