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spaztaz
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I was the most anti-mac guy out there...(you'll want to read this)
I was the guy that said Mac and Apple were gay. I was the guy that instantly said Mac OS was garbage and windows owned it in everything. I was the guy that made fun of "rich kids" that bought macs when they could have bought a superior pc. I was truely a windows/pc fanboy. But, this was not because i had NOT used mac os, in fact i used mac os in grade/middle school (I'm going to be a senior in HS now ). But it was the mac os that didnt have the cool toolbar, didnt have the flair that mac osx 10.4 has (sry i dont remember the number...). That based all my biases on mac/apple until now. I have now changed to the "light" side. I finally made the switch to an apple macbook. I bought the system in my sig for equivalent of $850 (i traded my pc laptop for it, and thats how much i paid for it). It came with a sleeve, mx1000 laser mouse (brand new in box), a cooling pad, the laptop with battery, discs, and the charger itself. I think this is a steal (it would have costed me close to $1400 in store for the same unit-I cant get a student discount yet). Anyway, I kind of dove into this craiglist trade; I did it because I always wanted a mac in the back of my head, but they were too expensive for my blood. But $850 with all the extras was a steal IMO. Also with the release of bootcamp I could also use windows; the balance of both worlds. First booting up the macbook i was amazed at how fast it loaded, even with only 512mb of ram! I was also amazed at how slick and intergrated/seamless the OS was setup, I truely love the design and how it works. I was thinking about the primary programs I use with windows: firefox, trillian, limewire pro, photoshop, illustrator, flash, itunes, fruityloops (beat making program), and a tiny bit of gaming. Well I can do all of that on my macbook now (safari owns, ichat owns, limewire still owns, photoshop is a bit slow but runs, garage band is great one i learn it more, etc). I was planning to install windows for games, but for now I am not going to; I want to learn mac OSx more and i dont think a 60gb hd is big enough for that (btw, with all the programs installed on the laptop, i had about 40gb availabe, is that normal?). maybe when i upgrade to a bigger HD (if i do). anyway i am extremely happy with it, and gaming wise i have a 360. and its great cuz my 360, macbook, and ds lite match perfectly, and my soon to buy ipod nano (when i get cash) will match as well. Just thought i would share my experiences with all of you! Thanks this is my frist post if u hadnt noticed! Also if all goes well i plan to sell this before i leave to college after next year and upgrade to the macbook pro (hopefully with merom)
I was the guy that said Mac and Apple were gay. I was the guy that instantly said Mac OS was garbage and windows owned it in everything. I was the guy that made fun of "rich kids" that bought macs when they could have bought a superior pc. I was truely a windows/pc fanboy. But, this was not because i had NOT used mac os, in fact i used mac os in grade/middle school (I'm going to be a senior in HS now ). But it was the mac os that didnt have the cool toolbar, didnt have the flair that mac osx 10.4 has (sry i dont remember the number...). That based all my biases on mac/apple until now. I have now changed to the "light" side. I finally made the switch to an apple macbook. I bought the system in my sig for equivalent of $850 (i traded my pc laptop for it, and thats how much i paid for it). It came with a sleeve, mx1000 laser mouse (brand new in box), a cooling pad, the laptop with battery, discs, and the charger itself. I think this is a steal (it would have costed me close to $1400 in store for the same unit-I cant get a student discount yet). Anyway, I kind of dove into this craiglist trade; I did it because I always wanted a mac in the back of my head, but they were too expensive for my blood. But $850 with all the extras was a steal IMO. Also with the release of bootcamp I could also use windows; the balance of both worlds. First booting up the macbook i was amazed at how fast it loaded, even with only 512mb of ram! I was also amazed at how slick and intergrated/seamless the OS was setup, I truely love the design and how it works. I was thinking about the primary programs I use with windows: firefox, trillian, limewire pro, photoshop, illustrator, flash, itunes, fruityloops (beat making program), and a tiny bit of gaming. Well I can do all of that on my macbook now (safari owns, ichat owns, limewire still owns, photoshop is a bit slow but runs, garage band is great one i learn it more, etc). I was planning to install windows for games, but for now I am not going to; I want to learn mac OSx more and i dont think a 60gb hd is big enough for that (btw, with all the programs installed on the laptop, i had about 40gb availabe, is that normal?). maybe when i upgrade to a bigger HD (if i do). anyway i am extremely happy with it, and gaming wise i have a 360. and its great cuz my 360, macbook, and ds lite match perfectly, and my soon to buy ipod nano (when i get cash) will match as well. Just thought i would share my experiences with all of you! Thanks this is my frist post if u hadnt noticed! Also if all goes well i plan to sell this before i leave to college after next year and upgrade to the macbook pro (hopefully with merom)