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aaron.lee2006

aaron.lee2006

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Feb 23, 2006
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Ontario, Canada
For those of you that know me, I had to sell my MBP in September due to the courses I was taking in school. I needed an entirely Windows computer. Now I have been accepted into graphic design so I'm coming back with a

2.53 MacBook Pro
24" LED Cinema Display
Adobe CS4 Design Premium
Wireless Bluetooth Keyboard and Mouse
and much much more. I'll be back in July or early August!
 
I don't know for you, but my school gave me all the software I needed (CS3) and they won't teach us about these new software until the books (Classroom in a book CS4) are out. Personally I would wait to see if they do give you the software you need for the course.
 
aaron.lee2006 said:
For those of you that know me, I had to sell my MBP in September due to the courses I was taking in school. I needed an entirely Windows computer. Now I have been accepted into graphic design so I'm coming back with a

2.53 MacBook Pro
24" LED Cinema Display
Adobe CS4 Design Premium
Wireless Bluetooth Keyboard and Mouse
and much much more. I'll be back in July or early August!
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The 24" LED ACD is the most beautiful screen I've ever laid my eyes on!

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:D
 
Repo said:
ExpressCard 54, quad processors, duel graphics chips, more USB, VGA, S-VIDEO, DVI, parallel, serial, mini FW, blu-ray, HDMI, media card reader, eSATA, etc.
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10 out of those 15 items can be easily had on a Mac. Another three can be had with some effort.
 
gilesrulz said:
10 out of those 15 items can be easily had on a Mac. Another three can be had with some effort.
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The point is that the Windows laptop comes with them, ready and compatible. ExpressCard 54, quad processors, duel graphics? Just try and "have" those.
 
im curious to what class/school required such a laptop. id reckon not everyone could afford such a machine and doubt it was required for the class tp be honest. part of me feels the op wasnt aware of the solutions to keep his mbp and instead sold it and bought another one dare i say needlessly

thats just my gut feeling though

if im wrong, i dont really care and i dont really care for apple. id be saying the same thing if someone sold their car because it didnt have a cd player stock and bought a new car that had a cd player when all that was needed was to buy a new deck for the old car lol
 
Repo said:
ExpressCard 54, quad processors, duel graphics chips, more USB, VGA, S-VIDEO, DVI, parallel, serial, mini FW, blu-ray, HDMI, media card reader, eSATA, etc.
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What benefit is there in having a larger version of ExpressCard/34?
Quads. In a laptop. Find one under $5,000 that you can actually keep on your lap without melting your genitals.
Dual graphics chips? Really? Seen the MacBook Pro lately? Obviously not.
How, exactly, was DVI not on Apple laptops, again?
S-Video died in 2000, didn't it?
Parallel...? Something legacy? Screw it.
Serial? Another legacy? Screw it.
Mini FireWire... you mean four-pin FireWire 400. Windows laptops have that because they don't want to pay the full licensing to Apple for a 6-pin port.
2015.
It's a computer, not a TV. What's the point of HDMI?
That just won't happen because of the Jobs/Ive philosophy.
eSATA is a flakey port.
etc. hasn't had the IEEE finalize its spec yet. ;)

Repo said:
...duel graphics? Just try and "have" those.
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Okay.

http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/graphics.html
 
Tallest Skil said:
What benefit is there in having a larger version of ExpressCard/34?
Quads. In a laptop. Find one under $5,000 that you can actually keep on your lap without melting your genitals.
Dual graphics chips? Really? Seen the MacBook Pro lately? Obviously not.
How, exactly, was DVI not on Apple laptops, again?
S-Video died in 2000, didn't it?
Parallel...? Something legacy? Screw it.
Serial? Another legacy? Screw it.
Mini FireWire... you mean four-pin FireWire 400. Windows laptops have that because they don't want to pay the full licensing to Apple for a 6-pin port.
2015.
It's a computer, not a TV. What's the point of HDMI?
That just won't happen because of the Jobs/Ive philosophy.
eSATA is a flakey port.
etc. hasn't had the IEEE finalize its spec yet. ;)



Okay.

http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/graphics.html
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"How, exactly, was DVI not on Apple laptops, again?" Maybe you didn't get the memo, but Apple has since switched to Mini DisplayPort. eSATA is only "flakey" on the Mac, Windows doesn't have a problem with it. HDMI OUTPUT! Hello?! We already have it anyway, though, through an adapter. And FYI, I know what mini FW is.

The other stuff is not worth addressing. Cheers.
 
Tallest Skil said:
What benefit is there in having a larger version of ExpressCard/34?
Quads. In a laptop. Find one under $5,000 that you can actually keep on your lap without melting your genitals.
Dual graphics chips? Really? Seen the MacBook Pro lately? Obviously not.
How, exactly, was DVI not on Apple laptops, again?
S-Video died in 2000, didn't it?
Parallel...? Something legacy? Screw it.
Serial? Another legacy? Screw it.
Mini FireWire... you mean four-pin FireWire 400. Windows laptops have that because they don't want to pay the full licensing to Apple for a 6-pin port.
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Ha, apparently he needs a Serial port for his Thrustmaster joystick to play Flight Simulator 2000 on that laptop with 4 different monitors hooked up (VGA, DVI, HDMI, S-Video), then print out his stats on that parallel printer circa 1999. ;)
Wonder if he still uses the paper with holes on the sides that you tear apart?? LOLz

I do want my FW400 back though :(
 
aaron.lee2006 said:
For those of you that know me, I had to sell my MBP in September due to the courses I was taking in school. I needed an entirely Windows computer. Now I have been accepted into graphic design so I'm coming back with a

2.53 MacBook Pro
24" LED Cinema Display
Adobe CS4 Design Premium
Wireless Bluetooth Keyboard and Mouse
and much much more. I'll be back in July or early August!
Click to expand...

Repo said:
You are so lame. "How, exactly, was DVI not on Apple laptops, again?" Maybe you didn't get the memo, but Apple has since switched to Mini DisplayPort. eSATA is only "flakey" on the Mac, Windows doesn't have a problem with it. HDMI OUTPUT! Hello?! We already have it anyway, though through an adapter. And FYI, I know what mini FW is.

The other stuff is not worth addressing. Cheers.
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his old mbp was not one with a minidisplay port now was it? seeing how he sold in it september and the unibodies came out in october
 
Oh My God
Someone chose a Windows laptop over an Apple laptop
Fanboys mobilize!!!
Jihad on Windows!
 
Smacky said:
Oh My God
Someone chose a Windows laptop over an Apple laptop
Fanboys mobilize!!!
Jihad on Windows!
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um what? i dont really give a damn about apple

im just merely questioning his selling of his computer initially as i believe it wasnt necessary as pretty much everything has a solution:rolleyes:

im curious as to what exactly this class required from the op
 
Tallest Skil said:
Quads. In a laptop. Find one under $5,000 that you can actually keep on your lap without melting your genitals.
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We geeks sit in the basement all day; we have no use for such a thing, so burning it away is one less thing to worry about.
 
Repo said:
You are so lame.
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Insults are forbidden. Please delete this sentence.

Maybe you didn't get the memo, but Apple has since switched to Mini DisplayPort.
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Yes, obviously. It's a better port in that it carries audio as well as video. DVI, however, was available on Macs from about 2003 to 2009. That's a good enough timeline for one port.

eSATA is only "flakey" on the Mac, Windows doesn't have a problem with it.
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I'm not talking about support, I'm talking about the classified specification in general.

HDMI OUTPUT! Hello?!
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Hello!:)

Could you please tell me what the purpose is?

And FYI, I know what mini FW is.
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Apparently not, as four-pin FireWire 400 is not called Mini FireWire.

The other stuff is not worth addressing. Cheers.
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Because you can't find a sub-$5,000 quad-core laptop, can't think of a reason for needing the large version of the ExpressCard slot (that, coincidentally, was on at least the last revision of the PowerBook G4, making it a VERY outdated port to begin with), and can't think of a reason for needing a Serial, Parallel, or S-Video port?

Or are you just going to bed for the night?
 
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