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A bit of help choosing a MAC
Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2016 4:57 pm
by collectordave
After using PB for a few months and saving my pennies I now wish to purchase a MAC portable to compliment my Windows portable .
I know very little about MACs. I wish to use the MAC portable mainly to programme in PB but also for playing my music and video files most of which require a HDMI output and are stored on a few external drives mostly connected by USB.
Can anyone help point me at a good MAC portable to do all the above. Budget is not limitless but is reasonable. I have a little experience with a MAC mini so are the portables just as easy to setup?
Cheers
collectordave
Re: A bit of help choosing a MAC
Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2016 5:55 pm
by TI-994A
collectordave wrote:...mainly to programme in PB but also for playing my music and video files most of which require a HDMI output and are stored on a few external drives mostly connected by USB.
Can anyone help point me at a good MAC portable to do all the above. Budget is not limitless but is reasonable.
They have quite a range, although it would boil down to your needs, and ultimately, your budget.
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Mac Models
I would personally advise against the new MacBook, as it is pricier, but port-poor. One single miserable USB-C port is all you get, for your charging and auxiliary needs.
Re: A bit of help choosing a MAC
Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2016 5:31 am
by collectordave
Thanks
Good to compare.
My needs these days are just for a good portable to use for programming etc and I have found that Pure Basic does the job on the MAC plus controlling my music and video collection(Mp3 and AVI files.
Some say
External USB SuperDrive (sold separately)
I allready have seven terrabytes of external drives is that just apples version and will they all still work?
Sorry to be a pain.
Re: A bit of help choosing a MAC
Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2016 5:35 am
by jack
any usb or fire wire hard drive should work ok, don't know about dvd drives.
Re: A bit of help choosing a MAC
Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2016 7:33 am
by wilbert
A 13.3" MacBook Pro might be a good choice.
The retina version has a hdmi port, for the non retina version you can use an adapter (as you can for any Mac that doesn't have a hdmi port).
Setting it up is not different from a Mac Mini.
The Apple USB SuperDrive is an external dvd writer (has nothing to do with hdd).
I have one and it is working fine on my iMac but doesn't always seem to work on non Apple computers.
Re: A bit of help choosing a MAC
Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2016 5:10 am
by collectordave
Ah Thanks to all