My new toy:
Picked it up a week ago.
Never owned a Mac myself and was looking for a laptop and with the configured hardware it was the best option for the buck. Gonna end up being less than $1000 after rebate and work hooked me up with $1000 towards a new PC, so it def worked out for the best.
I figured in worst case scenario I could just install XP or Vista, and so far OS X isn’t so bad. First mod - 2gb Crucial on the way.
Who else is part of the dark side on here?
I have a old ibook G4 that is ok i guess, I bought it for my girl so she can stay the fuck off my PC.
ibook g4 here
i use the same background
nice purchase. Stick with OS X and you will realize that it kicks the shit out of windows.
Next laptop I get is gonna be a Mac
All I got to say is that the 24" iMac is HOT. Only $1699. We have one on display and it is awesome.
MacBook Black does nothing for me. Sorry, but $200 more for a black case and a few more GB HD is money wasted. I’d opt for the “everyone else has one” white and put the $200 towards something else.
Now you got to get Parallels and Vista and rock it out.
MacBook Pro for my main comp,
and yes, my ‘secondary’ is a mac too 
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All I got to say is that the 24" iMac is HOT. Only $1699. We have one on display and it is awesome.
MacBook Black does nothing for me. Sorry, but $200 more for a black case and a few more GB HD is money wasted. I’d opt for the “everyone else has one” white and put the $200 towards something else.
Now you got to get Parallels and Vista and rock it out.
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YES… those freeking 24" iMac’s are STUPID cheap… WTF… i want 10… lol
But, i do like the black 
But i cant stand not having a backlight keyboard 
And vista takes up too much space, i just have XP in paralels, and UB Linux and XP under boot camp…
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All I got to say is that the 24" iMac is HOT. Only $1699. We have one on display and it is awesome.
MacBook Black does nothing for me. Sorry, but $200 more for a black case and a few more GB HD is money wasted. I’d opt for the “everyone else has one” white and put the $200 towards something else.
Now you got to get Parallels and Vista and rock it out.
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Work cost + student discount got rid of that 200 extra pricing so I didn’t mind at all
Another main reason for black was: All the in store white ones were actually a shade of light yellow/brown on the palm rests from lots of use which to me was gross. Plus I like black personally over white.
The new iMac’s were pretty sweet I played with one for a bit and it def got a :tup: from me.
Also magnetic power cable ftw, my cat has ran by numerous times and pulled it out on accident and I just kinda laugh each time. Very nice.
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Also magnetic power cable ftw, my cat has ran by numerous times and pulled it out on accident and I just kinda laugh each time. Very nice.
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Saved my laptop 2x so far from MAJOR SYSTEM FAILURE… And my dads PowerBook wich dosent have the magnetic plug got smashed down a month ago, trashing the corner of the laptop and the power supply… eww…
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Saved my laptop 2x so far from MAJOR SYSTEM FAILURE… And my dads PowerBook wich dosent have the magnetic plug got smashed down a month ago, trashing the corner of the laptop and the power supply… eww…
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I am so suprised other manufacturers have not copied this idea. It’s genious.
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I am so suprised other manufacturers have not copied this idea. It’s genious.
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Yes it is. I love it.
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I am so surprised other manufacturers have not copied this idea. It’s genius.
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Well, they patented the thing so im not sure how close someone could take it while still being legal… Nobody has tried anything at all yet though…
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Next laptop I get is gonna be a Mac
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with a warranty…I forgot that key part.
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with a warranty…I forgot that key part.
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I also just joined the dark side. I picked up a brand new Imac 20" yesterday. Loving it so far. The 24" was a few dollers to much for me.
I got screwed out of the free nano though, they didn’t have any left on stock…
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I also just joined the dark side. I picked up a brand new Imac 20" yesterday. Loving it so far. The 24" was a few dollers to much for me.
I got screwed out of the free nano though, they didn’t have any left on stock…
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Should have asked me. We have 20" & 24" iMacs and iPods in stock. Academic pricing on the Macs too.
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Should have asked me. We have 20" & 24" iMacs and iPods in stock. Academic pricing on the Macs too.
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Where are you refferring to?
Anyway, I called the applestore and they said in a nutshell I was shit out of luck getting my free nano. And after seeing they were still availible online when bying a mac it really pissed me off. So a call to corporate Mac customer service and everything is fixed. My nano will be coming in 5 business days.
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Where are you refferring to?
Anyway, I called the applestore and they said in a nutshell I was shit out of luck getting my free nano. And after seeing they were still availible online when bying a mac it really pissed me off. So a call to corporate Mac customer service and everything is fixed. My nano will be coming in 5 business days.
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Cool… Suprised they wouldnt send you one right away, but at least yelling at them got one 
And he works at the store at UB north campus
