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10-16-2008, 11:33 AM
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10-16-2008, 11:48 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Levy's Leathers Moderator | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Toronto/Niagara Falls, Ontario | | | Looks like a mac to me.
I want one, but I'm a PC guy. |
10-16-2008, 11:50 AM
| | TB's resident Rush freak | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Minneapolis, MN | | The only complaint I have about the new MacBook Pros is that they got rid of the matte display option (glossy only, it seems).
Other than that, VERY cool.
My current one is almost three years old, so a new one should be coming in a few months (our office tries to rotate machines every three years).
I do have a serious complaint about the new MacBooks (non-pro), though...WHY DID THEY GET RID OF FIREWIRE?!?!?!? 
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10-16-2008, 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted by mrokern  I do have a serious complaint about the new MacBooks (non-pro), though...WHY DID THEY GET RID OF FIREWIRE?!?!?!? | This is a jolly good question.
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10-16-2008, 12:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada | | | I got a HP notebook that has better hardware for almost the third of the price of the mac book pro ( and here I talk about the most expensive one). So..... overpriced, but sleek
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10-16-2008, 01:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: (M)a$$hole. | | | Well, no offense, HP kinda sucks. They're like the KIA of the PC world. Just sayin. Toshiba isn't too great either. You get what you pay for.
This coming from a PC guy. |
10-16-2008, 01:36 PM
| | | | My sisters HP notebook blew a motherboard and a battery inside a year.....Warranty covered it but still....
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10-16-2008, 01:43 PM
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10-16-2008, 02:34 PM
| | TB's resident Rush freak | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Minneapolis, MN | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Read Icculus I don't think they're worth it (over the old). It's nice that they're slimmer and all but it sucks they don't have a firewire port. The new trackpad sounds interesting. The graphics are good enough for me and I like the glossy screen on my macbook pro. | The Pros still have firewire. It only went away on the regular MacBooks.
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10-16-2008, 04:22 PM
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Originally Posted by hover Well, no offense, HP kinda sucks. They're like the KIA of the PC world. Just sayin. Toshiba isn't too great either. You get what you pay for.
This coming from a PC guy. | and tell me, what would be a good notebook.
I kinda shopped for a long time for it. At first, I was supposed to get a dell XPS with extras and guess what, after 4 months it wasn't ready yet. Sure there are Alienwares and such, but they aren't affordable much. I'd say, for the price I paid, it kicks major asses and if you have something better for the same price, please show me it.
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Originally Posted by Jim Campbell grand daddy used to say that the more he learned about people the better he liked horses | |
10-16-2008, 05:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Listowel/KW Ontario | | | Nice, although the lack of firewire on the regular ones sucks. Although if you need it for much, it is worth paying out for the macbook pro, because final cut comes on it and whatever program that you will be running will run better. The loss of firewire isn't a big deal for 99% of users, and the other users will just buy the pro.
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10-16-2008, 06:22 PM
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Originally Posted by flipper_gv and tell me, what would be a good notebook.
I kinda shopped for a long time for it. At first, I was supposed to get a dell XPS with extras and guess what, after 4 months it wasn't ready yet. Sure there are Alienwares and such, but they aren't affordable much. I'd say, for the price I paid, it kicks major asses and if you have something better for the same price, please show me it. | Well for one thing your kinda snide "neener neener" attitude prompted my reply. It's the same Apple / PC debate cost vs. this and that every time. I bet dollar to donuts your notebook is not made of rigid milled aluminum for starters...or that it has dual graphics processors for two...but why quibble?
That said, in re: to HP & Toshiba, it isn't just me saying it man, coulda sworn this was just "known" by people who know better about PC manufacturers...it's not a matter of price but the quality of the components and the soundness of design...but I wish you the best with your notebook. But I will say I know of not one person who has had good experience with the HP/Compaq brand.
Personally, I would have bought the Apple... or the Dell.
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10-16-2008, 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by iamlowsound Nice, although the lack of firewire on the regular ones sucks. Although if you need it for much, it is worth paying out for the macbook pro, because final cut comes on it and whatever program that you will be running will run better. The loss of firewire isn't a big deal for 99% of users, and the other users will just buy the pro.
lowsound | Final Cut doesn't come on it...iMovie does.
Final Cut kicks absolute butt, though!!! I need to upgrade my copy one of these days.
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10-16-2008, 07:27 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Ontario | | | they probably removed the matte version because it turns to gloss in certain ares. |
10-16-2008, 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Kenneth Faria they probably removed the matte version because it turns to gloss in certain ares. | What do you mean? My matte is still just as matte as it was the day I got it back in 2006... 
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10-16-2008, 08:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Sacramento, CA | | | Anyone using a gloss one? They look alright in the store lighting... but how do they fare outside and in the sun? |
10-16-2008, 09:32 PM
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10-17-2008, 12:33 AM
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Originally Posted by bad_andy Yeah, I've seen them. My reaction was WANT. | me too. this place gives me enough GAS in the form of basses, now i have mac GAS too...
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10-17-2008, 01:21 AM
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10-17-2008, 07:10 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Madison, NJ | | | Oh they're beautiful. I was excited about the new Macbooks until I noticed there was no longer Firewire. I just bought an external DVD burner, but then again, if I buy a Pro, I'd likely get the Superdrive, so who cares? Bring on the new ones!
When I graduate college in May, I'm getting a new Mac while I still get the student discount, and it looks like the new Macbook, or even Pro will do the trick.
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