Just bought a macbook...having second thoughts...
Today i bought a white macbook, the $1299 one. Anyway, I haven't opened it yet, and after reading through these forums I am having some second thoughts. I have never used a mac, and my decision came down to the macbook and a toshiba M105-S084 with a duo core processor, 2 GB RAM and a 120 GB HD for 999...a great deal, but I still decided on the MAC because I heard such great things about reliability. Now I am afraid I am going open the box and have a really really slow computer that shuts down, catches fire, and moos. I am seriously considering returning it and just getting the Toshiba...at least I am used to PC problems: freezing, spyware, pop-ups, etc. Also, is the macbook worth keeping if I can't afford to upgrade the RAM? Will this laptop be obsolete in 6 months? 60 GB of HD doesn't really seem like much considering my ipod is 40 GB.
I'd appreciate any insight...
-uneasy potential convert
My personal opinion is your not going to be completely happy with the MacBook in it's current configuration. One, you really need to add more RAM to it--(suggest adding 1G for starters)--or you may run into slow performance. Two, that 60G hard drive is going to fill up fast--especially if you add a lot of music and podcasts to it. I ordered the 100GB HD for mine and it's nearly filled, and I don't even have all my music loaded on it.
-Bmer
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