Looking for advice from Macbook Pro owners.

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#1 clyde46
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When I go back to uni in September I'm looking at getting a Macbook pro but I'm clueless when it comes to Mac stuff. I'm currently doing a course that involves a lot of video and audio editing so the likes of Logic and Final Cut are very usefull. But I'm wondering which one is the best for me. Not sure on budget at the moment though.

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the standard 15" is fine. if you like to do any photoshop and a big screen is a must, 17" is great. that's what i'm using now. and one more thing, if you're a student, buy it as a student, it takes off like $200. and if you can wait until summer, apple has back to school sales, where you buy a mac and get like a free ipod touch.
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#3 clyde46
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the standard 15" is fine. if you like to do any photoshop and a big screen is a must, 17" is great. that's what i'm using now. and one more thing, if you're a student, buy it as a student, it takes off like $200. and if you can wait until summer, apple has back to school sales, where you buy a mac and get like a free ipod touch.RPG-er
I've looked at the student store, it knocked about £150+ off the price.

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Buying a Mac has probably been the best decision I've made. I'm a Film student and I use it every day for all my needs. Only bad thing is the lack of games, but you can always get Bootcamp on it.

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if i had the fundage, id definitely get a mac, only game i play is wow anyway and thats on mac. Soo tired of pc's crapping out on me.
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I love Macs - had no choice back in the day but to use them because Avid editing systems would not run on PCs. This has changed in the years since but in my opinion you can't go wrong with Macs for anything involving film, music or art. If you are getting in to video editing you may find you want a larger screen whenever you have a choice, especially as you may often want to have a few different windows open and the space to push them around without having to close them (example: monitoring audio levels while playing down sequences etc).