Should I get a mac and which one?

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kaboodle7

I've been using dell forever. I'm using one that i got for christmas 2 or 3 years ago. I am a college student and use my laptop a lot. I haven't been real happy with my Dell and am thinking of getting a new MacBook Pro. It has been really slow and I need to get a new battery now. I can use the education discount and get a macbook pro for $1700 or the macbook pro retina for $2000. Ive heard good things about mac but am worried about paying that much. Is it worth it? Any recomendations? Thanks

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ah hello
Yes you should get a mac for college. They last long as the person above me said. The guarantee is great. Though you want to get the 1700 or 2000 dollar one, I am happy with the 13" regular non retina one, because I like the super drive. I mean don't get me wrong, I like the retina and the lightness but I am a guy who uses an occasional cd and a dvd. So yes get a macbook, whichever you like, my recommendation, is a good old macbook pro 13" late 2011. Best computer I have ever had.

Autocad help needed.?

The Questi

Downloaded autocad 2011, 30 day trial version, for my laptop and got an error message that says:

"UNABLE TO RUN AUTOCAD. THIS MAY BE DUE TO ONE OF THE FOLLOWING REASONS:
1. THIS VERSION OF AUTOCAD WAS NOT INSTALLED PROPERLY.....
2. YOU DO NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT RIGHTS"

I uninstalled and removed the program and installed the free autocad student version with the 3 year license (was able to get it with my current college enrollment); and again I got the same message.

I've tried several methods per most cad user's request on message forums including: rebooting the laptop, disabling anti virus, running the program as an admin, running it in safe mode, and deleting certain cad registry keys, but nothing seems to work.

I'm running on:

Dell Latitude E5400
Windows XP 2002, SP3
Intel Core 2 Duo P8400; 2.26 GHz
1.95 GB of RAM


If anyone could help that would be great!

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Sign in as ADMINISTRATOR on your computer, then install it. Your user may not of had the rights to launch an installed program that you download

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What kind of MAC is the best for College Student?

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Ay.

Hi. I was thinking of buying a mac laptop for college soon.

Can anyone recommend a good mac laptop that's not too expensive and suitable for a college student.
Mac only please. I'd really appreciate it.

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Hi.

I am very sorry to say, there is no such thing as a "not too expensive" Mac because all Macs are expensive.

However, for a college student. I believe that any of the Macbooks are suitable.
the Macbook is only at $1000.
The Macbook Pro starting at $1200.
And the Macbook Air starts at $1500.

The Macbook Air is for portability while being able to enjoy great performance. Macbook Air only weighing 3 lbs with a 13.3" screen.

The Macbook Pro, for the better performance. Not quite sure if it beats the Macbook Air.

The Macbook, the ordinary Mac laptop out, the most original.

what features on a laptop are important to run graphic design programs?

christinaC

i need a laptop for college, and although i'm not going to be an art major, i'm planning on using adobe photoshop, illustrator, and other art programs on my laptop. I would get a mac, but my dad already got me the cs5 program for windows. I was thinking a sony is good?

but what do i need in a laptop? CPU? RAM? I'm not familiar with any of these terms..:/

my budget is 1000-1300.
thanks for your help!

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For CS5, the best thing technically is just to check out the system requirements for each/all the products you would like to run, and then get a laptop that matches at least the minimum of those, for either Windows or Mac. Two of the most important things are graphics card and memory.

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