I have a feeling that I will probably have to wait until Jan to get a macbook. I'm freaking out, I want my own computer so I can put all my music equip in MY room instead of all around the house. I have a terrible set up. Ugghhh I wish I had time for a job.

flick is ballin. i talk to lori on it and he keeps getting kicked off because he uses apollo or something.

and with any luck, i could get a macbook by january, if my grandparents decide to be super generous. they are already going to be paying a couple grand to send me to london for study abroad.

Apollo 1.02 just came out today and it's awesome as hell. can't wait to try it out over a longer period of time.

so did you not update your firmware? or is apollo not an app?

I can't update lucas, I'm on Rogers with an unlocked iPhone.

gotcha. has anyone actually reported their iphone bricked? and is there anyway to fix it once that happens?

What are your opinions on ebay macbooks? I'm finding good deals and lots of them on both reg macbooks and pros, but something about an ebay laptop seems sketchy.

check the ratings and show brian, tyson or me the link.

I can sell you mine in January for a good price. it's macbook pro though.

I'd go pro or not, I just want something that I can a.) record/use garage band/sibelius b.) saves songs c.) have the internet

I really don't care if I buy used or not, I just don't want something that's going to crap out on me, and if I can get something for 600-700 dollars on ebay then I am all for it.

Well I was thinking 1000 for my pro. haha

if i'm going to reach into the 1000's i may as well just buy a new macbook

ebay has unreal prices, let me find some links

haha I can't sell you mine anyway, it's got the weird ass german keyboard.

Like this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/MacBook-Pro-17-inch-wi...1QQcmdZViewItem

Of course there are still a few days left, but 550 for a year old macbook pro? yay or nay? seems weird to me and there are tons of deals like this on ebay.

17 inch?

that price will go up 4 times, carry.
if it stays under 1000 I'd SO GET IT if I was you. bargain of your life.

That asshole didn't provide a real picture. Plus he might have a reserve, you might win the bid at $550, but won't actually win because he didn't get the amount of money he wanted to make.

apollo def doesnt stay connected for too long. Sucks

are you on 1.02 yet?

basically i have zero apple/mac/laptop/ebay experience at all. so once my wallet is on my side you will be seeing MUCH more of me in this thread.

you're totally welcome here, poofy cheeks

my cheeks aren't that poofy :[

On a scale of 1-10?

It's still my new nickname for you
Debbie Downer got old.

Yeah. I had a hell of a time restoring my phone last night without updating. The taskbar notifier kept fucking up. Turns out after hours of looking all i needed to do was option click restore on itunes.

FINE

I'm quite torn here. Come Christmas-ish time i'll have the opportunity to either buy a really nice MacBook Pro or an Alienware laptop. I know Alienwares are bloated and overpriced but they look pretty fucking cool, plus my friend can hook me up with discounts. On the other hand, the MacBook Pro just looks clean as hell and I've been itchin to try out OSX Tiger after getting violated by Windows on multiple occasions.

Alienware's look ugly to me. I'm going to say, if you want to try OSX, get a macbook. The specs are awesome, the laptop itself is amazing looking, and worst case scenario if you don't like OSX, install XP.

post specs, bruitist.
sorry man, I always forget your name.

Dell makes some nice ass desktops right now. Let's wait out how Leopard fares and make your decision then.

Dell is the best in PC's imo. That solid state drive they have for their laptops is sick. Too bad its $900 for a 60GB SSD. My brother got a new dell for his birthday, they are nice.

getting a new gorgeous iMac for christmas.
holy mother of jesus i can't wait

I've only ever had Dell. The PCs last pretty long, we usually have kept them for about 4 years before anything funky starts to happen, and I've lived with up to 8 people in my house at a time during the course of those years, so it definitely gets used.

go with the 24", at all costs.

Basically I'm choosing between these two:

Alienware

15.4" WideUXGA 1920 x 1200 LCD
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7200 2.0GHz 4MB Cache 667MHz FSB
2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SO-DIMM at 667MHz - 2 x 1024MB
120GB Serial ATA 1.5Gb/s 7,200 RPM w/ NCQ & 8MB Cache
8x Dual Layer CD-RW/DVD±RW Burner
128MB ATI Mobility™ Radeon® X1400

for $1,772.33 after tax/shipping

or this MacBook Pro:
15" 1440 x 900 resolution
2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
2GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM
120GB Serial ATA Drive @ 5400 rpm
SuperDrive 8x (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics with 128MB SDRAM

for $2,138.93 with shipping included.


Anyone got any additional feedback?

Are they both notebooks? Im planning on getting a vista book after a while at best buy.

oh man, that's hard.

Do you play a lot of games?

a vista book, LOL

Not much of a gamer, though realistically neither of those set-ups are ideal for gaming. Only real tradeoff for the Apple is that i wouldn't be able to play Spore, but otherwise it's pretty much the same.


Yes

dude, boot camp.

i just can't understand why anyone would want to buy a new windows machine unless they were like, a professional gamer or just needed something really cheap. after using XP, i thought, okay this isn't terrible, but i'd much rather be on a mac. after using vista, i was glad i had a mac to come home to. i don't know any other way to say it; it's just a better computer.

spore isnt gonna be out for awhile anyway

omg, are they really called vista books?

Haha no. i just want a windows notebook and thats what i called it.

no.

nah, i would love a pro but $1,500 with the 3 year applecare and a mighty mouse is more my price range being a poor college student and all. how much is leopard going to cost when it comes out though?

$129
Only a few weeks away! So pumped.


My semi-random guess for 10.5 release date is the 18th.

I pray that it does not come out in October. As much as I'd love the new features, I think the user interface needs to be finalized before it should go Gold Master.

Well it happened before back when steve jobs was not working for apple, as soon as he came back he stopped that bs, though.

I understand, and it was a logical descision. Apple has made so much more since the move to intel.

I am still not sure if moving to intel was the right decision.

Speed wise, yes.
Although if you use a G5, you will notice how they seem much more stable and also ... I can't explain it, but like smoother?

Why does every thread seem to become an Apple discussion?

Because of Lori