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How to impress someone with your new MBP?

Mike Litoris said:
However, I'll have to "justify" spending that much money for a computer to my father. (not that he really cares that much what i spend my money for, but it will make me lot less stupid in front of him;)). He's a frequent pc user but not a professional. He probably never saw a mac in real life. So what I need is some stuff to impress him with and show him that an mbp is worth its money.
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Mike,

Here in Southern California, if you walk into the coffee shop inside Borders or B&N, or into a Panera Bread restaurant, the landscape is primarly Macbooks. In my daughter's karate school, there's quite a few Macbooks used by parents waiting while their kids are in karate class.

My point is this. Just take your Dad out into the real world, and let him see that the new generation is using Mac.

I just read a MacRumors Page 1 story saying that yet another TV network is dropping Flash and going HTML5 for the video of their tv shows on their websites. Major players are becoming Apple compatible. If your Dad is the type that follows stocks and news, turn him on to what is happening Applewise.

So my second point is this. Instead of just justifiying why you bought a Mac, why not instead show him that that the world is going Apple.
 
If you had not bought it yet i would have said to choose a sdd... would sure have impress him with 10 sec boot time... :D
(of course you only tell him that mac are just faster than pc)
 
I don't know why your dad should care if you bought it with your own money. Now you might have an issue if you were me and bought an iMac (house), Macbook (Wife) & MacBook Pro (mine) all within a years time. Not to mention a new iPod Nano for work on top of my old iPod and 8G 3G iPhone.

I think I have a problem or at least according to my mother I do.
 
Make an AppleScript that loads 10 different windows with websites, music and video all at once, then go into expose with everything still rolling.

Oldie but a goldie.
 
MrCheeto said:
I know! It's sooo helpful at confusing people -.-'

It's ridiculous. There's no way to distinguish "snapped" windows and ones that are just on the side. What a heaping ***** *** ******* ***.

Yet, Microsoft is clearly proud of their first time going wee-wee on their own. It's their first and only real original idea, no matter how pitiful, so they're circle-jerking it till it bleeds. How many "Windows was my idea" commercials feature that ONE freaking thing?! Sad.

BTW, Microsoft, you had to have customers on their knees begging for a more simple operating system before you finally gave it a shot?! Pathetic, once again. Only give the user just enough to keep coming back, like cattle.

If I remember right, there is a, "Submit Feedback" link at Apple.com and Apple fixed all of my Leopard issues in Snow Leopard...I suppose you'll advertise that your computers use mouses, next?
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Somebody is pissed off. Did somebody from Microsoft touch you in the wrong place?

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Yeah...somewhere in the frontal lobe... a ******** table vice!

Since quitting those *** *** expletives, I've had so few sick-days attributed to headaches, there should be a study performed.

Ah, Microsoft as a health hazard, if only...
 
Other than the os, trackpad, and quality display, my favorite part of the MacBook pro is the CNC'ed Billet aluminum unibody. While some laptops use a little magesium, aluminum, and carbon fiber here and there, the MacBook pro starts from a solid billet and carves away the excess no differently than how aircraft parts and automobile racing parts are made. It really is amazing.
I am surprised no other laptop manufacturer has attempted to compete at this level. Sony Zs, thinkpads, elitebooks and latitudes are nice notebooks but the cnc'ed unibody is way more impressive from an engineering stand point.
 
I guess that if you really want to amaze him beyond his wildest dreams, go to the top floor of your building, grab the MBP - throw it, and show him how it can fly.... at least for a few seconds guaranteed. But regardless of the result, I assure you, he'll be absolutley stunned: he'll NEVER forget it - and neither will you... and if you get it on camera, you'll become sort of an instant celebrity.

:p of course I'm kidding! Just enjoy it: getting a mac doesn't mean that you're obliged to become an evangelist for Apple. And even when I'm happy with mac - it works for me, and T.G. I can afford it - the fact is that there are plenty of people that are perfectly happy with their PCs... and that's OK: in the end, they're just computers.
 
diazj3 said:
I guess that if you really want to amaze him beyond his wildest dreams, go to the top floor of your building, grab the MBP - throw it, and show him how it can fly.... at least for a few seconds guaranteed. But regardless of the result, I assure you, he'll be absolutley stunned: he'll NEVER forget it - and neither will you... and if you get it on camera, you'll become sort of an instant celebrity.

:p of course I'm kidding! Just enjoy it: getting a mac doesn't mean that you're obliged to become an evangelist for Apple. And even when I'm happy with mac - it works for me, and T.G. I can afford it - the fact is that there are plenty of people that are perfectly happy with their PCs... and that's OK: in the end, they're just computers.
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QFT

Buying and enjoying an Apple product doesn't mean you have to be an apple fanboy/steve jobs disciple. Just enjoy the computer, and if he gives you a hard time, kick him in the head ROADHOUSE!
 
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