Laptop of choice for a Programmer, Need Help

Re:Laptop of choice for a Programmer, Need Help by therubberduckie on Tuesday January 13, 2009 @10:49PM (#433128)

just wanted to say that Macbooks DO come with a DVD burner (SuperDrive) even the last gen ones.

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Re:Laptop of choice for a Programmer, Need Help by alnayyir on Tuesday January 13, 2009 @11:25PM (#433165)

For extra money (last gen ones).

The $949 model I mentioned that is refurb has a DVD-Burner.

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Re:Laptop of choice for a Programmer, Need Help by jonknee on Tuesday January 13, 2009 @11:35PM (#433180)

The last-gen $999 model for sale at the Apple Store right now contains a DVD burner. But I couldn't see getting the last-gen. $300 more and you get a big upgrade. If you keep it a while, you'll never go back and wish you had the $300.

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Re:Laptop of choice for a Programmer, Need Help by alnayyir on Tuesday January 13, 2009 @11:38PM (#433187)

Which makes this none the easier. :P

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Re:Laptop of choice for a Programmer, Need Help by rsheridan6 on Wednesday January 14, 2009 @03:13AM (#433381)

You can get a new last-gen Macbook for $949 with a DVD burner for with a student discount.

Not a student? They don't check if you order it online, but they do at the Apple store (I bought mine this summer before receiving my student id).

Or you could get a new this-gen MB for $1249 with a student discount. That's what I would do if I were buying a computer now.

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