So we made the leap. Our HP Pavilion A1211N, which admittedly was bought off the shelf because it was at the right price-point, finally died a sudden and graceless death after three years of faithful (ok two good years, one not so good) service.
Note: both the author and all members of the household have been cleared of all suspicions of foul play.
The Hardware
As our PC was the only computer in the house, other than our work laptops, we were quick to respond. I had been lobbying for well over a year for an Apple. So although we were leaning towards the Macbook Pro, we considered all Apple models. We finally settled on a 15” Macbook Pro, whose specs are as follows:
- 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
- 4 GB of 1066 MHz DDR3 SDRAM
- 320GB Serial ATA 5400 RPM hard drive
- NVIDIA GeForce 9400M + 9600M GT with 256MB Graphics
We opted to add the iWork suite, both for the feature set and the simplified requirements for our home computer. So far we have not found any feature lacking, and the MS Office compatibility has proven adequate to date.
claurin : @JohnnyCanuck The Hymus will be added to the tour schedule.
JohnnyCanuck : @claurin lol Sure but we can't leave the Hymus off of the community centre tour. Maybe we can even get @scorbett22 to sit on a bouclier
schultzter : I just had to "break up a fight" between my daughter's two feet - she insists it was not her fault but they're keeping her awake!
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