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[N4Z.]

Oh yes!

Tomorrow, I will be getting my Macbook! After getting heavily bored of XP and not in the mood to switch to Vista, I will be getting a MacBook tomorrow Evening ..

Its not a MacBook pro, im not on that good pay.. lol

Here is the one I am getting:

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw...gory_oid=-27753

Straight after work, walking over the way to PC World.. Picking my MacBook up, giving over my Credit Card.. Putting in my Pin Number **** -- Guess it and i will give you a free macbook lol

Then coming home, unpacking it and not going to come off it for hours lol..

The main reason i am buying it, is because when I go back to college in September, we're getting a bigger work load, this year we had 1 assignment every 2 weeks, next year we get 2 assignments every 1 week! So need to keep on top of it and instead of wasting time going to the library or pen to paper and typing it up later, I'll do it straight to my laptop and ill be done.

Thought i'd share that with you all lol

Anyone else got a MacBook?

[L3ggy]

Agreed MacBooks rule. I have one, i'm on it.

[N4Z.]

Yeah I got a buddy who will be helping me a lot (Leggy lol) , even if he don't want to! lol

I use a Mac at College for Graphics so im pretty familliar with whats what, but yeah I will be looking for help though

[L3ggy]

Some one shoot him

Say wa who says i'm helping you. *gives tips on what not to do saying you should do them*

Edited by L3ggy, 20 July 2007 - 04:08 PM.

[N4Z.]

L3ggy, on Jul 20 2007, 10:04 PM, said:

Some one shoot him

haha!

Creative, I will be bugging you for help too you know! lol

[L3ggy]

I spelt it right, must have been

[curthard89]

to right, i got a macbook and a 24" imac, mac rules, i got leopard beta on macbook....really owns, cant use windows again lol! o and if ur doing dev stuff for web, check out http://www.panic.com/coda/

awsome software!!!! write all my sites in it

Edited by curthard89, 20 July 2007 - 04:27 PM.

[L3ggy]

Same it's amasing. I love it.

[albinoAZN]

I got mine Late may. It's great. I also have the leopard beta. It's a wee bit buggy, but not enough to uninstall it. I still use windows via parallels though. XP has much better DVD Burning/Ripping software.

[curthard89]

lol, where did every1 get the leopard beta from dobedobedo..., lol, macs rule, sorry windows, u suck! but it has its uses, OSX has been designed by a designer, windows....by a coder....

if u wanna run local server on leopard/tiger get mamp, really good, only one i found works on leopard so far, mysql/php/the lot, ye old macbooks, so cool, costs it aswell, still paying mine bk lol

[albinoAZN]

You got the Leopard beta for free if you're an apple developer like me. You can pay to become a developer. I don't feel like getting the link atm.

Also G4DGET, I think you got ripped off, lol. The model of MacBook you got is only $1,299(usd) at apple.com, that's roughly £632 .

[Bouzy210]

Ok so I sort of want a macbook when i go to colledge, but even though I won't have much time to play games at colledge when you play online games on a mac is it just mac comunity? Like say there is a BF server that I play on with my PC. Could i play on the exact same one with a mac???

[N4Z.]

Bouzy210, on Jul 20 2007, 11:00 PM, said:

Ok so I sort of want a macbook when i go to colledge, but even though I won't have much time to play games at colledge when you play online games on a mac is it just mac comunity? Like say there is a BF server that I play on with my PC. Could i play on the exact same one with a mac???

My Mac will be strictly for College work and music only. So cant help you there.

Also, dont turn this into a Mac vs PC Thing.

Kthx.

[Matthew.]

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Also G4DGET, I think you got ripped off, lol. The model of MacBook you got is only $1,299(usd) at apple.com, that's roughly £632 .

A US price will never convert into a UK price like that, especially with big US manufacturers. Aside from VAT (+17.5...) there's import tax for the company and delivery costs which all have to be subsidised. Dell are a great example of this, unfortunately VAT & other taxes are the reason for the phrase "rip off Britain".

I have to say, coming from someone who already likes macs (I have a reasonable experience with OSX from school), it is tempting to go for a macbook. I have given my reasons for not buying one right now in another topic and I stick by them so this time I will be going for a Windows machine...but next time could be the switch for me I think. Definitely I could see myself getting a Mac Mini if not a an actual laptop.

EDIT: I agree the price is steep though, take a look at Apple UK before purchasing...the 120GB config is only 738. I suspect the PCWorld prices are left over from when 512mb was standard for mac books.

EDIT 2: Decided to stop being lazy and go back to what I have looked at before.

Comet £790: http://www.comet.co....t.do?sku=400904

Matt

Edited by Matthew., 20 July 2007 - 05:54 PM.

[Ben]

curthard89, on Jul 21 2007, 07:54 AM, said:

lol, where did every1 get the leopard beta from dobedobedo..., lol, macs rule, sorry windows, u suck! but it has its uses, OSX has been designed by a designer, windows....by a coder....

You don't look for the design in an operating system, you look for it's functionality and compatibility. Which is why I hate Vista But I'm not against the Macs, infact I might be getting one as soon as I have the money. Gratz on getting your MacBook

[NGPixel]

64MB Intel GMA 950 Integrated Graphics

hmmm... Integrated Graphics...

lol

[albinoAZN]

lol, they handle the load a lot better than expected in this little macbook.

[Lastcrime]

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Ok so I sort of want a macbook when i go to colledge, but even though I won't have much time to play games at colledge when you play online games on a mac is it just mac comunity? Like say there is a BF server that I play on with my PC. Could i play on the exact same one with a mac???

Im pretty sure it doesn't work like that its set up so that mac games play on mac servers, but you could always run bootcamp if you wanted to play on pc. And G4DGET. let me know how you like the macbook im thinking about getting one soon.

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You got the Leopard beta for free if you're an apple developer like me. You can pay to become a developer. I don't feel like getting the link atm.

you wanna post that link lol i want a beta version.

Edited by Lastcrime, 20 July 2007 - 11:28 PM.