Comments on: If I Had Money to be an Apple Convert http://www.davidcubed.com/if-i-had-money-to-be-an-apple-convert/ Where David Peralty Writes Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:30:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: Takumi http://www.davidcubed.com/if-i-had-money-to-be-an-apple-convert/#comment-4393 Takumi Sun, 18 Feb 2007 13:25:46 +0000 http://www.davidcubed.com/if-i-had-money-to-be-an-apple-convert/#comment-4393 For the ram and hard drive, what I do is buy them separately at a store like BestBuy. Makes the cost go way down. :P For the ram and hard drive, what I do is buy them separately at a store like BestBuy. Makes the cost go way down. :P

]]> By: David Peralty http://www.davidcubed.com/if-i-had-money-to-be-an-apple-convert/#comment-4356 David Peralty Wed, 14 Feb 2007 23:56:32 +0000 http://www.davidcubed.com/if-i-had-money-to-be-an-apple-convert/#comment-4356 Gotta have lots of ram, but yeah, Apple doesn't make them cheap...at least not as cheap as they should be. Basically though I'd like to get a Mac Mini, but I will wait as it should be "updated" again soon. And I agree about the MacBook vs the MacBook Pro, but there is something fetching about having that "pro" name behind it. It is like getting the Powerbook rather than the iBook. I dunno... maybe its just me. Gotta have lots of ram, but yeah, Apple doesn’t make them cheap…at least not as cheap as they should be.

Basically though I’d like to get a Mac Mini, but I will wait as it should be “updated” again soon.

And I agree about the MacBook vs the MacBook Pro, but there is something fetching about having that “pro” name behind it. It is like getting the Powerbook rather than the iBook. I dunno… maybe its just me.

]]> By: Marco (Griffith) Jardim http://www.davidcubed.com/if-i-had-money-to-be-an-apple-convert/#comment-4347 Marco (Griffith) Jardim Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:02:50 +0000 http://www.davidcubed.com/if-i-had-money-to-be-an-apple-convert/#comment-4347 If I were you I'd slice off the RAM upgrades (if there are any) in your two choices. There are much cheaper alternatives out there, and they aren't less reliable. And if you chose a MacBook Pro, but intend to use it a lot for blogging in Wifi hot-spots, then I'd choose the normal MacBook instead because of it's extra hour of battery life, better portability and easiness on the pocket ;) If I were you I’d slice off the RAM upgrades (if there are any) in your two choices. There are much cheaper alternatives out there, and they aren’t less reliable.

And if you chose a MacBook Pro, but intend to use it a lot for blogging in Wifi hot-spots, then I’d choose the normal MacBook instead because of it’s extra hour of battery life, better portability and easiness on the pocket ;)

]]> By: WTL http://www.davidcubed.com/if-i-had-money-to-be-an-apple-convert/#comment-4257 WTL Mon, 29 Jan 2007 03:23:58 +0000 http://www.davidcubed.com/if-i-had-money-to-be-an-apple-convert/#comment-4257 I'd suggest that you keep an eye here: http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/canadastore.woa/wa/RSLID?mco=22E5096&nclm=CertifiedMac I did buy a 15" Mac Book Pro (which I think you saw at one of the Ottawa weblogger meetups some time back), and I use Windows for web testing via Parallels - the best part of which is no rebooting. I recently Freecycled my last official PC just to be rid of it. I’d suggest that you keep an eye here:
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/canadastore.woa/wa/RSLID?mco=22E5096&nclm=CertifiedMac

I did buy a 15″ Mac Book Pro (which I think you saw at one of the Ottawa weblogger meetups some time back), and I use Windows for web testing via Parallels - the best part of which is no rebooting.

I recently Freecycled my last official PC just to be rid of it.

]]> By: Joram Oudenaarde http://www.davidcubed.com/if-i-had-money-to-be-an-apple-convert/#comment-4250 Joram Oudenaarde Sun, 28 Jan 2007 19:52:24 +0000 http://www.davidcubed.com/if-i-had-money-to-be-an-apple-convert/#comment-4250 I have a self-built PC (mediacentercase, packed with powerhouse-items, lol!), and a MacBook with 1Gb ram. All the graphics I make, from fiddling in Illustrator and Photoshop, to using Smultron for my websites, I keep grabbing my Mac. For some reason it just "feels" right to use a Mac for those things. I do use my PC though, but primarily for games, movies, downloads and perhaps some fiddling in Painter (that program seriously hungers for a nice videocard). But you could buy a MacBook Pro, ditch your own IBM-laptop, and use BootCamp to run both Mac OSX and Windows on the MacBook Pro :) You can hook that laptop onto your bigger monitor if you like, and use it as a desktop. Best of both worlds ;) I have a self-built PC (mediacentercase, packed with powerhouse-items, lol!), and a MacBook with 1Gb ram. All the graphics I make, from fiddling in Illustrator and Photoshop, to using Smultron for my websites, I keep grabbing my Mac. For some reason it just “feels” right to use a Mac for those things.

I do use my PC though, but primarily for games, movies, downloads and perhaps some fiddling in Painter (that program seriously hungers for a nice videocard).

But you could buy a MacBook Pro, ditch your own IBM-laptop, and use BootCamp to run both Mac OSX and Windows on the MacBook Pro :) You can hook that laptop onto your bigger monitor if you like, and use it as a desktop. Best of both worlds ;)

]]> By: spagiari http://www.davidcubed.com/if-i-had-money-to-be-an-apple-convert/#comment-4247 spagiari Sun, 28 Jan 2007 10:24:06 +0000 http://www.davidcubed.com/if-i-had-money-to-be-an-apple-convert/#comment-4247 Well, if u're using windows XP, and wanna try some emulation look-nice-design tranformation of MacOSX, just try this cool program: http://www.osx-e.com/downloads/misc/flyakite_osx.html http://osx.portraitofakite.com/index2.htm Well, if u’re using windows XP, and wanna try some emulation look-nice-design tranformation of MacOSX, just try this cool program:
http://www.osx-e.com/downloads/misc/flyakite_osx.html
http://osx.portraitofakite.com/index2.htm

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