Thanks. That’s the kind of advice I was looking for. Our state mandated shut down last spring caught us a little off guard with technology. He had to do school on my work computer and it didn’t workout very well.
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krc1995
And it’s the Air for that price, not the Pro. Not sure the difference. And what’s a gaming laptop to offer? I see Costco has an Acer gaming computer for 1100ish? Does that function as an Xbox?
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The Mac Pro is typically larger (physically) with better processing power, graphics components and overall features. Think of the Air as sort of your basic car model. Not many bells and whistles but gets the simple job done.
Do you have a link to the Acer you could share so that I could see its specs? Generally speaking, I'm not a fan of gaming laptops. They're not as powerful as their desktop counterparts and don't have as much storage space typically, and if your student is interested in playing some of the bigger and more popular games on the market, laptops in the price range may struggle to handle the processing power required.
Do you have a link to the Acer you could share so that I could see its specs? Generally speaking, I'm not a fan of gaming laptops. They're not as powerful as their desktop counterparts and don't have as much storage space typically, and if your student is interested in playing some of the bigger and more popular games on the market, laptops in the price range may struggle to handle the processing power required.
krc1995
This one says 1699. This is the 2nd or 3rd time when I went to double check price. It went up. I would swear it was 1199 the last time. I know it’s me, but I’m going to start taking screenshots.
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krc1995
I’m not paying 1700 for anything, btw.
It depends on what they're going to be using it for. I'm not sure where your child goes to school, but *most* public students in Omaha are on some kind of PC i.e. Chromebook, so I assume that's where most of the IT and technical support will be focused. Therefore, it may be safest to go with that. It should satisfy all the needs of your student. And yes, you will probably have to buy a Microsoft Suite license to get them Word and stuff like that.
That said, as much as I love my gaming PC, I'm a huge fan of Macs and I use them for all of my professional work. I find them to be historically longer lasting, more reliable and easy to use for day-to-day work.