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recent macbook buyers: anyone having buyers remorse?
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right. could everyone just not talk about PC vs Mac now? this isn't to do with the thread anymore, so let's get on topic...
its noon on the 15th of january now (at least in the uk) and i get the pleasure of watching macrumors written updates at 5 in the evening, instead of getting up at 9 in the morning
i suppose this'll be the time when i'm gonna wish i hadn't bought my macbook, or glad i switched when i did. from recent stories, and other earlier sources of specs, i think i'm gonna be glad i bought mine when i did. having a 'wireless' laptop would have been great, and having an extremely portable and thin laptop would be great too, but very impractical. not having an optical drive would have been abit of a downer aswell. i only really use it to put music and videos off DVD's onto it, but i wouldn't have liked the idea of buying an external one just for that purpose.
i think the 'macbook air' will be great for certain people, but for me i'm extremely happy with my purchase. the only slight thing i'm not happy about is all the other apple products are black an silver, and my macbook's white but i suppose it'll look more retro after a new one's released
its noon on the 15th of january now (at least in the uk) and i get the pleasure of watching macrumors written updates at 5 in the evening, instead of getting up at 9 in the morning
i suppose this'll be the time when i'm gonna wish i hadn't bought my macbook, or glad i switched when i did. from recent stories, and other earlier sources of specs, i think i'm gonna be glad i bought mine when i did. having a 'wireless' laptop would have been great, and having an extremely portable and thin laptop would be great too, but very impractical. not having an optical drive would have been abit of a downer aswell. i only really use it to put music and videos off DVD's onto it, but i wouldn't have liked the idea of buying an external one just for that purpose.
i think the 'macbook air' will be great for certain people, but for me i'm extremely happy with my purchase. the only slight thing i'm not happy about is all the other apple products are black an silver, and my macbook's white
but i suppose it'll look more retro after a new one's released 
simple... not everyone here is knowledgeable about PCs.
As for negative TRUTHS... they're you're truths.
I've never come across the problems you're facing. Never. Unless of course it was something that I did. No viruses. No system crashes etc.
OS has its funky bits but they're fewer and much less annoying than those in the pc world... but that's just MY TRUTH. I've had more issues with my PC's in 6 month periods than I have had in the ENTIRE time I've worked on macs... going back to my Apple II.
Only issues I've had with the Macbook we got my wife is software. Same with my G5.
Now the Apple Pro my boss has... that's had some issues... all based on the INTEL bits inside of it and it's ability to play nice with software. But most of those have been cleared up as software has adapted.
My main beef with PC's isn't the PC. For what they do they're fast and cheap. For gaming you go PC. For working in an office typing reports and emails, you go PC. For graphics... you go MAC. And it's getting to be for the average person only going online and emailing and doing reports and what not, I believe apple laptops are the way to go. But that's just me.
My main beef with PC's is MICROSOFT. They're lazy and WAY behind the times. They got too big and stopped progressing the way they should have been and it's starting to catch up to them. I HATE... HATE EVERY MICROSOFT product that isn't called an XBOX or isn't a mouse.
After announcements today, I am extra happy that I bought my MB in November. The MBAir is a very different product which I would not have wanted to buy at this time. I need the optical drive, extra ports, hard drive space, 4 GBs of RAM, etc. and paid less than $1799 to get all of them.
Nope. I got mine 3 months ago. I was a little worried what the mac conference was to bring, but now I am relieved...nothing
macbook kills macbook air. and for the price.. you just cant complain. macbook air is simply not worht that amount of money
Eh...I should have bought that Macbook two months ago...damn it.
I guess I'll just wait for another update, even if it's 100 days. I really don't need it yet since I don't start University till next January. I really just want one
I guess I'll just wait for another update, even if it's 100 days. I really don't need it yet since I don't start University till next January. I really just want one
Very nice but I wouldn't buy one
Now very glad I bought my SR MacBook 3 months ago. If thin is your bag and you want to pay a premium for it then go for it, but I need 2 USBs, a firewire, a DVD burner and change left from 800 pounds so I'm glad I didn't wait.
Now very glad I bought my SR MacBook 3 months ago. If thin is your bag and you want to pay a premium for it then go for it, but I need 2 USBs, a firewire, a DVD burner and change left from 800 pounds so I'm glad I didn't wait.
So after Macworld, i have no remore.
yes sure, i cool little thin laptop would have been cool, but i don't need one. and paying a premium for a thinner laptop, thats less powerful, wouldn't have been for me. they're two totally different things.
i definetly WILL be visiting my local apple store in the next couple of weeks tho to have a play
yes sure, i cool little thin laptop would have been cool, but i don't need one. and paying a premium for a thinner laptop, thats less powerful, wouldn't have been for me. they're two totally different things.
i definetly WILL be visiting my local apple store in the next couple of weeks tho to have a play
after today
i have no remorse at all, im so glad i did not wait and bought my MBP 2 weeks ago
1stly, the MBA specs is a huge disappointment (extreme downgrade) except for the slim design ( which many will not care )
2ndly, no MBP update, which makes me the happiest man for at least many months to come
i have no remorse at all, im so glad i did not wait and bought my MBP 2 weeks ago
1stly, the MBA specs is a huge disappointment (extreme downgrade) except for the slim design ( which many will not care )
2ndly, no MBP update, which makes me the happiest man for at least many months to come
i definetly WILL be visiting my local apple store in the next couple of weeks tho to have a play
Are the Airs in the Apple stores now? If not, anyone know when they'll get 'em? I don't feel like searching for the answer or reading though tons of posts right now.
Online store: preorder now, shipping in two weeks. I would guess it'll be in the stores then too...?
My MacBook which I purchased in May 2006 outperforms the current MacBook Air.
The MacBook I replaced it with in November 2007 has a much faster processor, double the size of hard drive an optical drive, a microphone socket, a firewire port, proper video out and real speakers. If you buy a MacBook Air you get none of that for more price.
I simply cannot see why anyone thinks this thing is a good deal or in any way relevant to them. It might be thinner but the damn thing is THE SAME width and depth. This isn't going to allow you to put the MacBook into your bag which is too small to hold a MacBook, it's just going to have this illusion of coolness by being thin.
Honestly, paying more money for a lesser computer is just ludicrous.
The MacBook I replaced it with in November 2007 has a much faster processor, double the size of hard drive an optical drive, a microphone socket, a firewire port, proper video out and real speakers. If you buy a MacBook Air you get none of that for more price.
I simply cannot see why anyone thinks this thing is a good deal or in any way relevant to them. It might be thinner but the damn thing is THE SAME width and depth. This isn't going to allow you to put the MacBook into your bag which is too small to hold a MacBook, it's just going to have this illusion of coolness by being thin.
Honestly, paying more money for a lesser computer is just ludicrous.
But I think that the image is saying that you can fit in an internal mail envelope. So, if you're going to your company's other offices then you can save the bother of carrying the laptop yourself and even if you're going to a different company you can send it by courier or post because it only weighs 3 lb, much less than your bulky old MBP. Useful, yes? Of course, if your delivery man lost it or scratched it you would naturally disembowel him. But this is a minor inconvenience.
But isn't that just a novelty really? Kind of like the Wii with it's Wiimote? After a while you just get over it. I mean the Macbook and the Macbook Pro are pretty damn easy to lug around already. Does one really need these anorexic laptops?
No Buyers Remorse here
In advance, I apologize for posting this in a Mac forum. As a long time PC owner who has learned some basic stuff about them, I know that they do not "just work". A month ago, I bought an Airport Extreme (N), and was so pleased with it's usability, that I bought an Airport Express (G) to stream music.This has been problematic, because it forced me to change the settings on the extreme, from 5Mhz down to 2.4 mhz. For whatever reason, the Express has not been substantially upgraded in years. Now, with my Extreme stuck in N mode with G support, and no new announcements at Macworld for new a new upgraded Express, I'm a bit baffled. My expensive Wifi extreme only works at half speed in this mode.
Myself, and many Mac users found adding external drives to the USB ports, on the Extreme impossible, I read the Mac forums and nobody was happy about the lack of a great feature, that was claimed on the box. Nonetheless I was impressed with the simplicity and attractiveness of the Extreme and found it's single green light to be reassuring that all was well. I was more than ready to jump ship, and was quite serious about leaving camp Win/Tel for the greener pastures in Macland. I was a bit put off by the prices of Macbooks, and the lack of the great graphics I have now on my Fujitsu laptop, but still wished for the simplicity that Apple has always been known for, and those pretty designs. I spent quite a bit of time reading up on Macs was quite surprised to learn that they ran on intel brains, were only supported strongly by fanboys who insulted anyone who even had a minor complaint about their Mac, and noticed that even with Apple's newfound success, there was next to nothing available for Mac's. P.C's, warts and all have bazillions of programs that support the platform. Yes, many of them are crap, but a lot are great too. I like having a lot to choose from, and knew I would miss that. Then the greedy side of Macs surfaced. I saw an "enabling" fee that allowed hardware that was already purchased, already on the Motherboard, yet Apple users were forced to pay a few bucks just to use N wi-fi, that they already owned! that is insane! Now, today at Macworld, Ipod users are forced to pay twice to continue playing games they already own. Apple TV owners, get a free software upgrade that allows them to watch rented movies that sill not support HD. Also, Apple pulled an Iphone, on them and cut the ATV prices by $70 dollars. The real kick in the pants though, was an external drive for the Time Machine feature in Leopard that has never worked at all, until this way overpriced proprietary drive was released to the applause of the cheering drones. At that, I drove to Best Buy, where I noticed about 20 wifi products for PC's were available for half the price of my crappy (yet pretty) Extreme router had cost. At that point, my yearnings for a pretty, easily usable Macbook were history. My 15.4 inch Fujitsu cost $600 dollars less than a less powerful Mac, that had crappy graphics and half the memory, as well as a wimpier intel CPU. The best thing about it is that Vista boots in well under a minute,thanks to intels Turbo memory (unavailable on Mac's), the OS has never crashed in over a year to the point of seeing MSFT's "'blue screen of death" or requiring a reboot of a hung system. After arriving home, I played some tunes on my stereo (streamed from my Zune 80), thought aout the money I had saved while buying better harder, a stronger OS, enjoyed my Ipod killer, and was proud of the choices in hardware, software and accesories that the Mac fanboys find acceptable. With all those choices, Ill never be a slave to MSFT, the way that Apple Drones are boinked on a daily basis by Jobs, and it's gone on for so long that they praise him like a prophet, while I buy P.C.'s and peripherals made by a hundred different companies that compete on quality, features and price, No,I dont think I will get bend over by Jobs, and worship every expensive crumb he tosses my way.
In advance, I apologize for posting this in a Mac forum. As a long time PC owner who has learned some basic stuff about them, I know that they do not "just work". A month ago, I bought an Airport Extreme (N), and was so pleased with it's usability, that I bought an Airport Express (G) to stream music.This has been problematic, because it forced me to change the settings on the extreme, from 5Mhz down to 2.4 mhz. For whatever reason, the Express has not been substantially upgraded in years. Now, with my Extreme stuck in N mode with G support, and no new announcements at Macworld for new a new upgraded Express, I'm a bit baffled. My expensive Wifi extreme only works at half speed in this mode.
Myself, and many Mac users found adding external drives to the USB ports, on the Extreme impossible, I read the Mac forums and nobody was happy about the lack of a great feature, that was claimed on the box. Nonetheless I was impressed with the simplicity and attractiveness of the Extreme and found it's single green light to be reassuring that all was well. I was more than ready to jump ship, and was quite serious about leaving camp Win/Tel for the greener pastures in Macland. I was a bit put off by the prices of Macbooks, and the lack of the great graphics I have now on my Fujitsu laptop, but still wished for the simplicity that Apple has always been known for, and those pretty designs. I spent quite a bit of time reading up on Macs was quite surprised to learn that they ran on intel brains, were only supported strongly by fanboys who insulted anyone who even had a minor complaint about their Mac, and noticed that even with Apple's newfound success, there was next to nothing available for Mac's. P.C's, warts and all have bazillions of programs that support the platform. Yes, many of them are crap, but a lot are great too. I like having a lot to choose from, and knew I would miss that. Then the greedy side of Macs surfaced. I saw an "enabling" fee that allowed hardware that was already purchased, already on the Motherboard, yet Apple users were forced to pay a few bucks just to use N wi-fi, that they already owned! that is insane! Now, today at Macworld, Ipod users are forced to pay twice to continue playing games they already own. Apple TV owners, get a free software upgrade that allows them to watch rented movies that sill not support HD. Also, Apple pulled an Iphone, on them and cut the ATV prices by $70 dollars. The real kick in the pants though, was an external drive for the Time Machine feature in Leopard that has never worked at all, until this way overpriced proprietary drive was released to the applause of the cheering drones. At that, I drove to Best Buy, where I noticed about 20 wifi products for PC's were available for half the price of my crappy (yet pretty) Extreme router had cost. At that point, my yearnings for a pretty, easily usable Macbook were history. My 15.4 inch Fujitsu cost $600 dollars less than a less powerful Mac, that had crappy graphics and half the memory, as well as a wimpier intel CPU. The best thing about it is that Vista boots in well under a minute,thanks to intels Turbo memory (unavailable on Mac's), the OS has never crashed in over a year to the point of seeing MSFT's "'blue screen of death" or requiring a reboot of a hung system. After arriving home, I played some tunes on my stereo (streamed from my Zune 80), thought aout the money I had saved while buying better harder, a stronger OS, enjoyed my Ipod killer, and was proud of the choices in hardware, software and accesories that the Mac fanboys find acceptable. With all those choices, Ill never be a slave to MSFT, the way that Apple Drones are boinked on a daily basis by Jobs, and it's gone on for so long that they praise him like a prophet, while I buy P.C.'s and peripherals made by a hundred different companies that compete on quality, features and price, No,I dont think I will get bend over by Jobs, and worship every expensive crumb he tosses my way.
Well, if MacWorld came with a fantastical Black Aluminium 13'' MacBook Pro with all the trimmings, then I might feel a slight pang of remorse. But seeing the new 'Air, no remorse at all. Pretty glad I bought my BlackBook a couple of months ago.
I can't really tell if you're joking, but I would never put an expensive laptop in an envelope