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Ouch!
As far as price, I really have no idea how much I can spend on it. It's a graduation gift from my parents. My old man hasn't told me how much he's willing to spend on it. He's insistent on ordering through the University of Miami for a discount, which means my options are limited to a Dell or a Mac. I think the choice is fairly obvious.
I'm not very concerned about the size. I never intended to get more than a 15", and I already have something to carry it around in that my sister brought back from Italy (ridiculous, really), so that's not a concern. The more I look at some of the Apple software, the less concerned I am about getting Microsoft Office (although if I change my mind down the road, I can buy it at the U). After looking a bit, I've realized that the difficulties students had in class sending files from their Macs to the PCs we use at school are more related to their ineptitude than the difficulty of the process.
Since my old man seems pretty set on getting the Pro, I've been looking at the two 15" choices. The difference in the space on the hard drive is not something I'm concerned about. I have an external one already anyway.
I guess then it comes down to two questions. First, what's the advantage of a 2.2GHz and a 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo? And what's the difference between the same graphics card with double the SDRAM? I can't imagine taking the step up is necessary considering what I plan to do with the computer, but considering the ~$440 increase in price between the two, I just wanted to be sure there aren't any specific advantages.
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