New Apple Lust Objects for 2010 and onward

basically late great otm: doe getting the edu discount mean you'll buy an expensive computer? yes? ok here u go

Really? Oh sod it then, I'll just order it from the Apple store. It won't, I dunno, invalidate AppleCare down the line or something? No-one will come and take it away in the dead of night?

markers will rappel into your bedroom in the dead of the night

gbx did you do lines of coke off an iPad with Retina Display

Only way to roll

They're more fierce about the education discount in the UK, but it comes w/a three-year warranty so I can see why

There's a "company discount" for me but it's less than the education one. I guess it's called the "Employee Purchase Program" but it's pretty marginal

I wish apple online would ship to PO boxes - I could open a PO box in delaware and buy everything tax free

ljubljana you're only allowed to use the discount once every two years

Thanks, I didn't know that. Still planning on pressing ahead, just procrastinating over spec now. Thinking I'll upgrade the RAM to 8GB but unsure about the flash - will go for the 128 model but can't decide whether I'll regret it in 4 years or so if I don't get the 256.

the price premium to upgrade to 256 is not worth it - just get an external, imo

ljubljana you're only allowed to use the discount once every two years

not true ime. I did actually buy an iMac a couple weeks after my aunt got a laptop.

Price-check MacMall vs. EDU discount - you can customize through them and sometimes the savings on sales tax comes out even better than the EDU discount.

i cant imagine rockin a laptop with only 128gb internal hard drive, it would be like a step back to 2004

sometimes you need to take a step back to move forward

dayotm

MacMall sadly costlier. I might see if the store will order it in for me with the edu discount and then sell it to me. I'm such a wimp. I fear that markers visit (forums talk about 'audits').

gbx - i think you can only individually buy one of each product every two years if you do it in the online store

in person i'm not sure how it works, maybe they just vouch for you?

Every single time I've had any issue with education discounts or Applecare or whatever the response I've gotten has been, essentially, "lol i don't give a fuck let's party"

so, gbx otm

I kind of hope if I have random weird issues while traveling it is in Las Vegas because my friend's sis had MacBook probs there and that is the default LV apple store response

Considering a new computer soon, most likely a MacBook but purchased from Best Buy Apple bc I need damage protection plan and Apple seems allergic to it. Why?? I was finally able to get insurance on my iPhone from AT&T after 1 serious incident and years of paranoia. The protection plan on my Dell paid for itself after one very destructive episode somnambulism and I can't see going without one now.

EDU was one purchase per product line per year a few years ago

new iPhone applecare has a blanket "pay $50, we swap out your damaged phone" plan

Oh, I could live with that. I will definitely check it out when I get a new iPhone. The AT&T plan has a deductible of $100 I think. Maybe $150. It's $6/month, so it's still worth it.

http://www.macrumors.com/2012/06/21/running-the-retina-macbook-pro-at-full-2880x1800-resolution/

http://cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2012/06/retina_macbook_pro_2880.jpg

my god, its full of stars

hah

kind of amazed nobody's brought up this week's big ipad-killer news on ilx yet!

http://is.gd/AezXu5

what the shit

i thought the ipad killer was the 3ds xl

saw an asus infinity on friday, played battlefield 3 on it

er on wednesday, sorry

i priced out some necessary repairs for this busted ass a1260 today

bezel and/or entire display for flickering and reversed video $25 - $125

deadstock keyboard and top case for typing and trackpad problems $150

refurb fans for heat and noise $50

deadstock pan for dust problems $50

and some upgrades

ram from 4 to 6 $50

240 gb ssd $250

at these prices i should just buy a new secondhand machine

toally

kinda funny to hear it referred to as an "a1260," who talks about macs like that?

kinda funny to hear it referred to as an "a1260," who talks about macs like that?

Software developers and IT technicians. Decoding a problem with someone's "MacBook Pro" is an exercise in frustration without something other than the location of the power-on button to identify it.

idk, I am a software developer and I thought they mostly had names like "MacBook Pro 6,2"

idk, I am a software developer and I thought they mostly had names like "MacBook Pro 6,2"

That works too.

mine is a 4,1 but i find its easier to google parts w/ a1260

i'm going to hold out to see if i get a new work laptop in which case i'd maybe just go for a 27" imac

this mbp is perfect for music though so i wonder if i can just buy a semi busted one for parts

So IT arrived and I still stand by my earlier assessment - build quality on this is frighteningly good. I've been a strong advocate of the Never Get The First New Model Of Anything policy, and I still am for the most part but I considered it to be another midlife crisis.

Anyway, it feels completely atemporal - as if it fell back in time somehow from that 70s-era sci-fi future where featureless somethings could cause Cosmic changes without any moving parts at all.

does the imac not feel like that?

ipad doesn't imo

does the imac not feel like that?

Not really.

it's the best computer i've ever had, but it's still a computer

it's not a magical device that will change your life?

like google+

is it any faster than a macbook air

Depends in how hard you throw it

tbh, it WAS a magical device that did change my life

as someone who uses a computer all day every day, and being in IT for many years, the switch was like whooaaaaaaaa