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Posted by Zak McKracken on Oct-21-2008 14:24:

im getting the mini.

Posted by EgosXII on Oct-22-2008 02:34:

I just bought a new macbook, a couple days before the new ones came out:

got a white 2.4ghz, 2g ram, upgraded to 250gb HD, so i can start using logic, for obvious reasons!! (and as i've been using ableton on a really slow pc and it's annoying me)

so then the new macbooks came out, and they cancelled my order without telling me, and replaced it with a "new" macbook, the 2.0ghz, 1gb ram, 120gb hd one...
luckily i found out before they sent it!!

i raged hard, and got the original order back, still hasn't arrived tho

point being, i'm extremely glad i got one of the old ones: can't believe what they've done with the new ones: was just an excuse to up the prices, and cut the extras that WERE standard... no FW!?! WTF?

i'm also in Australia: jobs put up the prices here 15% because of our fluctuating dollar: then of course the prices of the new, but same macbooks were raised as well
i saved $700au getting the old one, AND got a better comp... lol

sorry for the rant, they really pissed me off...

Posted by Zak McKracken on Oct-22-2008 13:20:

why didnt u want the new one? it has better screendriver as i understood it? is realy FW that important (ofcourse it is if u have firewire soundcard tho). other than that it looks to be alot better than previous imo.

Posted by EgosXII on Oct-22-2008 13:55:

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Originally posted by palm
why didnt u want the new one? it has better screendriver as i understood it? is realy FW that important (ofcourse it is if u have firewire soundcard tho). other than that it looks to be alot better than previous imo.

i was just looking for something with maximum bang for my minimal buck, hence went for the older one with higher and easier-to-upgrade ram, faster CPU (tho the frontbuss is slower ) and a much bigger HD...
i was pretty offended they tried to cut me back on specs without letting me know as well
newer doesn't always mean better...

will be getting a echo audiofire AI soon as well, so need the firewire, and prefer it

edit: i also just felt like having a good rage over the delays from apple

Posted by Minimalism on Oct-24-2008 02:52:

quote:
Originally posted by Zild
Install OSX on your PC. That is what I did before I bought a macbook.

how?

Posted by Zak McKracken on Oct-24-2008 13:27:

lol some of the new macbooks has a pair of the letter "M" on the keyboard replacing the useless letter "B"

Posted by david.michael on Oct-24-2008 13:33:

I can see some people who aren't typists staring at their keyboard for a very, very long time.

Posted by Zak McKracken on Oct-24-2008 13:50:

actualy after a closer look i see that the N has replaced B and another M has replaced the old position of N.

Posted by Fledz on Oct-24-2008 23:46:

quote:
Originally posted by palm
actualy after a closer look i see that the N has replaced B and another M has replaced the old position of N.

lol yea I saw that. Fail in 3 ways

Posted by Ted Promo on Oct-25-2008 13:41:

I was kicking around the idea of getting a new macbook, but after hearing about all the things it doesn't have, I might just sell mine and get a refurbed macbook pro. They've got a 15" one on there for $1349 with 2 gigs of RAM and a 2.4ghz core2duo. And by the looks of it I may be able to sell my macbook for 1200. \o/

Posted by Zak McKracken on Oct-25-2008 14:38:

i just dont see what u mean "all the things it doesnt have" its just the firewire as i see it. u get the 2GB 2,4GHz 13" non-pro at a ok price?

btw has anyone formated a mac for complete new install before? is it alot of work or is it as easy as with windows?

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