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Poll: How are you able to afford the MBP?
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working hard! I'm a student and I don't get any help from grants, loans or parents. I bought my Penryn MBP I'm typing to you now on and when a quad core usb3.0 baring MBP comes out I'll be purchasing that by my acquired funds in exactly the same way whilst also still being a student!
Apple products do cost more, but if you measure cost against productivity in the real world, I'd bet the price would look very fair.
I hear endless complaints from my PC friends of virus, etc. attacks, slow downs after adding software, the need for basic maintenance (defrag...drive rebuilds, etc.) new and expensive virus protection and the high cost of tech support for those who are not tech minded. Not all PC owners experience all these problems, but many I know do.
So save up, get a loan, credit card or talk to the parents. It's worth it to have a Mac. Yeah the prices are still a bit high, but how much is your time worth?
This thread could be called how do you afford a PC.
I hear endless complaints from my PC friends of virus, etc. attacks, slow downs after adding software, the need for basic maintenance (defrag...drive rebuilds, etc.) new and expensive virus protection and the high cost of tech support for those who are not tech minded. Not all PC owners experience all these problems, but many I know do.
So save up, get a loan, credit card or talk to the parents. It's worth it to have a Mac. Yeah the prices are still a bit high, but how much is your time worth?
This thread could be called how do you afford a PC.
I got my first PowerBook about seven years ago with a loan from my mother-in-law. Since then I've been able to upgrade periodically by selling my old machine on eBay and saving a couple hundred bucks to make up the difference on a new model.
Once you manage to get an Apple, you can upgrade every couple of years for the cost of a cheap Compaq from Wal-Mart.
Once you manage to get an Apple, you can upgrade every couple of years for the cost of a cheap Compaq from Wal-Mart.
It's easy once you get started... I always sell mine after 18/24 months. Then buy a new one from on line Apple store..they always have 12 months no interest..right now it's Barclays. When first bill comes take the cash from the one just sold and make a big first payment (use all the money from the sale)... divide balance over the next 11 months or pay off early. Cheaper to keep a newer laptop and never have to come up with big cash...works for me
It is all relative - in my lifetime all this wonderful technology has never been cheaper.
I remember when 512KB (not MB or GB) of RAM was $1000.
There was a time when a high end PC/Mac could touch $10,000 ala the Mac IIfx (in late 80s/early 90s dollars), not to mention $5500 SE/30s or $5000 PowerBook 5300s.
Then the 'workstation class' machines when I was in college, $4995 NeXTstations, $6500 NeXTcubes, etc.
My first 300 baud modem was $3xx in 1985, do you have any idea how glacially slow that was?
Took all night to download 360KB and I was thrilled.
Technology used to be VERY expensive compared to other goods and services.
You young'ns
I remember when 512KB (not MB or GB) of RAM was $1000.
There was a time when a high end PC/Mac could touch $10,000 ala the Mac IIfx (in late 80s/early 90s dollars), not to mention $5500 SE/30s or $5000 PowerBook 5300s.
Then the 'workstation class' machines when I was in college, $4995 NeXTstations, $6500 NeXTcubes, etc.
My first 300 baud modem was $3xx in 1985, do you have any idea how glacially slow that was?
Took all night to download 360KB and I was thrilled.
Technology used to be VERY expensive compared to other goods and services.
You young'ns
I don't know. The way most people buy things? I sell my free time to an entity with the expectation to be paid income for a portion of the profits said entity derives from the sale of the services I provide. In other words, I decide that I will increase my future income, weath, and total pleasure by making a capital investment in the form of this technological upgrade that offsets the personal value of the 25 hours of lost free time that I forfitted.
Sorry for replying to such a silly question with a such a silly reponse.
Sorry for replying to such a silly question with a such a silly reponse.
Honestly, I just spend a ton of my budget on Apple Gear. Looking at 2009 financials and tax returns I made 65K but spent 16,500 at the Apple Online Store.
Yes you read that correctly.
remember though I live in San Francisco and my rent is nearly 2grand a month for a 1 bedroom apartment so 65K doesn't go very far. so I'm not rich but I just intentionally eat all of my meals at home and never go out to expensive bars so I can afford the latest gear. I bought 4 computers last year. sold most of them on eBay.
What I currently own is in my signature.
Yes you read that correctly.
remember though I live in San Francisco and my rent is nearly 2grand a month for a 1 bedroom apartment so 65K doesn't go very far. so I'm not rich but I just intentionally eat all of my meals at home and never go out to expensive bars so I can afford the latest gear. I bought 4 computers last year. sold most of them on eBay.
What I currently own is in my signature.
I am nor rich, nor my parents buy my stuff, i just work and try to afford one, that's how life works I don't think it's hard to afford a MacBook Pro, better put this question at the Mac Pro forum where they buy 3000$+ computers, but yeah if it's for work you'll get your money back sooner or later, that's the way i see it too
I don't think it's hard to afford a MacBook Pro, better put this question at the Mac Pro forum where they buy 3000$+ computers, but yeah if it's for work you'll get your money back sooner or later, that's the way i see it too This is a bad thread.
its like making a thread on how you afford your ferrari.
How do you afford your ferrari, john?
geeze
its like making a thread on how you afford your ferrari.
How do you afford your ferrari, john?
geeze