Want a macbook, better to wait?

[Silverbullet767]

That's that done then, will let you know how I get on in 3-5 working days

Fantastic price when you think about it, the same price as the 10% off student discount.

The missus took a bit more convincing though

Her: Its a bit expensive

Me: Buy cheap buy twice love, I could get a cheap laptop that lasts a year, running vista and keep replacing it, or I could get something that will last, do you really want vista??

Her: No I hate vista, do you think it's a good idea?

Me: Do you expect a rational answer? YES! No to vista means either linux or mac, I dont have a scooby about linux, so that leaves macbook or imac, we dont have a desk for an imac so that leaves macbook.

Her: Go on then

Me: [delboy]you know it makes sense[/delboy]

[anonymous-user]

Great stuff. I'm still struggling on an iBook G4.

Nearly time to upgrade methinks.

[GHW]

Went from an iBook G4 to a spanky new MacBook a few months ago. The difference in speed is stunning. Unfortunately, so's the difference in quality. The MacBook's already gone back for servicing

[Silverbullet767]

Thanks for your help guys.

[Fly Boy]

Silverbullet767 said:

ETA: Has anyone bought from this crowd before??
http://www.laskys.com/computing/apple_macs/apple_m...

Thanks for the link SB- if you buy it through quidco site you get a further 2.5% back too- bargain.
Just bought a macpro for £1138

ETA link

Edited by Fly Boy on Thursday 14th August 15:16

[Silverbullet767]

Fly Boy said:

Silverbullet767 said:

ETA: Has anyone bought from this crowd before??
http://www.laskys.com/computing/apple_macs/apple_m...

Thanks for the link SB- if you buy it through quidco site you get a further 2.5% back too- bargain.
Just bought a macpro for £1138

ETA link

Edited by Fly Boy on Thursday 14th August 15:16

st! I forgot about quidco!

[Fly Boy]

Silverbullet767 said:

st! I forgot about quidco!

Sorry, maybe I should have posted earlier

[Silverbullet767]

Fly Boy said:

Silverbullet767 said:

st! I forgot about quidco!

Sorry, maybe I should have posted earlier

It's alright, you can send me a cheque.

[BlueMR2]

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0....

[Silverbullet767]

Took delivery this afternoon!

\im like a kid at christmas

^ need to watch that, the enter key is a little small and I keep hitting backslash.
The only thing that pissing me off just now is the fact that I keep going to the right hand side of the top of every window to shut it down rather than going to the mac, left hand side.

My wifi throws a wobbly every now and again too, now connecting to my wifi router for a while after closing the lid, or just after a restart.

But otherwise I'm loving it!

P.S. Why is the @ symbol above the number 2?!

[PJ S]

Because you're using a properly laid out keyboard.....no honestly! Would I lie about something as trivial as that?

[GHW]

I just got my MacBook back from the Apple store today too. It's soooo much quicker than my iBook that I've had to use instead for the past few weeks.

[rustyspit]

Silverbullet767 said:

The only thing that pissing me off just now is the fact that I keep going to the right hand side of the top of every window to shut it down rather than going to the mac, left hand side.

much easier:

cmd-w to close a tab and/or window (not usually the same thing as quitting the application)
cmd-q to quit an application