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[smogsy]

im going to be buying a macbook on sat/sun at apple store near me in the uk.

what should i pick up whilst im there (got £600 left)

i have 270Mps router already (netgear)

so far on my list
- Mini DVI to VGA
- Mini DVI To DVI
- WD 500GB Mybook(ethernet edition) (maybe)

anything else i should look out for?

 

[xUKHCx]

A case?

I use the Booq Vyper, although it can't be bought directly from an apple store.

 

[Jebaloo]

A laptop stand for your desk and external keyboard/mouse/graphics tablet for better protection of your back and shoulders Being hunched over a desk is no good.

I have a see thru spek case which never comes off, and a further brenthaven case for travel use.

 

[smogsy]

no software? k

 

[JSchwage]

no software? k

Well if you need an office suite, I'd recommend picking up a new copy of Office 2008 while you're at the Apple Store.

 

[xUKHCx]

Software?

That really depends on what you are going to do with your Mac and what you feel about the included applications as well as personal preference.

 

[smogsy]

its just going to be for internet imovie (try it out) and devolping new programs

when i said software i was thinking more of ultiles to keep my mac clean etc

 

[goldenlotus]

How about a nice monitor to go with it?

 

[smogsy]

i got 3 mointors

here what i got atm

Q6850 @3.6GHZ | EVGA 680i SLI | 4GB DDR2 OCZ 1066MHZ | 4x1TB Harddrive | 7600GT | 1000w antec Quattro | Coolmaster 832 | 24inch Samsung 1900x1200 | 30inch 2560x1600 | Vista 64Bit | 24MB Net Bethere Internet | Razer Tarantula | Razer Lachesis | Razer Mantis |Logitech G51 5.1 Speakers

so you see. its secondary computer for me to learn on aswell as have fun with

 

[xUKHCx]

its just going to be for internet imovie (try it out) and devolping new programs

when i said software i was thinking more of ultiles to keep my mac clean etc

Don't bother with those, some people will recommend Onyx or other such pieces of software but in all honestly they seem to cause more problems than benefit.

The OS is very good at keeping itself tidy. If you are interacting lots with windows the perhaps a virus scanner would be worthwhile, not really my area but I have heard ClamAV(X) is a good one.

Apart from that see what you need as you go along is probably the best route.

 

[smogsy]

thanks but i will be devolping programs for windows on on my windows pc

ansd learning to code programs for apple/unix on my mac

ill have look at when im there i guess