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Apple Macs Are they worth it?

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  • Marty_J
    Marty_J Posts: 6,594 Forumite
    Leopard wrote: »
    I'm surprised that little BlackBook hasn't already sold (particularly after being mentioned on here!). It's got a great spec and it probably looks like new.

    It would blow the socks off what the OP is thinking of buying.

    And, of course, it has Firewire.

    I'm not sure I agree. The white MacBooks still have FireWire, and their NVIDIA graphics card is a lot better than the Intel one the black MacBook comes with.

    The black MacBook has a bigger hard drive and a slightly faster processor. The OP is getting a brand new MacBook with three years AppleCare for £100 less than the cost of the used one.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 4,466 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Leopard wrote: »
    She brought excellent wine, sipped half a bottle of champagne before dinner, drank Sancerre with the first course, iced vodka with the interlude, most of a bottle of Burgundy with the main course, port with the cheese, Moscatel with the desert and Armagnac with the coffee.

    Has she got a drink problem :p
  • Leopard
    Leopard Posts: 1,786 Forumite
    anewhope wrote: »

    Has she got a drink problem :p


    Not since she gave up using Windows. :p


    Is your new avatar a picture of a wine rack?

    Don't laugh at banana republics. :rotfl:

    As a result of how you voted in the last three General Elections,
    you'd now be better off living in one.

  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 4,466 Forumite
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    Leopard wrote: »
    Not since she gave up using Windows. :p


    Is your new avatar a picture of a wine rack?

    Nope, it's a guitar amplifier.
  • RussWWFC
    RussWWFC Posts: 573 Forumite
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    Dug up this old thread to continue on the discussion.

    I bought an Acer Laptop last June after being fed up of my ugly old Dell. It's a decent looking thing, 13" screen which is very important for portability.

    But there is one drawback... IT RUNS WINDOWS VISTA!!!

    Before I wouldn't have even considered a Mac, as I was perfectly happy with XP. Vista even screwed up my main gaming PC, so much that I binned it (Ok, sold it on eBay) and bought myself a PS3.

    I thought Vista would be OK for general stuff like the internet, but it's still not very reliable. In fact I'm on a good run at the moment - about a week without me wanting to throw it out the window!

    I've seen MacBooks on the gadget show and in real life and have been really impressed.

    But I can't justify upgrading so soon, that is unless there are some amazing offers. I'm looking for something small, powerful and with great battery life.

    I don't seem to recall seeing any MacBook's on broadband dongle offers, probably as they cost a fair whack, but then you could always put some money down up front
    Wycombe Till I Die
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