Apple Laptop Sales?

[nabs]

and i did not know about the bullet proof armour plastic thing, thaks for telling me, cuz i was wondering why would Apple make a cheap product. but that explains it quite clear. im looking on getting a new laptop and iBook may be an option.

[stringbeans]

yeah macs are an awesome option for anyone looking for a lappy, but i think if i was looking into buying a mac lappy i'd wait till their new x86 proc comes out

[sidekick]

i have a 12" powerbook and have had it for a couple months and totally love it. i would never go with anything other than a mac now. i can rip a DVD onto my hardrive, encode video in final cut pro, play music on iTunes and surf the web at the same time...all without my computer slowing down at all.

[fable]

yeah macs are an awesome option for anyone looking for a lappy, but i think if i was looking into buying a mac lappy i'd wait till their new x86 proc comes out

whens the new proc. slated to come out? Are they even going to be in the ibooks? Like i mentioned before, im so over the "keeping up with the jones" mindset with electronics. I wait a year or so, let all the quick trigger fingers troubleshoot and act as lab rats, then im in! I need a laptop NOW!! Looks like london drugs and future shop had marginally cheaper base models, but still more expensive then what i would get at an apple only store with a student discount. But i think retail is going to be automatically higher in price, so ill investigate sfu tommorow and perhaps just order online.

have a 12" powerbook and have had it for a couple months and totally love it. i would never go with anything other than a mac now. i can rip a DVD onto my hardrive, encode video in final cut pro, play music on iTunes and surf the web at the same time...all without my computer slowing down at all.

Ill be doing similair work with video, running photoshop + illustrator, dl'ing off soulseek, listening to music, talking to heads on messenger, surfing the net, word processing, printing, and spilling coffee at the same time ;)

[Leviathan]

^ they could be coming out as soon as the 8th. Mac World expo in SF is where they release major announcements and the rumour sites are saying x86 processors cpu's are ready. They just don't know weather it will be a mac mini, or laptop yet. Your best bet is to hold on a couple weeks and wait for that keynote.

[esoter1c]

Originally Posted by stringbeans

yuuup

[stringbeans]

yeah i read somewhere that apple's deciding to implement the lappys first, to ease the transition for users or something

[fable]

anyone got more intel on this new processor thats supposed to be coming out?

[MissBehavior]

Originally Posted by stringbeans

yeah macs are an awesome option for anyone looking for a lappy, but i think if i was looking into buying a mac lappy i'd wait till their new x86 proc comes out

*comes*

I mean...uuuuuuuuh...Yeah...I want.

[Leviathan]

Yonah

http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1427

Originally Posted by fable

anyone got more intel on this new processor thats supposed to be coming out?

[juice]

i bought my powerbook in the summer for $300

....i was sleeping with the salesperson though =P

[thebobman]

Wait Until January
buy from The Mac Station or an Authorized Apple Reseller the best prices are usually at Authorized Educational Resellers

[fable]

Originally Posted by thebobman

Wait Until January
buy from The Mac Station or an Authorized Apple Reseller the best prices are usually at Authorized Educational Resellers

mac station eh? Never heard of this store-cool! I know the stores at educational facilaties have the discount for students, but simply computers doesnt offer it, so im assuming the mac station probably doesnt either. But thx for the intel(no pun intended) im going to wait, and then hit up the microcomputer store at SFU.

IM STOKED! Rumour has it that the ibooks might be around 200 $ cheaper! I can spend the money i save on a blu tooth tablet!! :)

[nabs]

umm, mac station is the one on broadway.

[fable]

Originally Posted by nabs

umm, mac station is the one on broadway.

nah, thats "simply computers"

[acidic_liquid]

Yup. Also a Mac Station in Burnaby by Gaglardi Way and an Abbotsford location opening in January.

[RoxyBeBe]

Be careful Apple is recalling ibook and powerbook batteries because of a security hazard issue....

http://news.techwhack.com/1261/21050...-hazard-issue/

another interesting read

http://gearslutz.com/board/showthrea...ghlight=ibooks

[bebu*funfun]

http://store.apple.com/AppleStore/We...tom?qprm=93120 <---link to the canada educational discount

and...

http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPL....3.1.1.0?47,19 <----apple has some refurbished 12", 15", 17" powerbooks!

mac stations a great place.. they relocated to further down homer, next to the shopper drugs mart. they helped me out with lappy and got it all fixed up under warranty... BUY APPLE CARE WHEN U BUY YOUR LAPTOP.

[~god~]

Originally Posted by fable

but boourns to ~3801$ apres tax :(

pfffft waaaaaste of money bro.

We use G5's at school. It's nice and shnazzy, but seriously it doesn't even compare to the PC I got at home for half the price.
I would never drop that much money on a mac unless I was so rich to not give a fuck.

[fable]

Originally Posted by ~god~

pfffft waaaaaste of money bro.

We use G5's at school. It's nice and shnazzy, but seriously it doesn't even compare to the PC I got at home for half the price.
I would never drop that much money on a mac unless I was so rich to not give a fuck.

i am mos def no where close to rich, and we rock the g5's at bcit too, and i guess im kind of spoiled now. Im just so tired of using a pc, its a new year, and its time for big changes. Using a mac is just so fucking easy, and its good to switch things up. This is gonna be a big purchase, but itll be an investment, considering i use my computer everywhere and all the time, and its a large component of my design work. Hopefully the new proc, will drop the price a bit.

[fable]

Originally Posted by RoxyBeBe

Be careful Apple is recalling ibook and powerbook batteries because of a security hazard issue....
http://news.techwhack.com/1261/21050...-hazard-issue/
another interesting read
http://gearslutz.com/board/showthrea...ghlight=ibooks

http://store.apple.com/AppleStore/W...om?qprm=931 20 <---link to the canada educational discount
and...
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APP...3.1.1.0?47,1 9 <----apple has some refurbished 12", 15", 17" powerbooks!
mac stations a great place.. they relocated to further down homer, next to the shopper drugs mart. they helped me out with lappy and got it all fixed up under warranty... BUY APPLE CARE WHEN U BUY YOUR LAPTOP.

thankyou very much ladies! I got the dl on the recall, as a class mate of mine fried his 17" powerbook! What do you think about the refurbished powerbooks? I couldnt get to an upgrade page with them, but if i have the ability to upgrade the ram in the 15" powerbook, its might be an option? Yall know any info on the the quality of mac refurbished product historically?

:)

[bebu*funfun]

i dont think there would be a prob with the refurbish laptops.. as long as they come with the standard 1 year warranty. I bought my powerbook at london drugs and it was teh display model..last month the logic board died and i started seeing white spots on the screen and mac replaced the logic board and display cover all for free. Im gonna buy apple care in the new year, but the maintanence took just a little over 1 week and they were really helpful and easy to talk to. i pretty much have a brand new powerbook now.. their warranty covers most things..just not personal damage stuff.