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Getting Macbook Pro at work

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tfstone

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I just talked my boss and our IT chief into buying me a Macbook Pro (2.33 with 2 GB ram) for work. I`ll be the only one in our company (80+ people) with a mac. I`m doing sales at a (mutual) fund company.

I hope everything works out well with bootcamp and parallels... if not they will hang me higher. Man I am excited!!! It's been shipped already. Should be here on friday the lastest. Hope I did not push my luck as I ordered a refurbished ...

by the way: i've a mbp core duo and an imac at home.
 
congrats on the new MBP! i did the same thing at my work, and i'm the only one with a mac...my IT guy kept saying, "i'll be praying for you." 🙄

how did you convince them? what did you say?
 
I can't wait to start my job in May...our whole team gets MBP and Cinema Displays! (The VP has a 30-incher)
 
thanx

I have edited a few videos last year on weekends for the company. Nothing fancy just editing stuff about our company on TV. I told him if only I had a mac a could do more of this stuff more quickly if needed.

And in all fairness I have to add that I have raised the issue in our yearly money talk. So it was part of the pay raise, bonus discussion and he might have offered me a slightly higher raise. Who knows, maybe not.

I really digg the fact that he approved it when he realized that for some reason (that he will prob. never understand) I just love to use a Mac.
 
Parallels works great, I don't think you'll have any problems at all with that (just keep in mind it won't do things that need heavy graphics card support - 3D games/rendering). Haven't tried bootcamp though...

I found out a couple of weeks ago that I'm getting a MBP through the company I work for as well... not sure when I'm getting it though, hopefully soon. 😀
 
I hope your boss doesn't get too mad at you when everyone in the company starts to want one after seeing yours....

😛
 
15'' because I am on the road quite a lot. Any thoughts on the fact that is a refurbished product? This kind of scares me a bit (dead pixels and what not). Although the deal was sweet.
 
tfstone said:
15'' because I am on the road quite a lot. Any thoughts on the fact that is a refurbished product? This kind of scares me a bit (dead pixels and what not). Although the deal was sweet.
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Never thought of that. Hm, I guess there could be a chance. If they purchase it for business purposes I believe they opt out of tax, not sure if they receive a discount though. Let's hope your employer is super generous to get you a new MBP 😀 :apple:
 
Any thoughts on the fact that is a refurbished product? This kind of scares me a bit (dead pixels and what not)?

I bought a refurbed 15" C2D MBP (2.33ghz/2gig ram/256mb video/120gb HD) about a month ago direct from Apple. Love it -- and saved about $500 off new. So I wouldn't worry, especially as Apple stands behind these machines just as they for new units.
 
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