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And I'm thinking of becoming a half mac half PC!
Ok heres the deal, have a big gaming rig at home, 22 inch wide screen dual graphics card vista ultimate.
I have all the processing and video power I could need at home.
I ALSO have a windows home server that all my PC's are linked to and backed up along with all my media.
I work at a fairly mac friendly place, (no official support, but don't discourage it, and have some software licenses and solutions for VPN's and standard stuff).
I have the standard issue lenovo T61. It is fine but I am really interested in playing around in the mac world. I have toyed with Ubuntu 8.04, it was pretty nice, I had my IT image of XP pro on it and it was ok but It wasn't really what I was looking for because I had to do fairly heavy troubleshooting on every new thing I wanted to do with Linux.
My boss and friend at work both use Macbook Pro's. My main use is word processing, messaging, video and web conferencing, surfing, and some heavy microsoft viseo use.
I am intrigued with the macbook air, think the macbook pro is overkill for my use, and dangling in front of me are a new version of macbook's that hasn't been confirmed.
Popular consensus at work is, wait for the new macbooks. I have been searching for one in the right area for the right price for a while. I have e-mailed probably 10-15 people about their for sale comps and 60 percent are sold 35 percent are too expensive and 5 percent never answer.
It seems like an obvious choice, wait till the 14th see if something comes out. But with the new machines on the horizon I figure I can get some killer deals, and I have passed up on two pretty good deals waiting for the inevitable new macbook.
Am I making the wrong decision?
Blackbook brand spankin' new in box 1200 bucks, local. Brand spankin' new macbook air overnight shipped for 1450. Can't find a used air for 1200 that isn't sold.
Will these new ones come out on tuesday the 14th? Are they worth waiting for? Can the MAC fortune teller explain to me what to do! The air will still definitely be for sale, the blackbook I don't know, couldn't find it on craigslist after I initially e-mailed about it but I have the e-mail still.
The itch is becoming a rash which may or may not be infected.
Aka, I will go crazy if I wait till the 14th and nothing comes and there is no word on when they will. I already have an appointment at the local mac store in Durham scheduled for the evening of the 14th.
The sales person on apple.com said, If you don't buy because you are waiting for the next latest greatest thing from us you will always be waiting. Great advice but is it just too close to a refresh to not wait?
Thanks for any input.
Bash lightly
Budget 1500 max, 1000-1200 preferred. Not looking at anything but current gen macbooks if you have a suggestion for a used one you know about.
Thanks again!
Ok heres the deal, have a big gaming rig at home, 22 inch wide screen dual graphics card vista ultimate.
I have all the processing and video power I could need at home.
I ALSO have a windows home server that all my PC's are linked to and backed up along with all my media.
I work at a fairly mac friendly place, (no official support, but don't discourage it, and have some software licenses and solutions for VPN's and standard stuff).
I have the standard issue lenovo T61. It is fine but I am really interested in playing around in the mac world. I have toyed with Ubuntu 8.04, it was pretty nice, I had my IT image of XP pro on it and it was ok but It wasn't really what I was looking for because I had to do fairly heavy troubleshooting on every new thing I wanted to do with Linux.
My boss and friend at work both use Macbook Pro's. My main use is word processing, messaging, video and web conferencing, surfing, and some heavy microsoft viseo use.
I am intrigued with the macbook air, think the macbook pro is overkill for my use, and dangling in front of me are a new version of macbook's that hasn't been confirmed.
Popular consensus at work is, wait for the new macbooks. I have been searching for one in the right area for the right price for a while. I have e-mailed probably 10-15 people about their for sale comps and 60 percent are sold 35 percent are too expensive and 5 percent never answer.
It seems like an obvious choice, wait till the 14th see if something comes out. But with the new machines on the horizon I figure I can get some killer deals, and I have passed up on two pretty good deals waiting for the inevitable new macbook.
Am I making the wrong decision?
Blackbook brand spankin' new in box 1200 bucks, local. Brand spankin' new macbook air overnight shipped for 1450. Can't find a used air for 1200 that isn't sold.
Will these new ones come out on tuesday the 14th? Are they worth waiting for? Can the MAC fortune teller explain to me what to do! The air will still definitely be for sale, the blackbook I don't know, couldn't find it on craigslist after I initially e-mailed about it but I have the e-mail still.
The itch is becoming a rash which may or may not be infected.
Aka, I will go crazy if I wait till the 14th and nothing comes and there is no word on when they will. I already have an appointment at the local mac store in Durham scheduled for the evening of the 14th.
The sales person on apple.com said, If you don't buy because you are waiting for the next latest greatest thing from us you will always be waiting. Great advice but is it just too close to a refresh to not wait?
Thanks for any input.
Bash lightly
Budget 1500 max, 1000-1200 preferred. Not looking at anything but current gen macbooks if you have a suggestion for a used one you know about.
Thanks again!