Mac World

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It really doesn’t matter what router you have. Macs will recognize any router. What you need to look at is the speed.

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I do not know. Sorry! : (

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Good question Joe! I have been a Mac user since 1994 and you are not the first to ask that! I think I have had about 9 Macs total. I have asked the same question myself and actually own both the 15in and the 13inch MacBooks. I have a 15in PowerBook G4 and I am writing your answer here on a 13in MacBook.

Based on the what you wrote in your question, I really think you would do fine with the 13inch model. It not only is less expensive, but carrying it around is nicer because it is smaller in your backpack and less weight on your back. I have traveled all over the world with my Mac and with traveling is where the smaller 13in would be most appreciated. I miss the bigger screen when I want to work on big graphs for work and that is where the small screen for me is a little frustrating. But normally I can work on those back home on a big screen iMac, so, c’est la vie. You just can’t have it all in just one gizmo. In fact, you might want to even consider the new iPad, which is even much easier to carry around, and you can easily use it for facebook, browsing the web, youtube, music, movies, etc, which is about 85% of what you need some kind of Apple gizmo for! Maybe the cool and smaller iPad is all you need!

Can you get to an Apple store? I suggest you get over to one somehow and just spend 2 hours there surfing and browsing and using all three of their products to see how you like them for different things. Really try the things you like on the iPad, then try the 13in for at least 30 minutes, and then try the 15in model for another 30 minutes. Then go back to the 13in. This will really help you make up your mind! Its a big purchase, so an hour or two test driving them is the least you should do. And the Apple store is always a fun experience too! Bring a friend or two and make a date out of it with a movie afterwards.

Two other final things. As a student, you can get Apples educational discount, and many times they have a seasonal special where they also give away an iPod touch with a purchase of a MacBook.

And secondly, you should also consider a second-hand Mac. I have bought both new and used, and I have had great luck in buying 2 used Apple laptops. Craigs List and Ebay both work good for that. I would favor Craigs List and meeting the seller in person. The thing to keep in mind for that is that whatever model you get, you want to buy an Apple laptop with the Apple Extended Warranty. See the link below for more info in the AppleCare Protection Plan. It is totally worth the price, since if you ever had a problem with the screen or motherboard, those things would cost way more than the warranty. It adds 2 years onto the original warranty for 3 years total, (including 3 years of Apple TELEPHONE technical support! You want this, its great!) AND it is transferable to another mac user! So, if you buy a used Apple laptop in nice new condition, but that the person just wants to sell to get another model or something , then you can still have maybe two and a half or two years warranty on it still.

Good luck, and have fun with your new Apple, no matter which model you end up getting!

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We have people using just MacBooks and with hardly no RAM that gets me by the way, we have one MacBook Pro from 2004 and it runs PhotoShop CS3 actually it run the complete Creative Suite all four disks.

Da’ Specs

https://www.adobe.com/products/premiere/systemreqs/

Mac OS

* Multicore Intel processor with 64-bit support
* Mac OS X v10.5.7 or v10.6.3; Mac OS X v10.6.3 required for GPU-accelerated performance
* 2GB of RAM (4GB or more recommended)
* 10GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or on removable flash-based storage devices)
* 7200 RPM hard drive for editing compressed video formats; RAID 0 for uncompressed
* 1280×900 display with OpenGL 2.0–compatible graphics card
* Adobe-certified GPU card for GPU-accelerated performance
* Core Audio–compatible sound card
* DVD-ROM drive compatible with dual-layer DVDs (SuperDrive for burning DVDs; external Blu-ray burner for creating Blu-ray Disc media)
* QuickTime 7.6.2 software required for QuickTime features
* Broadband Internet connection required for online services*

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Put your system disk in the cd and follow the prompts