Notebook For College
As we speak I’m downloading Ubuntu 9.10 (Desktop, x86) for installing it at an old notebook laying around here. Even though I have used Ubuntu before (back in 2007 or so), I would like to see what it’s like now. Since I’ll be (hopefully) going to college in September of this year, I’ll need a notebook! I’ve decided that I don’t want a Windows laptop this time. I’m all fine with Windows 7 at my desktop and I have been a user of Windows XP for many years, but it’s time for something different now. I’ll be doing ‘Informatica’ at college which is the Dutch equivalent of Computer Science I think, and it will involve alot of programming etc. (Java, PHP) That’s why I think that a non-Windows laptop might be a good choice. So, it will be a Linux distro (probably Ubuntu) or Mac OSX. 
I would dualboot with Windows or use virtualization for the programs that are Windows-only.
I have owned Apple products (iPod nano’s and recently an iPod touch) and I love it, their products are really perfected and just do what they have to do. However, they are quite expensive compared to non-Apple products. If I would get a Mac machine for school, it would be a MacBook/MacBook Pro 13″. Prices are shown below the image, and students can get a discount. (10% or so)
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MacBook 2009: €899
- MacBook Pro 2009: €1250
There’s not much hardware difference between the MacBook and the MacBook Pro at the moment, but the normal one is made from some kind of plastic while the Pro has an aluminium body. If I would buy one of them now, I would buy the MacBook: the Pro hasn’t got any added value for me at the moment. However, rumour has it that Apple will update the MacBook Pro line soon, using Intel’s new mobile Core i5 CPUs. Maybe they will also make 4GB the default amount of RAM. That would make me want to buy the Pro, as it would have better hardware specs, more robust body and in my opinion it also looks better. A Mac laptop would be awesome, the 13″ is very portable and lightweight and will do anything that I want to do at it. I have my Windows desktop at home which is perfectly fine for gaming & other things, so a small laptop for school (with OSX!) would be sweet.
However, when you compare the prices of the MacBooks to the average Windows laptop, you start to wonder. Sometimes they are 2x as expensive for the same hardware specs. I think this is the price premium of Apple’s products and I’m not sure if it’s worth it for me. Especially when you can get any of these Windows laptops and install Ubuntu on it…
Fortunately, I’m not going to college before September 2010 so I have time to save up more money and compare both options (MacBook or Ubuntu laptop). Any of you going to college and doing a similar education? What notebook did you get? Any information is welcome as it will greatly help me making a wise choice. 
Oh also, my English appears to be very crappy today. Maybe it’s because of all the German/French stuff I have to do for school at the moment? 
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