New Apple Lust Objects for 2010 and onward

So, for real, Lion tomorrow.

what's the problem with skype on a mac? I have 5.0 and it seemed fine the few times I used it.

i don't know, it just gets out of sync for me all the time now, and never did before. and the video's choppy. i have an older computer, though. maybe it's not an issue if you've got a newer one.

RIP Macbook 2006-2011

good

ugh no macbooks under $1,000 here, that's disappointing.

how much better is this new sandybridge processor? what exactly were you doing on a macbook air before that this new proc will help significantly?

The Mini is $599 or £529, a $254 (42 per cent) mark-up in the UK.

Can't wait for Gruber to ignore this one.

It's a lot better than the old £699 or whatever. Previous-but-1 mini was £499, so it's sort of back in line.

want 13" air

fuck this heavy ass bullshit macbook pro

i mean 'pro' come on b serious

i need 'air'

i know cpr

i listen to npr

getting new top of the line macbook air [via work] aw yeah

i just woke up so forgive me but

holy shit rip white macbook -- *hugs own white macbook* -- all of my friends who have a mac have one rip miss u see u

trying to score a MBA for cheap since everybody's tryna unload for the new ones, but everybody got the 2GB version wtf RAM is good dudes

whoa is it true u cant upgrade the ram on macbook airs??? weak

i've got like 5gb back after lion install, thank u apple for not making all this new useless shit i'll never use take up more space

they do an 8gb build-to-order option but it's basically hermetically sealed to end users i think

whoa is it true u cant upgrade the ram on macbook airs??? weak

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yah it's soldered directly onto the board iirc

did they even update the airs? what's new?

Thunderbolt, i5/i7 (2x faster), backlit keyboard

oooh i5, just noticed that... OK I'm in

should I 11 or 13?!

11 is awesome; 13 might be too big to take everywhere? 11 + monitor killer imo

was thinking that, too

i need 'air'

― ice cr?m

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBKnpyoFEBo

although i was also thinking that since i'm gonna be getting my new stuff w/an educational loan and discount, i might just pop for the lowest-end Air and the higher-end 21.5" iMac. the difference between that and a high-end 11" and a 27" display is only 250 bucks!

i've had a 15" for ages now (and a 12") before that, so while a 27" would be ~amazing~, i'd rather have the horsepower of an iMac instead of the space/wow of a larger screen (though it would be dope for movies)

tho i guess an alternative would be horsier 27" imac and an ipad

i wonder when they'll drop the optical drives from the rest of their machines

kinda stupid move on the mac mini, I think; thing is perfect for a "media centre" type Mac, but no dvd player rules that out.

do pro users use the cd drive a lot? i'm not a pro user really but i never ever use mine except when importing a cd into itunes which barely never happens anymore

yeah i haven't used the CD drive for anything other than ripping (which it doesn't do reliably anymore) for years

oh and installing Lightroom

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/07/20/apple_initiates_mass_discontinuation_of_boxed_retail_software.html

i've used mine a fair bit b/c my Mac is also my DVD player.

Bit pissed there is no BO option for a bigger flash drive on the new air. I'd have to slim down quite a lot to fit my work stuff into 256MB

optical drive on my mini died three years ago. it was pretty annoying for about six months and haven't missed it since.

I use my Mac Pro for ripping dvds and blu-ray discs, does that count? :)

hahaha sure!

how big's your edu discount gbx? mine's only $50 on the macbook air :(

yeah that's the standard across the board

but i can still get an air + imac for the price my buddy just spent on a spec'd out 15" mbp which is just...silly

mbp forever

no way man

installing Lion now, never done a day one install before but online delivery makes it so easy + I'm excited about versions.

Yeah, I was mostly kidding. I got a new one last year, and have done so every 2.5 years or so for the last decade

I'm really thinking I might not next time around.

i think my next computer's probably going to be an air

I was planning to get 'er indoors one of these but I can't justify the price. Starting to wonder now whether the old macbook will be replaced by something other than the entry-level MBA.

Lion can wait a few days.