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I'm not in any way interested in getting into computing for its own ends. I just want a simple, powerful, robust machine for producing work and realising ideas on. The appeal of Apple for me is the elegant coherence of the entire package, inside and out.
..sounds like you should (as has already been suggested) buy the fastest macbook you can afford, incl. maximum RAM, and you'll be quite happy for a couple of years.
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The problem with alternatives for me is that I won't know my way around it, or if I want to understand something I'll have to ask someone very specific. It means learning a whole way of doing things and I'm not in any way interested in getting into computing for its own ends. I just want a simple, powerful, robust machine for producing work and realising ideas on. The appeal of Apple for me is the elegant coherence of the entire package, inside and out.