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hustla

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Cant wait till i have enough money to buy my ibook

so far i have $400 saved

but i want to use my ibook for travel, graphics, scripting, surfing on the side but my main desktop usually does most of this now...

its hard to get that much for a student in h.s. but soon i can join in...

Mac OS X is unix based correct. So it shouldnt be to hard to adjust to since i use Linux as my main desktop and use mac os X at school right?

btw im new here :)
 
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Welcome to the forums :)
 
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Welcome aboard!

I'd say you're correct in thinking the learning curve will be less steep coming from a Linux user and also considering you use OS X at school. You shouldn't need any time to adjust really.
 
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Welcome to the forums! OS X is based on FreeBSD (a version called Nextstep) and includes a command line terminal called Darwin. A simply wonderful OS :alien:
 
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hustla

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thanks yea but i just found out i can get a student discount so that helps to :)
 
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Can you get that discount if your only in high school ? Or is it just a college/university thing?
 
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hustla

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im in highschool so if you are too you should be able to what u do is on apple's site you go to the education store and look for your school :)
 
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yup, student dicounts are for ALL students, even my niece in kindergarten. I love apple:mac:
 
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vuschejan

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hustla said:
Cant wait till i have enough money to buy my ibook

so far i have $400 saved

but i want to use my ibook for travel, graphics, scripting, surfing on the side but my main desktop usually does most of this now...

its hard to get that much for a student in h.s. but soon i can join in...

Mac OS X is unix based correct. So it shouldnt be to hard to adjust to since i use Linux as my main desktop and use mac os X at school right?

btw im new here :)
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Aye, I'm in H.S. as well, and I remember when I started saving. Took a bit, but not to long. Its crazy waiting, but its great when you get to the end!
 
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Danster

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My uncle has his own buisness (woodshop)
and he got me my imac VAT free :cool:
cos business's get VAT knocked for computers
 
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whats vat? I own my own small business and so far qualify for business discounts from apple, plus I have many friends that work for apple and often lend me their discount added to the already discounted price, I used that recently to buy the highest g5 imac for 1400$ for a friend with limited funds.
 
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hustla

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vuschejan said:
Aye, I'm in H.S. as well, and I remember when I started saving. Took a bit, but not to long. Its crazy waiting, but its great when you get to the end!
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yea but i jus started "seriously" saving last week

cause I was buying clothes and stuff but i want a better Computer....

Linux is cool but to much Config editing u kno

here are my desktops

Windows, Fedora Core 3, Ubuntu

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