Wheres my remote?

[Macs4u]

Hi,

Just bought a new macbook from Comet in the UK. It doesnt come with an apple front row remote. Is it supposed to have one or not?

If not can i buy one and it will work or does it have to be programmed to my particular macbook?

Matt

 

[logana]

No - it doesn't ship with the remote now (since the last processor upgrade about 3/4 months ago).

£19 from Apple or less than half of that from eBay.

Any new Apple remote will operate your MacBook - you can pair the remote to your Mac but you don't need to (unless you have a room full of MacBooks and then it is different).

 

[Chundles]

The MacBooks and MacBook Pro don't come with a remote. You can buy one and it will work out of the box. You can choose to pair it with your machine so that it won't work with any other machine.

 

[queshy]

OP, looks like you kinda got Steved, lol.

You can buy one from Apple. It will work right away but as others have mentioned it's a good idea to pair the device (check out apple.com help for specific instructions) so that your remote doesn't mess around w/ other devices.

 

[franzmueller]

I paid ( here in Spain ) the same for my Ibook G3 700 MHz back then in 2003 what I paid some weeks ago for my Macbook 2,2 GHz

SO yeah .... Apple has to save somewhere ...

Saludos

 

[illidian]

Y'see, it's kind of like how the 3G iPhone no longer contains a dock.

 

[alphaod]

Y'see, it's kind of like how the 3G iPhone no longer contains a dock.

Yeah they stopped including wall chargers on iPods since the 4th Gen, the iPhone wall block looks like crap, and I wouldn't be surprised if Apple only sold computer chargers with rabbit ear and not the longer 3-prong extension (sold separately).