Getting a Macbook

Question

Hi, i am going into grade 12 and I want to buy the macbook in white(basic model) and I have some questions. The only reason I am allowed to buy a mac is because they can boot windows.( my rents hate macs and say they are not compatible with school)
1) can you use the isight for msn in windows xp(or what can you use the webcam for in windows what programs?
2) Is it easy to upgrade hard drive to 100 gb in 1 year or so?
3) Is 60gb enough for grade 12 and university?
4) Should I wait till leopard comes out, instead of upgrading to leopard and ilife 07 in 6 months or so?
5) How do you right click with only one button on the trackpad
6) what is the battery life using wirless internet?
7) what is iwork and what do you get with it?
8) can any applications from 10.2.8 run on tiger?
9) how come macs are alot more than pcs for what your getting? I saw a gateway 17inch, 240gb, 1gbram, 128 graphics for 200 more than an macbook.
10) can you use for example a scanner in windows using usb?
And last one: I have a program interwin dvd creater for my old laptop (windows xp) it came with it and I have no dics to instal it on my new xp mac? is there a way I can put this on?(i will do a fresh instal of windows professional and sell it!)

Answer 1

2) Is it easy to upgrade hard drive to 100 gb in 1
year or so?
Yes.
3) Is 60gb enough for grade 12 and university?
For simple school stuff? sure. Unless you are heavily
into iTunes, movies, and the like.
Sound advice. Possibly cheaper to not upgrade the HD but buy an external HD to store data and backups.
Instead of upgrading my macbook from 80gig-120gig, I brought a 160gig external HD, saved 10 bucks and ended up with twice the space.
Just food for thought here.
5) How do you right click with only one button on
the
trackpad
there are a couple ways; I use 2 fingers on the
trackpad and click on the trackpad button-you can
also hold down a key while clicking.
Also, supports "right-click" functionality in mice. If you attach a normal scroll-wheel mouse or if you buy a mighty mouse - right click is supported.
And last one: I have a program interwin dvd
creater
for my old laptop (windows xp) it came with it and
I
have no dics to instal it on my new xp mac? is
there
a way I can put this on?(i will do a fresh instal
of
windows professional and sell it!)
probably no. unless you can burn it to a CD.
I think once you've played with iMovie HD and iDVD you will forget what app's windows has to offer. From my point of view my windows based movie creators didn't even come close to half as good as the iLife packaged apps. Even more so because of the "big picture" thinking that Apple has used where each app integrates with the other.
IMHO, Microsoft has a lot of catching up to do... I qualify this by saying that I've had my mac a couple of months and I'd never used one before then - I was, historically, always a windows user. Not anymore!!
Bootcamp has removed some of the pressure to stay in a windows environment...
But, noone other than you really knows what you require to do what you need to do. Be honest with yourself on the topic. There's big bucks involved in buying new hardware and software - and it's even more applicable if someone else is covering the bill.