Macbook pro worth it ?

Hi, I'm 14 years old and I play bass, I wont do graphic desing or something like that, do you think that i have to buy a Macbook pro or a good bass ?
Here in Argentina the Macbook pro 13" is USD $1800. Its too expensive.
Thank you.

Hi LuchoM
Like any tool it's a case of what you want to use it for. You say you play bass so are you expecting to record and compose with your laptop?
And if you haven't got a good bass yet, then can you live without the laptop? If buying anything stops or compromises you from following your primary desire (being a musician?) then you should think why you're buying it. There are plenty of good music software packages on PCs and so having a cheaper PC laptop and a bass may be a better combination.
Good luck.
Ben

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learned that the Adobe Creative Suite products do
not work on this machine. I contacted Adobe and
they said they will not have an update until they
release the next version, which won't release until
(at the earlies) the end of this year. While
Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign are not crucial aps
for me, I do use them for business regularly.
With this being the case, I ask the mac community
using these machines, should I return the computer,
buy a g4pb (my TI just literally fell apart) ?
Reading the board hear and various news articles,
there seems to be a few issues (whine - apps - etc).
I guess I should have looked into this more before
purchasing, but I trusted Apple to release products
that are ready for users.
This is the most expensive computer I have ever
puchased and I need it to do everything my TI PB
did.
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hastle?
(thank god I haven't opened the box
yet!)
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