mdiver said:

Only if you're into scat!

We LOVE our Macs!

Now, admittedly, I had a couple hard drive crashes and one shoddy motherboard each with two iBook G4s (c. 2004) we had. But the Apple Extended Warrantee covered all parts and labor 100% with each visit, and after the third major repair visits for both machines, Apple gave us entirely brand new computers (upgrades to newer, more expensive Intel MacBooks) -- with brand new warrantees -- at no cost whatsoever. Since I back up our files, as everyone should, we never lost anything. And we've had no issues with our current MacBooks at all so far.

With the Apple Care Plan, we also could schedule routine software system "check ups" and cleanings. We haven't run into Malware problems with any Macs we've had (about nine now since 1996, roughly two or three at a time). And, as someone mentioned, the quality and breadth of the pre-bundled software is possibly worth the price of the machines alone.

...And, yeah, they do look slick to boot.

The Macs have been worth every penny we've spent.
[Edited 2/27/09 20:51pm]

Lammastide said:

PC = decent Camero
Mac = Ferrari

Graycap23 said:

That ain't even close, Ferrari work as a team....Macs dont. If you wanna make it like cars then Macs are like Caterham cars. Great little motors, quick and nimble but in the scheme of things won't win F1 and won't really challenge in the real world. Niche....at best

so which one is a Holden Commodore?

I came back into the office from lunch yesterday and found a Mac laptop on my desk. I asked one of the other ADs about it and he said it was the company's for me to use handed down from the design director that recently left.

sextonseven said:

Congrats!

We should throw you a baby shower.

sextonseven said:

to use at work or yours to take home and stuff?

sextonseven said:

!!!

Honestly, that company Mac laptop is wasted on me since I really have no use for it now that my job gave me an unused G4 a few months ago under the table (our IT guy did me a solid ) complete with tons of software that was never cleaned out. I'm passing the laptop onto the company photographer who asked about it and needs it a lot more than I do.

sextonseven said:

That's awesome. Does that mean you can work from home now?

applekisses said:

I guess I could if I wanted to. But I don't want to.

Alej said:

that shit is hot

ZombieKitten said:

That's boy-racer stuff.

honeypot69 said:

I know

squirrelgrease said:

oh my god!!!!!

actually I didn't mean an SS or HSV, just your ordinary omega or something

sextonseven said:

Lammastide said:

OMG!
you can run OS7 on an iPhone

Cuddles said:

hey! there might be new macs coming out March 24
please let there be a netbook

ZombieKitten said:

what thee got dam FUCK! are you serious????

i need to know, i just bought a macbookpro.. or is it not the same thing?

Cuddles said:

a netbook is one of those tiny little things just for the internet



everyone has got one except apple
I'm just hoping they have one to announce

http://arstechnica.com/ap...e-more.ars

Apple event rumored for March 24 with iMacs, maybe more
Apple is supposedly planning a special event for late March that will finally usher in some hardware updates for the iMac. The Mac mini and Mac Pro might even get some love, along with a "pleasant surprise"

Apple's latest update to the iMac line may come on March 24. Two websites report that "sources" have leaked information about a late March special event that will usher in some long-awaited hardware updates to the iMac, and possibly even the Mac mini and the Mac Pro.

The two sites in question are the World of Apple, which has been publishing a number of leaked Snow Leopard details as of late, and My Apple Guide. The former says the source merely speculated that updates to the Mac mini and Mac Pro may be included, while the latter writes, "Apple is said to be announcing a new Mac mini, iMacs with the new NVIDIA chipset, Mac Pros with Xeon processors along with a pleasant 'surprise'"
Though neither of these sites exactly have a strong reputation for breaking this kind of news, exact dates coming from two sites makes us believe in it a little more than usual. Speaking as someone who has broken news about Apple events in the past, if sources are leaking exact dates, then it's extremely likely that Apple has already announced it to employees and has gotten the ball rolling in terms of event planning. On the other hand, we are quite a ways out from March 24; as always, things could change.

A couple things we do know, however, are that the iMac supply is dwindling and that the Mac mini hasn't been updated since sometime in the Ice Age. Leaked photos and videos are keeping the fanboys entertained for a while, but how long will that last? Please Apple, end our suffering on March 24.

a reasonable price?
a netbook?

Looks like new NVidia chipped Mac Minis and iMacs could go on sale today.

squirrelgrease said:

what good are they to me!

ZombieKitten said:

That old screen brings back memories of when I got my first job out of school.

ZombieKitten said:

Apple released today: new iMacs, Minis and MacPros... no notebooks for you .

squirrelgrease said:

sextonseven said:

me too! The screen is about the same size as the ones on the SEs we used to use to lay out magazines

ZombieKitten said:

[Edited 3/3/09 14:13pm]