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Advice for dealing with my mother

iMpathetic said:
Hey everyone.

I have posted a couple threads on here, looking to build a Hackintosh.

I finally did buy one, and it's sick and the best thing ever and whatnot, but my technophobe mom decided AFTER $1000 was dropped on it by 15-year-old me that it's not allowed at her house, only at dad's.

So, I am now allowed to use this computer on Tuesday nights and every other weekend, which I think is colossally unfair. She says it's "too big" but I have found a place to put it... she wouldn't even notice it's there.

She also says that she doesn't want a big computer here because it's "what I do at Dad's house".

I would have gladly accepted this BS before I bought the computer, but now it's just ridiculous to expect me to do this.

Any advice as to what I should to do get her to see my side of the story?

Thanks!
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as a parent, what I get out of what she's told you is:

hey, I miss you and would like to spend time with YOU instead of you spending time with your computer.

I'd suck it up and respect her. If you didn't get any computer time anywhere, than that would be different.

Cheers,
keebler
 
I think it's obvious. She wants a bigger house and you are now her weapon. Unless Dad increases child support that big-ass thing stays at his ;)
 
iMpathetic said:
Well, to be fair, I did not specifically say what kind of computer to buy, but a year ago, she grudgingly let me bring my flashy blue LED-lit quad-core rig, and all the fans were running full blast, and she let me keep it in the kitchen with a 24" LCD.
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That's the problem right there. She put up with that beautiful-to-you-but-unspeakably-hideous-to-her big loud and flashy machine in her kitchen for a while.

Now she's maybe worried you want to do the same again.

To be honest, I think some of the psychoanalysis in this thread is going too far. Your parents are adults, you say they get on well, you're lucky and thats the end of it.

I think you're better off getting a mac laptop and selling the Hackintosh. What do you need all that power for? Laptops are the win for portablity and travelling around with you and being easy to put away.

I wouldn't go for a Mini. They still need a big screen to go with them. You want something you can put away in your bag in 10 seconds.

If selling the hackingtosh is out of the question, look into putting OSX on a netbook like the Lenovo S10. Cheap, small, and insanely cool. You can buy one for the price of a Raptor (almost)
 
HAI GUYZ IM BACK

God, I was twitching for the past three days.... nothing to do... :D

Anyway, I am thinking about ditching the secondary rig, and perhaps one of my Raptors and my LCD for a 15-17" laptop on which to run OS X. Possibly an HP, I had one and liked it... I don't know. I have always been partial to Thinkpads. They are very cheap now.. but also, the 17" Dell XPS M170 is about $500, which is a laptop. I don't bring my laptop much of anywhere but from house to house, so size isn't an issue.

See, here it is. I know, tacky but I'm 15, I eat this stuff up :D

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Check it works with OSX before you buy any laptop.

Google doesn't reveal much about osx on a Dell XPS M170 so you could be entering a world of hurt there. Laptops have quirky hardware and drivers, so putting OSX on them often leads to various bits like wifi or sound or sleep not working.

I'm not a gamer, so I still suggest keeping the LCD, selling the rest, and getting a netbook, and hooking that up to the LCD when needed. If you're a gamer, then yeah get a big ugly powerful laptop, just check that OSX installs smoothly on it first.
 
Ugly? What are you guys smoking? :rolleyes::eek::D

I don't REALLY care, it's just to hold me over while I get my iBook fixed. I would prefer to have a large screen, anything under 1280x1024 is REALLY cramped, and the M170 is 1920x1200.

I don't actually game but I am not the sort of person who really needs a small laptop either. I might have to bring it to school once a month.
 
You didn't say you have an iBook. Just get that fixed then. End of story.

Or sell it and put that money and the $500 you would have spent on the Dell towards buying a MacBook. Either a new one with a good graphics card, or a second hand white C2D MacBook.

I have a whitebook and I think it's fab.
 
I'd be perfectly happy with a Core Duo MBP or a blackbook.

Hell, as long as I get a decent HDD, a 1.67GHz 17" hi-res PBG4 would be excellent!

The iBook is in need of a tear-down and rebuild with a new DC-in board, battery, hard drive, and possibly more RAM.
 
iMpathetic said:
I'd be perfectly happy with a Core Duo MBP or a blackbook.

Hell, as long as I get a decent HDD, a 1.67GHz 17" hi-res PBG4 would be excellent!

The iBook is in need of a tear-down and rebuild with a new DC-in board, battery, hard drive, and possibly more RAM.
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The iBook isn't worth repairing if it's that badly damaged. It's too out of date to spend much on. iBook RAM is very expensive now. Replacement parts are expensive, it's difficult to open and replace the HD on. Sell the iBook for spare parts.

The MPB and Blackbook seem to be too expensive for you. If you can afford them, fine.

I have a PBG4 1.5ghz 15'' (bought new). Lovely screen and I still use it for watching DVDs, but it struggles with Leopard.

I'd say a second hand C2D whitebook is perfect for you. It's just as powerful as a blackbook, and it's extremely easy and quite cheap to upgrade the HD and RAM (takes 5mins each) and it will last you a long time into the future.

My whitebook has 4GB RAM and 320GB HD and flies.
 
I would recommend buying a real mac or building a laptop to the specs apple has used (graphics WiFi)

If you sold the PC you are not allowed to have at your mom's house you could buy a low end MacBook new or a aluminum refurb.

If you think 15 inch is big I used to carried my PowerBook to school and back every day but I am now homeschooled.
 
RedTomato said:
The iBook isn't worth repairing if it's that badly damaged. It's too out of date to spend much on. iBook RAM is very expensive now. Replacement parts are expensive, it's difficult to open and replace the HD on. Sell the iBook for spare parts.

The MPB and Blackbook seem to be too expensive for you. If you can afford them, fine.

I have a PBG4 1.5ghz 15'' (bought new). Lovely screen and I still use it for watching DVDs, but it struggles with Leopard.

I'd say a second hand C2D whitebook is perfect for you. It's just as powerful as a blackbook, and it's extremely easy and quite cheap to upgrade the HD and RAM (takes 5mins each) and it will last you a long time into the future.

My whitebook has 4GB RAM and 320GB HD and flies.
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I dunno, I never reeeallllyyy liked the look of the whitebooks. That's why I'm hesitant..... but I'm really attached to the iBook and would prefer not to sell it. I don't EVER use the second PC anyway, and it's not like it's gonna be worth more 6 months down the road. I might dye it blue or purple or something. :D

dmmcintyre3 said:
I would recommend buying a real mac or building a laptop to the specs apple has used (graphics WiFi)

If you sold the PC you are not allowed to have at your mom's house you could buy a low end MacBook new or a aluminum refurb
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Why in the name of all that is good and holy would I sell the PC that is faster than a low-end Mac Pro?
 
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