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<blockquote data-quote="nononadanope" data-source="post: 310685" data-attributes="member: 25260">I personally would go for a MAC. The apple store online offers refurbished Macs here <img src="http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/specialdeals/mac" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />&nbsp; <a href="http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/specialdeals/mac" target="_blank">Refurbished Mac Computers - Refurbished Notebooks &amp; Desktop Computers - Apple Store (U.S.)</a> These are refurbished from Apple and have a lower price compared to new versions. If you purchase one with lets say 4GB of RAM, you can always upgrade the RAM to 8 or 16 GB (Depending on how much RAM the machine will allow)If you want something lightweight, I'd go for the 13&quot; Macbook Air.I have a Macbook Pro 15&quot; with Retina Display and a 11&quot; Macbook Air (I use the 15&quot; more for photo editing due to it's larger screen) It's best to get one with 8-16GB of RAM and a Mininum of 500GB HDD or if you go with a Flash Drive, go with the 256GB but I should warn you that if you go with a Flash Drive; you can't upgrade it later unlike a HDD (You can always get an external drive if you need more space). The one big upside with Macs is the screen is brighter compared to Window Computers and I like the back lite keyboard. If you do opt for a Windows PC instead, I'd go for one with Windows 7 (I have a Windows 8 and I really don't like it) if you can find one and don't go for Dell or Toshiba (I've had trouble with them in the past but that's just my preference and they could be better built these days)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="nononadanope, post: 310685, member: 25260"] I personally would go for a MAC. The apple store online offers refurbished Macs here [IMG]http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/specialdeals/mac[/IMG] [URL="http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/specialdeals/mac"]Refurbished Mac Computers - Refurbished Notebooks & Desktop Computers - Apple Store (U.S.)[/URL] These are refurbished from Apple and have a lower price compared to new versions. If you purchase one with lets say 4GB of RAM, you can always upgrade the RAM to 8 or 16 GB (Depending on how much RAM the machine will allow) If you want something lightweight, I'd go for the 13" Macbook Air. I have a Macbook Pro 15" with Retina Display and a 11" Macbook Air (I use the 15" more for photo editing due to it's larger screen) It's best to get one with 8-16GB of RAM and a Mininum of 500GB HDD or if you go with a Flash Drive, go with the 256GB but I should warn you that if you go with a Flash Drive; you can't upgrade it later unlike a HDD (You can always get an external drive if you need more space). The one big upside with Macs is the screen is brighter compared to Window Computers and I like the back lite keyboard. If you do opt for a Windows PC instead, I'd go for one with Windows 7 (I have a Windows 8 and I really don't like it) if you can find one and don't go for Dell or Toshiba (I've had trouble with them in the past but that's just my preference and they could be better built these days) [/QUOTE]

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