making the switch in a couple hours...

[orijinal]

going with a fully loaded 12.1" superdrive.

my uncle is giving it to me as a grad gift, but i wanted to use my educational discount too. do i personally have to be the one to pay for it (ie. use my credit card) to use the discount? or can i use my uncle's card with the discount?

 

[me_94501]

going with a fully loaded 12.1" superdrive.

my uncle is giving it to me as a grad gift, but i wanted to use my educational discount too. do i personally have to be the one to pay for it (ie. use my credit card) to use the discount? or can i use my uncle's card with the discount?

You can have anyone--your uncle, some guy off the street, etc...--pay for it as long as you are there with your college student ID or some other proof of enrollment.

 

[Nuc]

Where are you buying it.

If you buy it at the store I think this would be ok to do, if your both there. If you purchase online I would talk with the sales rep. But I don't see them not taking your uncles money.

Anyways call them and ask them the procedure for doing this. Call apple or the apple store to find out.

Nuc

 

[orijinal]

thanks, hopefully my next post will be off my new Mac! 😎

 

[HiRez]

A 12" Superdrive, wow! It burns laserdiscs? What does that thing hold, like 50 petabytes? 😉 Seriously, good luck with your new Mac!

 

[tikibangout]

going with a fully loaded 12.1" superdrive.

my uncle is giving it to me as a grad gift, but i wanted to use my educational discount too. do i personally have to be the one to pay for it (ie. use my credit card) to use the discount? or can i use my uncle's card with the discount?

Good luck getting that superdrive in a 12 incher.

 

[eazy_e]

Good luck getting that superdrive in a 12 incher.

He is clearly getting a powerbook.

 

[Chef Medeski]

Just bought that same computer. Beautiful, however I do suggest a second battery. My battery came in with a 2 hour charge at full. 😱 😱 😱 After testing a friends iBook which lasted 5 hours it definetly left me feeling sad. 🙁 🙁 🙁 Yet, I'm getting it replaced cause Apple agrees its too low. Yet, I don't think they will replace anything greater than 3 which is abummer. I personally wanted about 6-7 hours of work time. In an iBook it would be reallly pushing it with one battery. With two batteries in my powerbook I am barely making that. What a jip for $100.

 

[orijinal]

my battery is saying 4 hours...

i just got it! it's great so far... except i can't connect to the net at my house!

i have it connected to my network and everything but it's not reading an IP or anything from my network.

i was able to connect to the net in the store, and my thinkpad is able to connect to the net.

what is going on?

 

[Chrispy]

What type of connection are we talking about? Wireless or wired? DLS or Cable? What brand router are you using if any? These thing will help understand the problem better.

 

[Abstract]

Just bought that same computer. Beautiful, however I do suggest a second battery. My battery came in with a 2 hour charge at full. 😱 😱 😱 After testing a friends iBook which lasted 5 hours it definetly left me feeling sad. 🙁 🙁 🙁 Yet, I'm getting it replaced cause Apple agrees its too low. Yet, I don't think they will replace anything greater than 3 which is abummer. I personally wanted about 6-7 hours of work time. In an iBook it would be reallly pushing it with one battery. With two batteries in my powerbook I am barely making that. What a jip for $100.

Just because you got a single bad battery, doesn't mean it was a "jip." People get 4 hours out of a 12" PB battery when it's new. It starts to drop a bit, like ALL Li-Ion batteries do after time.

 

[Chef Medeski]

Just because you got a single bad battery, doesn't mean it was a "jip." People get 4 hours out of a 12" PB battery when it's new. It starts to drop a bit, like ALL Li-Ion batteries do after time.

No I still think $100 is a bit much sorry. If I got four hours then maybe. I also have two batteries. One at 2 and the other at 3. I got the first one replaced and am trying to get the second one replaced. I think its a jip because you pay the premium to buy striaght from Apple for the quality. Yet, if they can't even ensure their quality, why don't I just buy it elswhere for cheaper. So, how is it not a jip to pay an extra $30-40.

 

[orijinal]

microsoft broadband router i thnk its mn-700 or something along those lines.

i connect using comcast cable, through the router.

my thinkpad can connect using it fine.... :/

 

[faintember]

i just got it! it's great so far... except i can't connect to the net at my house!

i have it connected to my network and everything but it's not reading an IP or anything from my network.

i was able to connect to the net in the store, and my thinkpad is able to connect to the net.

what is going on?

I have had this prob with my PB when i switched my ISP.

Go to System Preferences >Network and click on the Show drop down menu, and select the appropriate option (Airport, Built-in Ethernet, Internal Modem, etc.) That fixed it from me when i moved and switched my ISP.

 

[orijinal]

I have had this prob with my PB when i switched my ISP.

Go to System Preferences >Network and click on the Show drop down menu, and select the appropriate option (Airport, Built-in Ethernet, Internal Modem, etc.) That fixed it from me when i moved and switched my ISP.

nope, airport is selected.

i even have the password set as wep-128bit (on my pb) but when i go back to the settings it doesnt save it as wep 40/128-bit hex. it keeps saying its a wep password.

arghhh "AirPort is connected to the network MSHOME. Airport does not have an IP address and cannot connect to the Internet.

now i even removed the WEP and it's still not accessing the net.

 

[FFTT]

Congratulations! 😀


I was gonna give you all this great and worldly advice about wiring in the funds but you beat me to it.

 

[orijinal]

finally fixed the airport. guess i just needed to update the software (updated it at cousin's house's wifi)

it's great!