Buying a new laptop- Apple? - Page 9

shilala · 12-28-2009, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Footbag

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

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.

357 · 12-28-2009, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by GreekGodX

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

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.

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

GreekGodX · 12-28-2009, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by 357

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

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.

goalie204 · 12-28-2009, 12:29 PM

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

GreekGodX · 12-28-2009, 06:07 PM

I just increased my credit limit for you guys! Enjoy

maybe a herf in Cuba? Or someplace with warm weather and a LCDH near.

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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shilala · 12-28-2009, 07:05 PM

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.

Blueface · 12-29-2009, 07:28 AM

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Originally Posted by shilala

Plus drop it once, see ya.

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.

shilala · 12-29-2009, 07:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Blueface

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.

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.

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.

GreekGodX · 12-28-2009, 09:47 PM

Dropping expensive anything = my expertise

eber · 12-29-2009, 09:57 AM

^^^^^^

Wolfgang · 12-29-2009, 10:05 AM

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.

357 · 12-30-2009, 03:47 PM

bump for the sake of stirring the manure...

Blueface · 12-30-2009, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by 357

bump for the sake of stirring the manure...

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

VirtualSmitty · 12-30-2009, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Blueface

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

There's an app for that.

T.G · 12-30-2009, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Blueface

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqN6749QqtA

Blueface · 12-30-2009, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by T.G

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqN6749QqtA

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

doctorcue · 01-12-2010, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Blueface

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

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

Blueface · 01-15-2010, 11:28 AM

Curious....

Been so long since I used a PC for personal stuff.........

Do PC's now allow carefree, automatic scheduled or one touch manual, COMPLETE back up of your entire hardrive?
To include all programs and documents?
To include updating only changes since your last back up as opposed to having to copy all of it all over again?
To include allowing you to go back in time, at any given point, and retrieving any document you once had at that time, even if you have now deleted it, and restore it?

Time Machine does allow all of this.
Not sure why I need it since Macs don't seem to crash like PC's but nice to know I have it just in case.

goalie204 · 01-13-2010, 06:42 AM

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

GreekGodX · 01-13-2010, 06:47 AM

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Originally Posted by goalie204

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

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

12-28-2009, 12:29 PM	#4
goalie204 Have My Own Room Join Date: Dec 2008 First Name: Myles Location: Winnipeg Posts: 1,659 Trading: (12)	Re: Buying a new laptop- Apple? can you put a thread on ignore so you dont have to see it ? if so, how?

12-28-2009, 06:07 PM	#5
GreekGodX Opa!! Join Date: Mar 2009 First Name: Christos Location: 7 Line Posts: 4,893 Trading: (82)	Re: Buying a new laptop- Apple? I just increased my credit limit for you guys! Enjoy maybe a herf in Cuba? Or someplace with warm weather and a LCDH near. 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. Posted via Mobile Device

12-28-2009, 07:05 PM	#6
shilala Dear Lord, Thank You. Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Scott Posts: 13,721 Trading: (252)	Re: Buying a new laptop- Apple? 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. __________________

12-28-2009, 09:47 PM	#9
GreekGodX Opa!! Join Date: Mar 2009 First Name: Christos Location: 7 Line Posts: 4,893 Trading: (82)	Re: Buying a new laptop- Apple? Dropping expensive anything = my expertise __________________ "If I give a businessman 10,000 francs, what is that to him, he is rich. But if I give him a Cohiba cigar, that is style."-Hotel Rwanda

12-29-2009, 09:57 AM	#10
eber Have My Own Room Join Date: Jan 2009 First Name: Erik Posts: 1,229 Trading: (7)	Re: Buying a new laptop- Apple? ^^^^^^

12-29-2009, 10:05 AM	#11
Wolfgang Back from the dead Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Tampa, Fl Posts: 2,541 Trading: (14)	Re: Buying a new laptop- Apple? 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. __________________ You probably wont remember that test you failed, but you'll never forget the girl you were with the night before, when you decided not to study.

12-30-2009, 03:47 PM	#12
357 Will herf for food Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Mike Location: Home is where I park it Posts: 4,075 Trading: (9)	Re: Buying a new laptop- Apple? bump for the sake of stirring the manure... __________________ “Eating and sleeping are the only activities that should be allowed to interrupt a man's enjoyment of his cigar;” Mark Twain

01-15-2010, 11:28 AM	#18
Blueface Gramps 4x's Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Horatio Seymore Hiny Location: Boca Raton - North of La Habana Posts: 8,774 Trading: (8)	Re: Buying a new laptop- Apple? Curious.... Been so long since I used a PC for personal stuff......... Do PC's now allow carefree, automatic scheduled or one touch manual, COMPLETE back up of your entire hardrive? To include all programs and documents? To include updating only changes since your last back up as opposed to having to copy all of it all over again? To include allowing you to go back in time, at any given point, and retrieving any document you once had at that time, even if you have now deleted it, and restore it? Time Machine does allow all of this. Not sure why I need it since Macs don't seem to crash like PC's but nice to know I have it just in case. __________________ Little known fact: I am a former member of the Village People - The Indian

01-13-2010, 06:42 AM	#19
goalie204 Have My Own Room Join Date: Dec 2008 First Name: Myles Location: Winnipeg Posts: 1,659 Trading: (12)	Re: Buying a new laptop- Apple? april 27th new mac announcement, probably quadcore in laptops.