18 years ago we took our daughter to Disney World in Florida. I still have fond memories of that trip. I don't have any fond memories of the computer I was using back then.
Vacation. Time spent with your kids >>>>>>>>>>>> a computer that you will replace in a few years.
I put off purchasing a rMBP to go on vacation with my wife and kids so that my wife could visit her 93 year old gramma and my kids could visit Legoland. No brainer for me.
18 years ago we took our daughter to Disney World in Florida. I still have fond memories of that trip. I don't have any fond memories of the computer I was using back then.
18 years ago we took our daughter to Disney World in Florida. I still have fond memories of that trip. I don't have any fond memories of the computer I was using back then.
Thanks to everyone that gave me positive feedback... to the "haters" keep your comments to yourself!
I own a iMac 27" 2011, and an Macbook Air 13" 2011... I want to purchase a DSLR camera and Photoshop Lightroom 4. I plan to either go on vacation with my 12 year old to Universal Orlando & Island of Adventure & Wet N WIld & the Magic Kingdom in Florida or I was going to give my Macbook Air 13" to my son and purchase a new MacBook Pro 13" so I can put the Photoshop Lightroom 4 on my new Macbook Pro 13".. Should I purchase the new Macbook Pro or should I take my 12 year old on vacation in Orlando? (We went on vacation and did all, and I mean all of the Theme parks in California about 2 years ago, Disney Land, Disney Land Adventure, Knotts Berry Farm, Six Flags Magic Mountain for 2 days, Universal Studios, and Santa Monica Beach) Please help, Oh and even If we don't go to Orlando and I purchase the MacBook Pro, I'm still gonna take him to Wisconsin Dells this Summer...
I don't really get where all this outrage is coming from. It's not "spending time with my child or giving them a computer", it's "take two vacations, or give me child a computer and take a vacation this summer".
OP, either way you're doing just fine. It seems here that you love your child quite a bit. You can't make a wrong choice here, so either ask your son, or flip a coin.
My parents would never have bothered to give me the a choice like that at 12 years old. I would have been "forced" into the vacation and would have loved every minute of it.
I own a iMac 27" 2011, and an Macbook Air 13" 2011... I want to purchase a DSLR camera and Photoshop Lightroom 4. I plan to either go on vacation with my 12 year old to Universal Orlando & Island of Adventure & Wet N WIld & the Magic Kingdom in Florida or I was going to give my Macbook Air 13" to my son and purchase a new MacBook Pro 13" so I can put the Photoshop Lightroom 4 on my new Macbook Pro 13".. Should I purchase the new Macbook Pro or should I take my 12 year old on vacation in Orlando? (We went on vacation and did all, and I mean all of the Theme parks in California about 2 years ago, Disney Land, Disney Land Adventure, Knotts Berry Farm, Six Flags Magic Mountain for 2 days, Universal Studios, and Santa Monica Beach) Please help, Oh and even If we don't go to Orlando and I purchase the MacBook Pro, I'm still gonna take him to Wisconsin Dells this Summer...
The kid is going on vacation either way, it's just a matter of where. The Dells are a ton of fun. I'd rather go there than Orlando anyway.
Orlando is over rated and the memories fade...