Ocean said:

roughly 1300
get a good warranty with it (the apple care plan is kind of trashy)

i love it, never going pc again

Ocean said:

$1299

There are 3 basic configurations: 1099, 1299 and 1499 (with various upgrade options). But if you're just looking to do basic computing, it's hawt as fuck.

I'm guessing thats in US dollars so proberly quite a bit more here...what is the difference in a mac and a pc?

Ocean said:

difference is the operating system...pc's use windows or linux macs use tiger or linux
i find macs to have less bugs than windows

and Tiger (well now they got Leopard but im broke) just has a nicer, cleaner look to it than windows...no clutter.

Mars23 said:

celeron is the fucking devil.

sammij said:

easy to use?

evenstar3 said:

Ocean said:

INCREDIBLY easy... it's almost scary
you'd love it
and it runs microsoft programs too (excell, powerpoint, word) so no worries where that's concerned (they look better too)

Ocean said:

oh lawd. here's the difference.



You know those cute trendy folks in Starbucks who sip their Iced Soy Caramel Lattes, listen to their iPods, and type on those trendy sexy ass laptops while sporting the latest trends in hair, shoes, and overall fashion? Those are mac users.

Girl, get a mac.

Imago said:

Oh well that settles it then!

sammij said:

Thanks hun

Ocean said:

i even have a beret to top off my look



no but seriously i bought a mac because i wanted something new, a breakaway from the old pc, and i'm in video editing and a lot of art courses where it's beneficial to have a mac, and i'm really glad i chose wisely

take a look at the site, read up on the macbook and then see from there

buut i have to get to bed, for that video editing class in the morning...
g'nite!

Ocean said:

no problem!
many people are mac nay-sayers, but i seriously love this machine...it gets the job done WELL and it's beautiful, two things that are important to me
but yes, off to bed!




.... i wasn't joking about the beret either....

Imago said:

Very true. They also must not mind foregoing a hot haircut for a few years to pay for the repairs on their mac or have lots of disposable income. Everything is hardwired together so when 1 thing fails you have an expensive sexy paperweight.

Mars23 said:

foregoing a hot haircut?

bitch please!

Imago said:

Not you, of course. You just have to wet it down and light up though...

OR

you buy a bunch of parts off of newegg and have your dad put it together with some help, like i did. this one works better than any i've used.

Mars23 said:

evenstar3 said:

I built my current one with parts from newegg.


But for a laptop, I'm making the mac swap. I just ant to be cool and stuff.


Actually, I'm overdue for a new PC too, as mine is nearing 3 years old, I just HATE building my own PC now--I'm too old and the technology keeps racing ahead of me.

Imago said:

shameless.

mine's just over a year old.

Imago said:

Ok the one there for $1299 is $1899 here and then I would need the warranty ..I alittle more than I want to spend (bloody exchange rate grrrr)



Thanks everone for helping me out on this..I'm really hopeless

Ocean said:

The Vaio suits your needs ... completely ... be sure to have someone knowledgable in your vincinity who can tinker on Vista a little, so it doesn't bother u 2 much. The Mac vs Windows discussion is endless, Macs are lovely, Intel/Windows does the job too ... in the end, you'll have 2 choose :
a) the system you feel most comfortable with
b) the system that does the job for you

If I were you ( including ur legs) I'd do this :
- get the Vaio
- maybe get an external disk (USB), I don't mind really how much is IN the laptop (harddisk). All my valuables go on an external anyway. There's times I only run around with that little thingy in my pocket, cuz I know there's PC's anywhere (at least where I come ).
- configure Vista to run smoothly
- Software ? Immediately install Firefox, get Open Office (www.openoffice.org)
- !!! Check if your current peripherals are supported by Vista

an

One4All4Ever said:

Is vista that much different?
Thanks for the advice hun..I hadn't thought about the USB .....and including my legs huh

ok I've narrowed it down ....I can get this
http://www.cnet.com.au/la...505,00.htm
160gb hard drive and 1GB for $1550 including antivirus, surge protector and extra 3 years warranty

or the sony
http://www.shopbot.com.au...59569.html
and they will throw in a extra 1GB so it will have 2GB but only 80gb hardrive for $1550 but then I need to get the extra warranty and antivirus on top of that

or

a HP with 2GB and 160GB hard drive $1799 plus extras to pay for

or

Dans mac ..but that is $1899 plus extras to pay for
[Edited 9/13/07 17:20pm]

Ocean said:

You will NEVER make friends at Starbucks. ... Like EVER.

i'd get the red one

Imago said:

XxAxX said:

I really liked the red one it was pretty ..but I got this one in the end ..thought it was better value for money ..please someone tell me I did the right thing ..The other thing with the mac is I didn't know if everthing in the office Im going to work in would be compatible with it so I thought I better play it safe

http://h10010.www1.hp.com...22175.html

Ocean said:

Vista is just really, really NEW. After the first service pack (due early '08) it should start running better (just like when XP first came out...it was shite before the first service pack).