The MAC post
yes, this is the MAC post i hinted about a few days ago. RL got in the way, so now that i am way early for my flight due to the snow and icy ick! of course once i got into P'burg the roads were fine. well...until now b/c i can see out the window it is snowing now. wow! that one really got away from me. LOL!
okay, so about the MAC. long story. sort of.
while Christmas shopping, i stopped by the MAC counter at Best Buy to look over the next computer that the girl has insisted she is buying. she has decided that MAC is for her and wanted a laptop. while i was looking over the shiny computers, i checked out the MACBook Pros and noticed that they had two prices listed. being curious, i asked the clerk what was up with that b/c the pricing was over $800 off regular price.
he went looked it up, telling me it was b/c they were the older models and not the brand new version. sweet! so i tell him that i will take two of them b/c really at the price for the upgrade from the regular MACBook i figured the girl wouldn't mind.
he goes to see if they have two etc but comes back to tell me that the only one left is the display that i am looking at. of course this display carries the same warranty etc and i can buy the extended thingy too. so i snatched it up. seriously, MACBook Pro for the price of a teeny MACBook. yay! for me. bummer for the girl.
yup, i now own a MACBook Pro. it is one of the last models to have the matte screen, which i covet b/c i hate the glossy screens. my other laptop has that shiny, glossy screen and the glare is horrible. it does not matter what lighting situation you are in, you get a glare.
i am learning to use said MAC. it is a bit of a learning curve but i am getting the hang of it. LOL first thing that drove me nuts is that there is NO APPLE key. in the book, with pictures, there is an apple. i am familiar with having an apple key from using tatiana_baa's computer but noooooo, there wasn't one. i finally figured out it is the squiggly cloverleaf thingy yeah, i am smart like that.
love the keyboard. it is so quite and easy to use. the screen is gorgeous. i have DLed the MAC versions of programs that i use all the time. YIM and VLC to be exact. i need to relearn how to do a few things but i think i will be okay. i need to get a MAC version of Photoshop soon. wonder if i can upgrade from one of the older versions to a MAC version? will have to check on that.
so yeah, i have, according to some people, finally graduated to an "adult" computer.
up next: why, yes, i am traveling again. ;)
okay, so about the MAC. long story. sort of.
while Christmas shopping, i stopped by the MAC counter at Best Buy to look over the next computer that the girl has insisted she is buying. she has decided that MAC is for her and wanted a laptop. while i was looking over the shiny computers, i checked out the MACBook Pros and noticed that they had two prices listed. being curious, i asked the clerk what was up with that b/c the pricing was over $800 off regular price.
he went looked it up, telling me it was b/c they were the older models and not the brand new version. sweet! so i tell him that i will take two of them b/c really at the price for the upgrade from the regular MACBook i figured the girl wouldn't mind.
he goes to see if they have two etc but comes back to tell me that the only one left is the display that i am looking at. of course this display carries the same warranty etc and i can buy the extended thingy too. so i snatched it up. seriously, MACBook Pro for the price of a teeny MACBook. yay! for me. bummer for the girl.
yup, i now own a MACBook Pro. it is one of the last models to have the matte screen, which i covet b/c i hate the glossy screens. my other laptop has that shiny, glossy screen and the glare is horrible. it does not matter what lighting situation you are in, you get a glare.
i am learning to use said MAC. it is a bit of a learning curve but i am getting the hang of it. LOL first thing that drove me nuts is that there is NO APPLE key. in the book, with pictures, there is an apple. i am familiar with having an apple key from using tatiana_baa's computer but noooooo, there wasn't one. i finally figured out it is the squiggly cloverleaf thingy yeah, i am smart like that.
love the keyboard. it is so quite and easy to use. the screen is gorgeous. i have DLed the MAC versions of programs that i use all the time. YIM and VLC to be exact. i need to relearn how to do a few things but i think i will be okay. i need to get a MAC version of Photoshop soon. wonder if i can upgrade from one of the older versions to a MAC version? will have to check on that.
so yeah, i have, according to some people, finally graduated to an "adult" computer.
up next: why, yes, i am traveling again. ;)