Help an Apple girl out?

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MacGraphics

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#303820 11-Mar-2023 18:32

Hi,

I am just about to start a new job where I need to give powerpoint presentations and I need to buy a laptop.

I use an iMac 90% of the time but for this particular long term contract I need a laptop that literally only has to play ppwerpoints and I don't know anything about PCs.

I know I could get a MacBook but I don't need to upgrade my Mac yet and I don't want to invest in an expensive laptop if I don't have to.

So, what's a good brand? I want something as cheap as possible but does the job. I don't need bells and whistles, just something to plug into projectors and play .ppt

TIA folks.

toejam316

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#3049019 11-Mar-2023 18:40

Real cheap and dirty, you could get one of these for about $425, or a little more for a more modern system like this one for about $565. If you decide a Macbook might be the ticket, proper Apple refurbished M1 Macbook Airs are $1489 from Apple directly.

Anything I say is the ramblings of an ill informed, opinionated so-and-so, and not representative of any of my past, present or future employers, and is also probably best disregarded.