Comments | jerichoholic78: I want to put it in my mouth

jerichoholic78

I want to put it in my mouth

Oct 16, 2008 08:35

OK, so if you know anything about me and technology (not anything about *me* because there are way more important things to know about *me* - I'm married to a wonderful Kris, I have a beautiful daughter, I work 58% of the time I'm at work, etc.), it's that I'm not easily swayed. In 2004 at a training near the Quad Cities, I saw my first Mac (the ( Read more... )

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fuss_19 October 16 2008, 23:42:45 UTC

Ok Carl, I'm slapping you! oh and I'm friending you! Hope that's ok since you said you needed friends and I like to read about what's going on in your life. :)

jerichoholic78 October 17 2008, 10:52:49 UTC

My friends are so abusive!

jerichoholic78 October 17 2008, 10:53:32 UTC

oh, and if you're going to be reading what's actually going on in our lives, you'll be reading Kris's journal...this is just insane ramblings.

luchalibrarian October 17 2008, 05:45:23 UTC

I'd really like a MacBook, but I just can't afford it. : / I can't justify spending almost double what I could on a PC for a comparable Mac, even though I've used Mac's at worked and loved them.

jerichoholic78 October 17 2008, 10:52:17 UTC

Well, what you're really unable to do is buy a higher-end PC then - Apple doesn't make (and doesn't want to make) a machine to compete with something like Dell's Dimension 1505 series (which both of Kris's brothers have; the two of them together didn't spend a combined $1000)

See, if I was to buy a Windows machine instead, I'd want something like a Lenovo or a Sony Vaio. They've got material/build quality and components comparable to the Macbooks. And prices are pretty similar.

I can definitely understand not being able to afford it. If Kris hadn't gone back to work, there's no way we'd be buying two MacBooks, either.

luchalibrarian October 19 2008, 00:56:31 UTC

There were some really well priced Sony Vaio laptops at Best Buy when I was looking. I may end up getting another Toshiba for around $800-1000. That's pretty much my price range. I know that's not top of the line or anything, but it will do what I need. I don't game - at least not of the WoW variety - so I don't need anything super duper snazzy in that respect.

In your infinite nerd wisdom, what would you rec for someone like me?

jerichoholic78 October 19 2008, 02:03:00 UTC

You know the entry level Macbook is technically in that range (999 is hard to take, I guess, but it's less than $1000, and if you buy from Amazon they'll ship it free and skip the sales tax.) :)

DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT!!!!!!

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shehops October 23 2008, 20:51:25 UTC

I am going to restrain myself from making any comment. :)

...oh, except for this.