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5/21/2006 11:19:24 PM

I'm going to wait till the end of the summer to see what bugs come up, but I'm def going to pick up a macbook. I've been looking at powerbooks, used powerbooks, ibooks, etc for 6 months and planned on picking up a refurb for around $700. The specs on the Macbook blow anything I've looked at away.

Not a poweruser by any stretch, but will probably be working with GRASS soon and need a computer with more umph. Damn GIS.

5/22/2006 8:42:58 AM

Quote :

"not sure if i understand why it's open 24 hours, but the layout is incredible. I love the glass staircase ascending into the glass cube. "

There's pretty much people walking around in NY all the time. 1 AM, and there was STILL a massive line:

http://www.apple.com/retail/fifthavenue/ <- 24hr time lapse (the 5AM has an interesting easter egg)

http://www.apple.com/retail/fifthavenue/winners.html

Also, Apple was giving away 1 Macbook every hour. The 7PM guy looks like a skinnier esgargs, and the 4AM guy is dressed like a hobo.

5/22/2006 2:26:43 PM

i was in an apple store over the weekend and i heard an employee telling a middle aged customer that the macbook comes in 3.66 or 4 ghz.... because it's dual core.

oh, 8pm winner, seriously, man or woman?


[Edited on May 23, 2006 at 1:07 PM. Reason : ]

5/23/2006 1:05:31 PM

it's not married

5/23/2006 1:14:27 PM

Quote :

"oh, 8pm winner, seriously, man or woman?"

MacFag.

5/23/2006 1:15:56 PM

ars technica full review:

http://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware/macbook.ars

5/24/2006 4:23:17 PM

hey fellas - i went in there finally tonight so i took a few more pics for ya, i'm not super happy with the quality of the pics, but the place is pretty nice, and 24/7

pics:





-ZiP!-

5/27/2006 10:50:46 PM

I may buy a MacBook Pro with educational discount from the NCSU store on tax free weekend (with free shipping).

5/28/2006 8:27:44 AM

^By then there should also be an additional special promotion, epescially if school of design can get their shit together and decide what they're going to want the students to have.

5/28/2006 10:28:24 AM

Yeah, I had the idea of getting a Macbook Pro on the same weekend. Mmmm.. educational discount.

5/28/2006 12:58:53 PM

You may want to check out the ADC student membership. For $99 you get a get monthly developer tool updates on CD, an extra copy of the latest OS on DVD, and a rather large discount on 1 piece of hardware. For instance, my Macbook Pro was 1599+tax+99 fee. The savings obviously won't be as much on a regular Macbook or Mac Mini though.

http://developer.apple.com/students/

You must be a full time student and be able to fax Apple a copy of your class schedule as proof. Your major doesn't matter as far as I know.

5/28/2006 2:00:36 PM