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04/15/08 +  ssb0
i'm sorry if this has been asked for a thousand times but i can't find a proper answer.
i'm going to buy a new lappie and switch to apple. but its a big dilemma wich one to choose.
i have the money to buy a pro but i'm a really poor guy so that money will quite be all the money i have, wich i don't care about too much for this purpose if it's nescesary offcourse(just informing you that's a big thing for me financially so i can't make mistakes).
my actuall question is offcourse if i should buy a pro(can't afford expansions on the thing, i have like 1800 euro's) or if the mackbook is good enough for me. i want to be prepared for suprises the next 3-5 years and i pretty much will boost the machine to the max(i like to fit 10 songs in one set for gigs, remote them with 3 midicontrollers and process or record audio all at once and stuff like that).
first i was planning on buying a pro but then i heard that if you used it for music(production, preforming or whatever) it wouldn't matter.
so i wan't to ask you guys for an opinion/advice. it would come handy to save some money, but if it's nescecary i would gladly spend all of it on a good new system.
 
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04/22/08 +  ssb0
would people recommend me the 3 year warranty protection plan? is a macbook that though that it wil survive three years or is it smart to extend the warranty? any expiriences or thoughts?

04/22/08 +  Fredo
Yes. Get it. Definitely get it from Apple. No doubt within three years there will be some kind of something or other that needs fixing and it's good to have phone support for that whole time as well.
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04/22/08 +  Roshi
Yes to AppleCare.

They really take care of you. It's worth it
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04/22/08 +  Otterfan
I'd suggest waiting until near the end of your initial warranty to buy AppleCare. If you do something totally awful to your macbook that isn't covered by warranty in the first year (like spill beer on it) and it gets trashed you'd be out $250 (or $350) for an AppleCare plan that gave you absolutely no value.

Definitely buy it though. Just wait until the month before your warranty is up. And don't lose your receipts.
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04/22/08 +  ssb0
good point, thanx

05/07/08 +  ssb0
one little question before the big buy.

do i need to buy a 7200 rpm hdd with my MBP or wil a 5400 rpm do fine?
i really don't have the money at the moment, and i don't have the time to wait. so IF you all would recommend me the 7200 rpm hdd, is it easy to replace and won't i get in trouble with the warranty if i do it myself.

05/07/08 +  cloudburst
get an external hard drive.
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05/07/08 +  ssb0
don't have that money neither.
no seriously, am i punching myslef in the face not buying the 7200 rpm or doensn't it make that much pf a difference?
05/07/08 +  cloudburst
just buy an external drive later, don't sweat it.

it's all math, you will simply read files at a slightly lower rate of data transfer.
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edited: May 07 2008 +  ejectorset
Otterfan said: "Definitely buy it though. Just wait until the month before your warranty is up. And don't lose your receipts."


also, don't forget, mark a calendar or something. i meant to do that with my ibook, then again with my macbook. forgot both times. actually remembered about 2 weeks 2 late both times.

i went for the macbook instead of the pro and have never felt like i wished i had gotten the pro. macbook is more than fine for me.
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05/07/08 +  ssb0
i don't want an external hdd because of the traveling involved. i travel alot between practice room and home so i want to keešp it compact.

is it against warranty policy to change the intern hdd yourself? and do you have to buy a special apple serial ata laptop hdd or do they support any brand? and if it's only apple that's supported, are they much more expensive then the additional 90 euro's you pay when you let it built in on first buy?

05/07/08 +  cloudburst
i think really you just need to decide if the speed increase is worth 90 euro to you or not. don't waste your time with installing another HD after purchase, there are some risks involved, and while you might not actually void any warranty, your new drive will not be covered by apple, making service issues that much more complicated.
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05/08/08 +  cartesia
you dont have to use apple parts,
hard drive and ram are user serviceable (doesnt void warranty)
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05/08/08 +  ssb0
they told me @ my local music dealer, i wouldn't mark the difference between a 7200 IE HDD and a 5400 SATA HDD up to 64 audiotracks could that be true?

05/08/08 +  cartesia
Dunno about 64,

I just dropped 32 different audio tracks into live and hit play, all played fine simultaneously (off HD not ram)
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