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Opinions solicited please... - haikuman - 06-15-2011
I am thinking about getting Ethan this computer. It will be his 1st computer and he is approaching 9 years old in November. It will be used for school work and communicating with me. He is in Hawaii/Maui and I am in the RPI. Thanks in advance for your suggestions.
edit: It will be a long time before I can afford another for him. I do realize there are less expensive Refurbs.
Rudie
21.5-inch: 2.5GHz
2.5GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5
1920 x 1080 resolution
4GB (two 2GB) memory
500GB hard drive1
AMD Radeon HD 6750M with 512MB
Ships: Within 24hrs
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$1,199.00
Re: Opinions solicited please... - Ombligo - 06-15-2011
FWIW, my 14 year old greatly preferred a Macbook to an iMac when given the choice.
Re: Opinions solicited please... - jdc - 06-15-2011
I wish I could have that computer.
Re: Opinions solicited please... - Drew - 06-15-2011
Ombligo wrote:
FWIW, my 14 year old greatly preferred a Macbook to an iMac when given the choice.
Same experience here. Two teen boys. Both much preferred a portable to a desktop.
Re: Opinions solicited please... - haikuman - 06-15-2011
My concern is the portable /Laptop will dive dive dive and be suicidal
. *(:>*JDC I only have the iMac 3.06 Intel Core Duo. Pricing has changed and availability influences this call. *(:>*
Rudie
Re: Opinions solicited please... - Jimmypoo - 06-15-2011
Send him yours, and you take that one.
Re: Opinions solicited please... - cbelt3 - 06-15-2011
Pretty heavy duty. And nice.
I second the desktop approach. A laptop becomes a 'toy' for a child of that age, and WILL become broken. The iMac is more of an appliance, and stays on the desk and is respected. My 13 year old has *borrowed* my wife's netbook/hackintosh, and the damn thing is always stuffed in a sofa or left on the floor. I fully expect someone to sit/stomp on it soon. Kids should only get their hands on a laptop that is unkillable (Clamshell, toughbook) or when they're mature enough to keep 'em safe.
The idea of a regular iChat schedule is excellent.... I remember being half a world away from my wife and then 1 year old daughter for over half a year.. it was hell.
FWIW, think of an El Gato TV tuner, and it becomes a nice television as well for those edumaficational programs.
Re: Opinions solicited please... - Black - 06-15-2011
I chose this one over that one:
http://store.apple.com/us/product/G0JM0LL/A?mco=MTkwOTc0MTQ
500 GB has not been enough for about 2 years . . . it benchmarks higher than the newer one on most everyday tasks. And it doesn't have a useless hole for which nothing is made . . .
Re: Opinions solicited please... - RgrF - 06-15-2011
My 16 year-old grandson abandoned a desktop iMac for his MacBook three years ago, nows he's abandoned both for his new (non refurbed) 1st gen $399 iPad. You can find them for about $300 if you will settle for a 16 gig, we went for 32.
Re: Opinions solicited please... - Jimmypoo - 06-15-2011
Dual core 3.6 over a quad core 2.7?
If that hole you're talking about is ThunderHole - its time will come. Firewire is just as likely to go unused by a 9 year old.
Black wrote:
I chose this one over that one:
http://store.apple.com/us/product/G0JM0LL/A?mco=MTkwOTc0MTQ
500 GB has not been enough for about 2 years . . . it benchmarks higher than the newer one on most everyday tasks. And it doesn't have a useless hole for which nothing is made . . .