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what mac should I get?

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Thanks for clarifying that hmmm

 
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NBG - 13 March 2014 03:51 PM

Dyldo you really seem to have more money than sense lately.  Mac over what TJ mentioned is costing you mucho money, sense cause I still fail to believe how bad you farked up with that chick on the plane.

Actually I’ve decided to cause you some serious McPain, Rodney Rude style next time we catch up, you’ve got 85 days by Hoz’s count I think ha ha ha ha!

awww why the f**k did you have to remind me about that…

You just named two things I dont have, money and sense LOL

Why Mac? I have used Windows 8 solidly and I f#(king hate it. And I have a phone and a tablet, I don’t another touch screen device

 
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go to the apple store, have a good look, that’ll decide you, one way or another. Remember, bigger is always better wink

 
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As for upgrading RAM/memory - it doesn’t have to be done when you purchase it. There are cheaper aftermarket mac authorized suppliers that sell equal to better upgrades.

If you have a decent LED or Plasma at home, I wouldn’t waste money on retina display unless all your usage is away from home. I didn’t with my MacBook Pro it plugs into my TV easier than a dvd player.
You will need at least 2 portable external drives or always good access to fast internet so you can get to your cloud storage.

I prefer mac because of the ease of use and longevity. I’ll pay for that.
But often advise people to consider PC as a bang for buck option.
You can run mac OS on a PC, it requires some geek knowledge but then you need a little geek ability to operate a PC.
Mac doesn’t need any computer geekiness to operate.

 
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spaz - 13 March 2014 06:47 PM

As for upgrading RAM/memory - it doesn’t have to be done when you purchase it. There are cheaper aftermarket mac authorized suppliers that sell equal to better upgrades.

Im not moding it after I buy it, full stop.

spaz - 13 March 2014 06:47 PM

If you have a decent LED or Plasma at home, I wouldn’t waste money on retina display unless all your usage is away from home. I didn’t with my MacBook Pro it plugs into my TV easier than a dvd player.

95% of the time im away from home

spaz - 13 March 2014 06:47 PM

You will need at least 2 portable external drives or always good access to fast internet so you can get to your cloud storage.

Ive been using a 16gb tablet with a couple of micro sd cards, I think ill be right for awaile

spaz - 13 March 2014 06:47 PM

I prefer mac because of the ease of use and longevity. I’ll pay for that.
But often advise people to consider PC as a bang for buck option.
You can run mac OS on a PC, it requires some geek knowledge but then you need a little geek ability to operate a PC.
Mac doesn’t need any computer geekiness to operate.

Ive been through enough pc’s I want a change

 
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do you want to do edits and stuff? The more RAM you have the better, and the faster processor obviously.
Not sure about the solid state, but the other RAM, i.e. for the pro, is pretty much plug and play.

Personally, I need again want a laptop, (of any kind they die too fast) I want the desktop, and an iPad. occasionally, we take a laptop for work, but seriously, other than photo stuff, we can pretty much do it all on iPad now.

 
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DylanV - 13 March 2014 05:42 PM

Why Mac? I have used Windows 8 solidly and I f#(king hate it. And I have a phone and a tablet, I don’t another touch screen device

Hey mate, I was with you on the Windows 8 part, thought it was a joke.

After using it for a while and changing some of the crap they load it with, it’s the best operating system I’ve used.

That’s the problem with this version of windows. You need to do too much to make it useable. Like turing off all the screen edge actions, some of the touch crap and installing programs that use the desktop rather than the apps which are utter crap if you ask me.

If they don’t make Windows 9 easy to use, there won’t be a Windows 10…

The other option is to buy a Windows computer and install Win7 on it?

 
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I got this one
My new mac

 
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I told you to get a GoPro?????

 
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Mizu Kuma - 15 March 2014 02:34 PM

I told you to get a GoPro?????

IVE GOT A GOPRO!!!!!!

 
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No need to yell at me!!!!!

 
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$1729 for an I5 with 8gb ram… not really a great deal… though it is a mac so I always expected a $400 surcharge for no apparent reason…

 
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DylanV - 15 March 2014 02:01 PM

I got this one
My new mac

You already ordered it mate?

DSE has 10% off macs atm.

This looks to be similar specs
http://www.dicksmith.com.au/apple-computers/apple-macbook-pro-with-retina-display-13-3-2-4ghz-dsau-xa1159

 
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TJswish - 15 March 2014 04:23 PM

$1729 for an I5 with 8gb ram… not really a great deal… though it is a mac so I always expected a $400 surcharge for no apparent reason…

It was only a matter of time!!!!!

 
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Mizu Kuma - 15 March 2014 04:54 PM

It was only a matter of time!!!!!

Bet you were disappointed in me!  LOL