I have a Acer Aspire 5920, and I want a Mac book to replace it? What kinda specs would I need?

Acer's specs on that Aspire machine include:

- Intel Core 2 Duo mobile processor T7300

- Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN (dual-band quad-mode 802.11a/b/g/Draft-N)

- Bluetooth 2.0+EDR

- 2 GB of DDR2 667 MHz memory, upgradeable to 4GB using two soDIMM modules (dual-channel support)

- 15.4" WXGA high-brightness (220-nit) Acer CrystalBrite TFT LCD, 1280 x 800 pixel resolution, 8 ms response time

- NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT with up to 1GB of TurboCache technology (256 MB of dedicated GDDR2 VRAM, up to 768 MB of shared system memory)

- Dolby-certified surround sound system with two built-in stereo speakers and one subwoofer supporting low-frequency effects

- 160 GB hard disk drives

- 5-in-1 card reader

- DVD Super Multi DL Optical Drive

- Integrated Acer Crystal Eye webcam (0.3 megapixel)

- 364 (W) x 270.2 (D) x 30.8/43.7 (H) mm (14.3 x 10.6 x 1.2/1.7 inches) 3.00 kg (6.61 lbs.)

In a MacBook, you will get at least as good (if not better):

- CPU

- Bluetooth

- Wireless (WiFi)

- Video (NVIDIA GeForce 320M)

- Webcam (iSight)

- Smaller, thinner, lighter

A few things you WON'T get from that list in ANY MacBook (or MacBook Pro):

- Dolby-certified surround sound system with two built-in stereo speakers and one subwoofer supporting low-frequency effects (yes, there are good built-in speakers, but not Dolby and no subwoofer)

- 5-in-1 card reader

This may be critical for you: in a MacBook, you WON'T get:

- 15.4" WXGA high-brightness (220-nit) Acer CrystalBrite TFT LCD, 1280 x 800 pixel resolution, 8 ms response time (MacBooks are 13.3", MacBook Pro offers 15" models)

So, to exactly match (or beat) what you have there, you'll need to get at least a 15" MacBook Pro.

Any brand-new 15" MacBook Pro will beat those specs, as long as you order it with the same (or better) RAM and disk. For example, the base 15" MacBook Pro is quad-core, 4GB: http://store.apple.com/us/configure/MC721LL/A?mco=...

In addition, many of the MacBook Pro models built in the last two years will also beat those specs. You can easily find a factory refurbished (http://store.apple.com/us/product/FC372?mco=MTM3ND... or used model that meets or beats those specs.

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