I'm Thinking About Buying A Mac Laptop. Any Advice For Me? - GoFuckYourself.com

SteveHardeman · 05-21-2012, 05:13 PM

My Windows laptops seem to crash and burn too often. I don't need anything fancy. Internet, some business apps, save pictures/videos. I don't need any special graphics. Just a cheap used one would be fine for what I need it for.

I have an iPad but I rarely use it. Other than that, I've never owned an Apple product. All the cool kids are lining up to give their money to Apple so I wanna be like them. Any advice on what I should buy and from where I should buy it?

Babaganoosh · 05-21-2012, 05:23 PM

First get some skinny jeans at American Eagle or The Gap. Make sure you have a man purse. Then you need some little square glasses. Next, you absolutely MUST have a scarf. Last but definitely not least, get a starbucks cup. Even if filled with water, it's a must have.

Bonus points if you own a pastel colored moped or a tweed jacket.

bronco67 · 05-21-2012, 05:27 PM

get the pretty white one with the apple logo on the lid. It goes well with the decor in Starbucks, which is its natural habitat.

DateDoc · 05-21-2012, 05:27 PM

Wait a month or so. Most should be getting a refresh soon. All MacBook Pro laptops will get new chips in June. Macbook Air might get updated too.

candyflip · 05-21-2012, 05:33 PM

Definitely wait a month or so. Unless you want "last years model", which they have just started discounting.

Phoenix · 05-21-2012, 05:36 PM

buy some nice berkenstocks first to get used to it

Mr Pheer · 05-21-2012, 05:41 PM

I switched to the 2.5Ghz 17" Macbook Pro, and like it so much that it is now my main computer. Takes a small learning curve but I'm doing things faster now than I did on my PC.

BigRod · 05-21-2012, 05:50 PM

Love my Macs..!

MattPIVO · 05-21-2012, 05:53 PM

I have the cool white plastic one with the awesome mac symbol that lights up on the back...it's gotten me a lot of friends within the artsy crowd.

All jokes aside, it's a great computer but I'm not sure if I will buy it again. Don't really do anything on here that would make it necessary for me to have a Mac. Excel takes forever to load. If you like to upgrade your computer every few years then I'd get a regular PC. You pay a significant premium that probably isn't worth it, if your just using it to use a computer.

billywatson · 05-21-2012, 05:56 PM

WARNING: Once ya go Mac, you never go back.

facialfreak · 05-21-2012, 06:01 PM

I love my 2011 8GB Intel i7 MacBook Pro

I was never a "fanboy" .... I had used Windows, and Linux, and I have also played on a few iMacs prior ... I really didn't have a preference overall, but more so depended on what I was doing ...

But fast forward 10 months after using the MacBook Pro as my main computer - for both work and play - I must say I will be a customer for life, and yes I do feel my productivity has greatly improved - both due to HOW Mac gets things done ... but also the fact that I spend less time with maintaining my computer - it just works!!

SteveHardeman · 05-22-2012, 04:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Babaganoosh

First get some skinny jeans at American Eagle or The Gap. Make sure you have a man purse. Then you need some little square glasses. Next, you absolutely MUST have a scarf. Last but definitely not least, get a starbucks cup. Even if filled with water, it's a must have.

Bonus points if you own a pastel colored moped or a tweed jacket.

Is there, like, a deal where all of this comes together in one package?

Thanks to everyone for the input.

"GGG" Guenter · 05-22-2012, 04:20 AM

I also would recommend you to wait a little before you buy the Macbook - then you will get the newest version

By the way - I was ages a Win User - In meanwhile I love my Macbook pro more then every PC

Greets from Austria
"GGG" Guenter

Choopa Phil · 05-22-2012, 06:26 AM

i just made the switch from a PC to a Mac and I can honestly say I couldnt be happier. My windows machine was terrible and extremely unstable. 13" MBP with an SSD and 8 gig ram. Would never go back to a PC again

Supz · 05-22-2012, 07:04 AM

Join the herd sheep. Its the user not the operating system.

tony286 · 05-22-2012, 07:12 AM

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Originally Posted by GGG" Guenter;18958926]I also would recommend you to wait a little before you buy the Macbook - then you will get the newest version :thumbsup

By the way - I was ages a Win User - In meanwhile I love my Macbook pro more then every PC :1orglaugh

Greets from Austria
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Yeah the new ones are coming out soon. if you dont mind a version behind, microcenter has great prices and you can get applecare.

DamianJ · 05-22-2012, 07:24 AM

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Originally Posted by DateDoc

Wait a month or so. Most should be getting a refresh soon. All MacBook Pro laptops will get new chips in June. Macbook Air might get updated too.

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NaughtyRob · 05-22-2012, 09:12 AM

Agreed Macbook Pro!

Bryan G · 05-22-2012, 09:14 AM

I just switched to a Mac myself. In fact today is the first day I am using it,

DamianJ · 05-22-2012, 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by MattPIVO

Excel takes forever to load

You know how iTunes is good on a Mac, and shit on Windows? Equally, MS software is good (ahem) on a Windows machine, and shit on a Mac.

Get the trial version of iWork, and check out Numbers. Pisses on Excel. IMHO.

magicmike · 05-22-2012, 10:01 AM

I like my macbook air. Powerful enough to use as my everyday work computer.

L-Pink · 05-22-2012, 10:21 AM

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