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My question isn't specifically about iDVD but I couldn't find one that suited my questions. So here they are:

1: is flash drive better then RAM for the purposes number two will specify?

2: I would like to have a laptop that can handle:

A) playing games either via both disc and laptop or one of those...

B) watching movies either via disc or online or both.

C) typing in a place like Microsoft word.

D) syncing and downloading things from my iPhone to a MacBook pro...

Which MacBook pro would be good for all these purposes?

MacBook pro or retina display -OTHER, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2), And MacBook mountain lion

Posted on Dec 26, 2012 2:44 PM

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Dec 27, 2012 1:43 AM in response to Elfs17

Once marked as "This Helped Me," you can't 'unmark' it - but I believe you get two (or three?) "This helped me's" in a single thread!

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Dec 27, 2012 1:45 AM in response to clintonfrombirmingham

WOW!! 1985? Macs were around then? Cool. I spoke to this guy/girl before via this site and s/he was speaking in English but in such a high English, even I couldn't understand him/her that much so I "pestered" (most likely) him/ her with so many questions. I felt bad after a while. I was or still am good with my English...I think I was.

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Dec 27, 2012 1:46 AM in response to clintonfrombirmingham

Cool! I guess I'll just have to search around until I find it.

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Dec 27, 2012 1:49 AM in response to Chamar

Are you talking about the points question and the this helped me post? Thanks.

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Dec 27, 2012 1:52 AM in response to clintonfrombirmingham

Umm, I did those or did someone else do 'em?

Dec 27, 2012 1:56 AM in response to Chamar

Wow - I didn't know about the Communities Tutorials - but now I've it bookmarked so that I can 'share' as well!

Thanks, Chamar,

Clinton

Dec 27, 2012 1:58 AM in response to Elfs17

Yep, we had Macs back in 1985 - very first Mac came out in 1984. English isn't your native tongue? You write very well - and don't worry about 'pestering' folks - most folks here are happy to help.

Check out the Tutorial site that Chamar posted - I know that I'm going to do so!

Clinton

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Dec 27, 2012 1:59 AM in response to Chamar

I didn't know about them either. Thanks!

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Dec 27, 2012 2:02 AM in response to clintonfrombirmingham

(I call it my mothers tongue) no, English isn't my forte or my "native tongue". Well, it is my forte but (here's some contradiction: ) I don't excel at it...

Dec 27, 2012 2:08 AM in response to Elfs17

You write English very, very well. Normally, we either get 'broken English' that's just not understandable or a native tongue that (I, for one) need to run through Google Translate. I answered a question, in German, on the Adobe forums this morning. A native speaker - also a very good English speaker - told me that my Google Translation advised the user to "get over on the manufacturer" when I had written, in English, "get in touch with the manufacturer."

Google Translate can create some awkward situations...

Best of luck on your new MBP purchase!

Clinton

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Dec 27, 2012 2:16 AM in response to clintonfrombirmingham

Thanks for the compliment!

Yeah, i know that. I have a friend in holland that I was trying to impress by showing her that I can speak her native tongue, and I put some words via one of the app translators on this iPhone and then i pasted it and put it in our conversation on email and what I said came out all wrong. I think she corrected me or something.

Thanks, and best of luck with those foreign languages that you're not familiar with.

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Dec 27, 2012 2:18 AM in response to Elfs17

You get what I meant since I didn't exactly explain it that well, right? About this holland girl?

Dec 27, 2012 2:20 AM in response to Elfs17

I got it - you give yourself too little credit: your English is quite good!

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Dec 27, 2012 2:21 AM in response to Elfs17

I'm hitting my pillow now. It's quite late here. I permit you to answer. I won't hear a thing. So please answer and please know that the reason why I'm not answering is because I'm in dreamland or somewhere close by. Goodnight!

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Dec 27, 2012 2:25 AM in response to clintonfrombirmingham

Thanks:) there should be more people like you out there so that I won't have to think so lowly of me. Just enough so that I think highly of myself and not too bigshot-ty

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