New Computer thoughts

[benlehman]

So my computer is old and beginning to die. Since a small Apple laptop did well last time, I'm thinking about getting a similar machine. There's no more 12" lappies (sadly), so I'm thinking about getting the 13" MacBook w/ 2.4 GHz processor and extra RAM. But I'm flexible. Does anyone else have any suggestions / concerns / things I should know about? I'd be very obliged if you'd share.

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[xorphus.livejournal.com]

I have a white plastic 13" 2.0Ghz and have had almost exactly the opposite experience--I've had it for over two years in multiple countries, it's served me faithfully every day as my main work machine, and it's never killed a hard drive or required any repairs. Granted, I put a bigger HD and my own RAM in it as soon as I got it, and I've upgraded both since, but on the other hand, I actually bought this one Apple-refurbished. The fan does run all the time now, but I probably just need to clean it out. I have few problems running Photoshop, Firefox, Thunderbird and OpenOffice writer simultaneously.