Re: Buying a new laptop- Apple?
 

Why not if you were to buy all of the same parts apple uses? Or if you chose you could upgrade each part to even better ones and still probably end up saving $1000+.

So I guess I don't get it, but would be interested in knowing it.

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That is a good idea. Give me a call with your credit card number, expiry code, and the 3 digits. I cannot assure you that only a computer will be purchased. :r

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But it may come packed with cigars!:r Do it!

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You can't buy all the exact same parts that Apple uses.

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Here's an option that really hasn't been explored carefully...
Go to delloutlet.com, buy a $299 netbook, and spend the other $2000 on some badass cigars.
It's a good thing there's not a poll, cause I'm pretty sure this would be pretty much unanimous. :tu
Either that, or just skip the computer altogether, borrow one from someone, and spend all $2300 on cigars.
That would be totally awesome. :D

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Scott: I Purchased A Used Dell Notebook with CD/DVD Player For About That Same Price! Still Going Strong After 2 Years!:banger

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That sounds like the easiest, best and least stressful choice. :tu

I would have a Mac right now if it weren't for the fact that the Apple store only has the laptops in the basic configurations. :td

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Short the motherboard, screen and case you can. Plus, it's an Intel designed socket. So you could probably get a similar Intel designed mobo as well. But for that price, I'd want an i7.

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That only took about 200 posts to come to the perfect solution.
We're getting really good at this. :D

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:r:tu

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Does that mean we get to help spend the extra $2000 on cigars?:r

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Sounds lame. Spend $2500 on something you can't even test drive at their specialty store?

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multitouch trackpad???

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Let me elaborate. All their models on the floor had the bells and whistles. But say you wanted a 3.06ghz processor, 500gb 7200rpm hdd, antiglare screen then you have to order. They don't carry a stock of laptops with different configurations for sale. If I wanted the 2.8 ghz processor, 500gb 5400rpm hdd and glossy screen I could have gotten my computer yesterday.

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My mouse/touchpad has buttons to do all of that stuff.:D

But seriously... Windows 7 is multi-touch compatible, but you have to touch the screen, not the touchpad. Of course it is only with certain select laptops.

I don't think the multitouch function will benefit PC users as much as Mac users though, due to the differences in the input between platforms. Mac users have difficulty learning to double-click, PC users have difficulty unlearning it.

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That's where me and Greg are at, and I think Dan has Christos' cc#, so we're probably gonna have to pick a herf spot now. :banger

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:tu:banger

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Someone should send Christos a notepad, pen and a pocket calculator, and at least invite him to the herf.
It only seems right. :tu

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can you put a thread on ignore so you dont have to see it ? if so, how?

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Christos doesn't know it, but when I was at the MI HERF earlier this month, I made a copy of his credit card like you see the cool guys do in the movies. I have been buying cigars on his card for a few weeks now :r

Re: Buying a new laptop- Apple?
 

what about all these demonstrated by His Steveness

http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/m...ated-on-video/


edit: I still maintain this is an argument that will never be won.... but I can't help but play along anyways :)

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Hook me and Greg up, or we're blowing the whistle.
;s

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I don't think that is particulary true. I've been using double-click on my Mac for years. In fact you can program your mouse to do different things with double-click.
What took me some time (about 30 minutes) was learning to RIGHT-CLICK using a Microsoft mouse when I took up World of Warcraft. The smart mouse for a Mac doesn't have a left button/right button. So I now have two wireless mice for my laptop.

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my kind of girl, :banger

Christos, CES is 1/7-1/10. I'd wait at least until then to see what's on the horizon. While in general I agree that waiting for new tech is a losing proposition, in this case I don't see what waiting one week to see what's coming out is going to hurt.

Tablets are going to be very hot this year, and if you're looking at Apple the long rumoured Apple Tablet is supposed to be coming soon.

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don't remind me.... i don't think I really have the need for one....but it just seems like it will be so damn cool... I'll have to just resist

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I just increased my credit limit for you guys! Enjoy :) maybe a herf in Cuba? Or someplace with warm weather and a LCDH near. :D just make sure I get an aisle seat guys.

All seriousness I was going to order today but now it is probably a good idea to wait. I need a laptop but I can wait a week just to take a sneak peak. Tablet looks like it will be very nice.
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Christos, it's supposed to be called an iSlate and it looks like a Giant iPhone.
It's supposed to be unveiled on the 26th. No optical drive. No Keyboard.
I imagine its going to be incredibly cool, and I'm going to have to sell my spleen to get one, but it's not a work machine like you need for school, by any means.
It's a mutitasking iPhone. A tablet multitasking iPod Touch, basically.
It'll be an awesome $2000 netbook. Not at all what you need for school.
Plus drop it once, see ya.
Add to that, it's all screen, so they won't offer a breakage warranty, and you'll have to pay $400 for a Square Trade warranty.
You'd definately look cool with it though, so there's that. :)

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Dropping expensive anything = my expertise :r

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Here is a novel idea....................don't drop it.;)

If that new Apple tablet is anything remotely close to the iPhone, you would be shocked. I have dropped mine from as much as 4-5 feet, at least on as many occasions and not a crack or malfunction. Granted, I use a plastic shell for it but just as they have those shells for the MacBook, I am certain the tablets will have them available also.

So, as dropping concerns go, perhaps you were referring to PC's.:r

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I've launched my iPhone a couple dozen times too, Carlos. It's tough. I've always had a case though. A Frogz, then a Noel, and now an Otterbox.
The iPhone is little. The iSlate is supposed to have a 10" 720p resolution screen. Drop it on it's face on a little rock and it's history. It's just physics.
And Christos is gonna be running from class to class.
I'm old and stupid and go real slow and I still drop my phone at least once a day. :)
I do agree with you that they are incredibly durable. I love this thing. Lisa loves hers, too. They're incredible.
That's why I gotta have the 3G iSlate. They're supposed to have a no 3G and a 3G version. My guess is I can yank my sim card and have a ten inch iPhone. That's easily worth 2k.
From the reviews, it's not likely to multitask or do anything else the touch and iphone doesn't do. That wouldn't really make sense, but that's what they're saying.
At any rate, it's supposed to be unvieled on the 19th or 26th.
And I want one. Bad. :D
But it aint a college computer. Or a pc.
Come to think of it, I don't think I ever dropped my laptops. But the iSlate ain't a laptop, either. :)

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I must confess and I do beg of all, PLEASE don't tell my wife.
I just had sex with my MacBook.:r:r:r

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:r:r:r:r:r ^^^^^^

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Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,5
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.53 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 4 GB

Never going back.

Re: Buying a new laptop- Apple?
 

bump for the sake of stirring the manure...

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I just had sex with my MacBook again.
Told it that it is in trouble now. Took a blue pill. Bring it on baby!!!

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There's an app for that.

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Can't let the wife see that.
She may finally move up to a Mac herself.:r:r:r

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Had to bump this thread just to share this: PC Girl vs. Mac Girl

Ain't they cute? :r :r

Re: Buying a new laptop- Apple?
 

Waiting till the event on the 27th myself before i decide to buy a macbook.

Re: Buying a new laptop- Apple?
 

Well beyond the human-PC freakiness... at least you'll be safe as there aren't any replicating viruses from a Mac out there. :D

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The thread that will not die!

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I might have to buy a new car so the laptop purchase is being delayed for now.. Although I wouldn't mind apple throwing in the quad core into the macbook in the mean time :D

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Check The Dealerships, Christos; They Might Throw In A "Free" Mac!:tu

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april 27th new mac announcement, probably quadcore in laptops.

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Please tell me you mean January and not April. I can't wait until April :td

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The next event is on Jan 27th Christos.

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:dr

want to see the pricing on the tablet. I've heard it's going to be in the $1,000 range, which seemed too pricey for my wants, that is until the ereader I was looking at (the Que from plastic logic), showed up at CES with a price tag of $800. If I'm looking at spending 800 on an ereader, than I'm spending 1,000 on a tablet instead

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The latest ive read on the tablet is that all the parts arent ready and they are going to release the tablet in march or april, but you never know with apple.

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:r:r:r
13 pages of Apple v. PC and now you are putting it off?
We'll kill you!:D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IV2UuwHrU0