Lemme ask you though, you have a thread saying you thought the MacBook wasn't all that impressive. Have you gotten a chance to use the new aluminum?
I'm using one right now. I bought it a couple months ago even though I'm poor. Yes, poor, as in living with an income below the poverty level and not going to school. I had been waiting for Apple to update the Mac Mini, but I did not own a computer and hadn't for nearly a year.
I even bought an iPod touch to use as a netbook. Ironically I didn't know what netbooks were and, when I did, I wrote on forums with my iPod, "just buy an iPod Touch." It worked so well, but of course it's not a solution long term for a primary computer. You guys remember those articles, though, about low-income people using the Touch as their low cost computer? I set that trend!
Anyway, Apple updated the Macbook and then a couple weeks later announced that there were not going to be any new products before the holidays. I figured I could buy a Macbook on credit and use it until Macworld, then sell it, when the Mini came out. It'd be like renting it for 100 dollars perhaps. It's funny, when I told one of the guys at the Apple Store how long I'd been without a computer and that I had been using my Touch as a primary system, dude looked around somewhat nervously and broke into a casual tone saying, "man, you need a
computer." No way I'd throw my hard-earned money away on Windows, either. It's even more important when you don't have that much.
A few months later, still no Mini update. Apple can take the 18-month-old Mini and shove it up its ass for $799. Moore's law says that high end Mini should cost $400 now. They ought to be ashamed of themselves. Tim Cook says he's committed to excellence in every lineup. Someone please slap him across the face with a fish.
Regardless, I'm happy. The 2.0GHz Aluminum Macbook is the best laptop ever made. The best. Nothing comes close except the other unibody Macbooks and they lose out because the additional features do not quite match their price. You cannot do better with your dollar, at any income level. It is the best.
There are minor gripes. There is no mini-DP-to-hdmi-adapter
yet. There is still a split-second delay when "drag lock" in unchecked in trackpad preferences, but this can be fixed with a software update, and is immaterial if prefer drag lock. The trackpad also arrives to some people feeling somewhat loose and difficult to click, but this can be easily fixed by rotating a small screw behind the battery. Other than these, it is
perfect.
Maybe the Mini will be updated soon and maybe I will sell this one for it, but that looks increasingly unlikely every day. I love this machine. It has given me hope and inspiration. Yes, excellence is indeed possible. There is something that feels perfect in the world.
What about that credit card debt? Ooooo! Evil credit card debt! Haha. Well, I have never missed a payment on anything and I've never accepted anything other than 0% interest. Despite transferring a balance here and there, I've never accepted an offer with a balance transfer fee and I've never paid any kind of fee related to debt. If you're smart and you look for the deals, debt is your friend. Especially with the rising rate of inflation. Then you make a decent profit off of zero interest debt. It's like any other investment.
You don't really own your money. The government does and it is illegal for you to use anything else. The central bank determines its value and they always choose to make money less valuable. The question is, "how fast?" The answer right now is, "quite fast."
just dont go broke doing it.
