-- Posted by audibleSIN at 3:34 pm on July 6, 2009 I've been considering buying a Mac for a while now. My only problem is the price. The average MacBook is around 1,500 dollars. Whilst it isn't that much, I've owned a EEE PC 701 that did everything pretty well for me. Any input on alternatives Mac related? (I'm a bit of a Mac 'noob' excuse me.) -- Posted by BrittBee at 3:35 pm on July 6, 2009 swoopo.com -- Posted by rileyy at 3:36 pm on July 6, 2009 if you buy one now you'll get a free ipod touch with it!! -- Posted by audibleSIN at 3:36 pm on July 6, 2009 Quote: from BrittBee at 3:35 pm on July 6, 2009 swoopo.com I've seen this before, do you actually use it? -- Posted by melodramatic at 3:36 pm on July 6, 2009 Well, I bought one a month or so ago for college. It was well worth the money, if you want a user-friendly computer that won't let you down. I love it, personally. Does everything I want it to do. Payed around $1800 for a MacBook, iPod touch, Printer, and the insurance program. So I'd say I got a dirt cheap deal. -- Posted by mandible at 3:36 pm on July 6, 2009 I have a mac and I enjoy it, but I'm using it to run Adobe software and do design work on it. You should ask yourself what you want form your computer and go from there. -- Posted by melodramatic at 3:37 pm on July 6, 2009 Quote: from AudibleSin at 3:36 pm on July 6, 2009 Quote: from BrittBee at 3:35 pm on July 6, 2009 swoopo.com I've seen this before, do you actually use it? Don't do that, Buy it straight from Apple. -- Posted by MajorT0M at 3:37 pm on July 6, 2009 I'm kind of in the same position, but the cheapest is about £750.. but im not sure whether the extra money is worth paying jus tfor the nice interface -- Posted by yebuddy at 3:38 pm on July 6, 2009 why are people so fucking dumb they buy macs they are shit they have 2006 tech in them and cost 3 times more than a windows based laptop thats loads more powerful -- Posted by BrittBee at 3:38 pm on July 6, 2009 Quote: from AudibleSin at 3:36 pm on July 6, 2009 Quote: from BrittBee at 3:35 pm on July 6, 2009 swoopo.com I've seen this before, do you actually use it? I want to try it, but I'm too broke right now to buy bids. I think it's legit though, I did a little research, who knows. -- Posted by mandible at 3:40 pm on July 6, 2009 Quote: from yebuddy at 6:38 pm on July 6, 2009 why are people so fucking dumb they buy macs they are shit they have 2006 tech in them and cost 3 times more than a windows based laptop thats loads more powerful because I'm shallow, duh. -- Posted by mandible at 3:40 pm on July 6, 2009 Quote: from melodramatic at 6:36 pm on July 6, 2009 Well, I bought one a month or so ago for college. It was well worth the money, if you want a user-friendly computer that won't let you down. I love it, personally. Does everything I want it to do. Payed around $1800 for a MacBook, iPod touch, Printer, and the insurance program. So I'd say I got a dirt cheap deal. where'd you get that deal? -- Posted by audibleSIN at 3:41 pm on July 6, 2009 Quote: from BrittBee at 3:38 pm on July 6, 2009 Quote: from AudibleSin at 3:36 pm on July 6, 2009 Quote: from BrittBee at 3:35 pm on July 6, 2009 swoopo.com I've seen this before, do you actually use it?   I want to try it, but I'm too broke right now to buy bids. I think it's legit though, I did a little research, who knows. It is legit, it would just be annoying. I remember that there's a fee for bidding. For example, every bid costs 10 cents. It ends up costing 50 dollars after 500 bids? 2500 Dollars right there.   -- Posted by Mikoto at 3:42 pm on July 6, 2009 Definitely worth it. So well built, I've never had a problem with my macbook i bought 3 1/2 years ago, they feel so much more sturdy/well designed than most normal laptops, and OS X is such a better operating system. Go for it. Macbook Pro would be even better if you could afford it. -- Posted by audibleSIN at 3:43 pm on July 6, 2009 Quote: from big mac at 3:36 pm on July 6, 2009 I have a mac and I enjoy it, but I'm using it to run Adobe software and do design work on it. You should ask yourself what you want form your computer and go from there. I'd use it right now for portability. Maybe some design and programming stuff. I plan to use a laptop to work with an Arduino board. I'd really like to use garage band for mixing some tunes when I get bored. Some media editing and image editing(Photoshop perhaps?) Light gaming if possible. I look at that list and all I can see possible is a Mac. -- Posted by mandible at 3:44 pm on July 6, 2009 you can do that on the mac, good look finding games for the mac though, unless you're talking about internet and flash games. -- Posted by melodramatic at 3:50 pm on July 6, 2009 Quote: from big mac at 3:40 pm on July 6, 2009 Quote: from melodramatic at 6:36 pm on July 6, 2009 Well, I bought one a month or so ago for college. It was well worth the money, if you want a user-friendly computer that won't let you down. I love it, personally. Does everything I want it to do. Payed around $1800 for a MacBook, iPod touch, Printer, and the insurance program. So I'd say I got a dirt cheap deal. where'd you get that deal? University of Georgia Apple Store. It was actually $100 less because of the rebate on the printer. -- Posted by audibleSIN at 3:57 pm on July 6, 2009 Quote: from big mac at 3:44 pm on July 6, 2009 you can do that on the mac, good look finding games for the mac though, unless you're talking about internet and flash games. I only really plan on taking to people's places for World Of Warcraft and that has an OSX client, so I should be all good right? -- Posted by mandible at 5:52 pm on July 6, 2009 yes, my co-worker plays WoW on his mac all the time. -- Posted by Charolastra at 9:17 am on July 7, 2009 The lowest end macbook is $999. You could probably get a laptop with higher configurations and video card for about $600 if you buy an HP or Dell, so just to let you know that the option is available. Windows 7 is an amazing operating system in itself so don't shy away from buying a non-Apple computer if you feel you don't necessarily have the money right now to invest in a high-end macbook. You can also install OS X on whichever hardware you buy that has an Intel processor, so if it's just you wanting it for the operating system, then the option to install OS X on a non-macbook is available too. However macbooks are great too. The line of Adobe products only aim to enhance the mac-experience if you want to work with some of the more creative apps. One of my friends is an electrical engineering major and she has a blast using Arduino on her mac. Essentially, you will get your money's worth because you'll experience some sense of satisfaction that you've invested in a computer that looks good and is clean to interact with. If you play PC games, and since most of them aren't especially made for Mac, you always have the option of partitioning your disk space so you can dual-boot both OSX and Windows 7 on your choosing. That's actually what I'm doing now and it's highly convenient to have both available. PM me if you need help doing this. And as always, there are tons of freeware and open-source software, like GIMP (photoshop alternative), Open Office (MS Office alternative), and several others. There are also a variety of apple software that you may find useful as well. Personally, I prefer iWork over MS Office and so I use that exclusively. You'd still be able to convert your documents into word format or as pdf. Tips: http://www.mactips.org/ Applications: http://www.mactricksandtips.com/2008/01/top-100-essential-mac-applications.html Freeware: http://www.apple.com/downloads/ Skins: http://www.interfacelift.com Hope this helps and if you do get a mac, I'm sure you will love it. -- Posted by audibleSIN at 12:28 pm on July 7, 2009 Quote: from Charolastra at 9:17 am on July 7, 2009 The lowest end macbook is $999. You could probably get a laptop with higher configurations and video card for about $600 if you buy an HP or Dell, so just to let you know that the option is available. Windows 7 is an amazing operating system in itself so don't shy away from buying a non-Apple computer if you feel you don't necessarily have the money right now to invest in a high-end macbook. You can also install OS X on whichever hardware you buy that has an Intel processor, so if it's just you wanting it for the operating system, then the option to install OS X on a non-macbook is available too. However macbooks are great too. The line of Adobe products only aim to enhance the mac-experience if you want to work with some of the more creative apps. One of my friends is an electrical engineering major and she has a blast using Arduino on her mac. Essentially, you will get your money's worth because you'll experience some sense of satisfaction that you've invested in a computer that looks good and is clean to interact with. If you play PC games, and since most of them aren't especially made for Mac, you always have the option of partitioning your disk space so you can dual-boot both OSX and Windows 7 on your choosing. That's actually what I'm doing now and it's highly convenient to have both available. PM me if you need help doing this. And as always, there are tons of freeware and open-source software, like GIMP (photoshop alternative), Open Office (MS Office alternative), and several others. There are also a variety of apple software that you may find useful as well. Personally, I prefer iWork over MS Office and so I use that exclusively. You'd still be able to convert your documents into word format or as pdf. Tips: http://www.mactips.org/ Applications: http://www.mactricksandtips.com/2008/01/top-100-essential-mac-applications.html Freeware: http://www.apple.com/downloads/ Skins: http://www.interfacelift.com Hope this helps and if you do get a mac, I'm sure you will love it. Lol. It's okay, I know about all the alternatives. I just wanted to try something different in a laptop. I know about all the pricing and have found a very high end refurbished laptop for about fifteen hundred dollars. Thanks for everyones help, I'm gonna think this over some more. -- Posted by ElfQrin at 7:31 am on July 18, 2009 Quote: from AudibleSin at 6:36 pm on July 6, 2009 Quote: from BrittBee at 3:35 pm on July 6, 2009 swoopo.com I've seen this before, do you actually use it? Yeah but your chances of winning on there are very slim. 1) It costs money to bid 2) If someone bids under 10 seconds or smoething it resets it to like 14 -- Posted by audibleSIN at 5:27 pm on July 18, 2009 Quote: from ElfQrin at 7:31 am on July 18, 2009 Quote: from AudibleSin at 6:36 pm on July 6, 2009 Quote: from BrittBee at 3:35 pm on July 6, 2009 swoopo.com    I've seen this before, do you actually use it? Yeah but your chances of winning on there are very slim. 1) It costs money to bid 2) If someone bids under 10 seconds or smoething it resets it to like 14 Yeah, I know how it works. Sucks in my opinion. For anyone that uses it, what have you won?