I’m going to college in September, more specifically to UofA, I’m going to study Industrial Design.
I’m planing to get either a 27" iMac or a 15" MacBook Pro. I like the portability on the laptop, I really cant complain about its specifications, but with the iMac I would have much better things, and a much bigger screen (much bigger). Maybe with the laptop I will procrastinate more, like in classes, but maybe be a little more social, not been stuck to my room with my desktop, my lovely lovely desktop. I could give the iMac a lot more years of use, as its significantly better, but the laptop ain’t bad at all.
Do you really get to use them in class, do you need them, do you use them to work with others, well you know…
Some additional info so you can help me:
If I could get anybody that actually did go to UofA, even better lister center, would be great. Im going to be staying at a shared dorm.
I live four hours by car away from UofA, so carrying the iMac wouldn’t be much trouble in the summer.
The iMac would be: 27", 2.66 quad core i5, 4Gb ram, 1Tb 7200rpm, ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB
The Macbook Pro: 15", 2.4 i5 (not two cores), 4Gb ram, 320Gb 5200rpm, intel HD Graphics (integrated) NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M with 256 MB (discrete)
well just writing this down helped me a bit, but just want to hear the voice of experience from you.
Thanks