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Macbook Pro Retina

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by AroundTheWorld, Sep 29, 2012.

  1. AroundTheWorld

    AroundTheWorld Insufferable 98er
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    Got it yesterday. How did I manage to work without that for so many years? :confused:

    Love the Macbook Air because it's so light, but when I go back, it just looks kinda...blurry.

    By the way, I like the Palo Alto/Stanford area. Wouldn't mind spending more time here.
     
  2. Rodman23

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    Cool. How much was it?
     
  3. AroundTheWorld

    AroundTheWorld Insufferable 98er
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    It's the top model, so with Apple Care and stuff a bit more than 4k.
     
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    OUCH~
     
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    Palo Alto is an amazing city. A lot of fun. I live in San Jose but I try to watch a lot of College and NFL at the sports bars in Palo Alto.
     
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    lol wow.
     
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    Cleverly disguised

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  9. Pole

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    I like mine, but it's a bit quirky with that screen. It does weird things. And although I've had a nice iMac for years, I have to use Windows for some work related items. I've had a laptop with all of my work stuff for years, so I never really found it necessary to do a dual boot. I ordered my MBPr the day they came out, and I've forced myself to use it for everything I can where I'm not forced to use a windows program (though I have not installed windows on it yet).

    After several years of steady OSX use and several months of constant OSX use, I gotta say: I don't get it.

    Both Windows and MAC OS have their quirks, but I don't see how anyone can say MAC OS is clearly superior.

    And every time I hear people argue about iPhones and Android.....I always think: these same arguments about customizing and flexibility that people use for Android and against Apple........it mirrors my thoughts on Windows and OSX.

    No doubt about it, Apple makes a beautiful piece of hardware......but I have to think their marketing, advertising, and ability to generate hype is far superior to any of their software.
     
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  10. AroundTheWorld

    AroundTheWorld Insufferable 98er
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    Company laptop.
     
  11. Invisible Fan

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    I saw my coworkers...its nice but the laptop is longer and just as heavy as last years

    Can't wait till the air gets it. My upgrade is in another year
     
  12. Invisible Fan

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    I don't think its superior either. The search is ass, and explorer is better than Finder....Explorer! Both have their strengths and weaknesses. The design....**** Steve jobs for making it hard to repair!

    But it makes my work life easier without going completely to Linux and there us gradual corporation buy in to use Macs.
     
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    My new 4.2lbs, i5 2450m 2.5ghz, 6hr battery, 14" laptop cost me 1/10th of that...
     
  14. TheRealist137

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    welp, here comes the looming mac vs pc debate
     
  15. ElPigto

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    Congrats.
     
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    What would be the equivalent to the MBP Retina for PC?
     
  17. kaitanuva

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    Thx. Can I haz a cookie?
     
  18. AroundTheWorld

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    I was a longtime IBM/Lenovo user. I'm agnostic about Mac vs. Windows. I like the integration with Apple TV, iPad, iPhone. I prefer window handling on Windows computers. And I actually downloaded a special keyboard so that I would have the same PC keyboard I always had, on the Mac.
     
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    PCKeyboardHack? Yeah, I was a Lenovo Thinkpad user too. I just can't live without Unix anymore. Macs are awesome.
     
  20. HombreDeHierro

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    You mean apathetic?
     

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