mclz Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 My old laptop was old as fuck, didn't work, and overall sucked forever. I am so happy I got a new one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebiglebowski Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Even better when your work buys it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamlikesmusic Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 My school gave me a new MacBook Pro for free last year. It's got custom engraving with my school's logo and a red Apple logo instead of the standard white. I love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
counterfiction Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Work just gave me a new laptop as well. I'm a mobile computer powerhouse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclz Posted January 10, 2011 Author Share Posted January 10, 2011 My school gave me a new MacBook Pro for free last year. It's got custom engraving with my school's logo and a red Apple logo instead of the standard white. I love it. I had to pay for my computer. The school only gives laptops to technical whatever students. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punkrudeboy Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 I can barley get my work to give me a "nicely done" let alone a laptop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidamnesiac Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 My school gave me a new MacBook Pro for free last year. It's got custom engraving with my school's logo and a red Apple logo instead of the standard white. I love it.What school do you go to? Yeesh you should "break" that one (mail it to me) and get another free one. I just started back in to my CIT degree and my circa 2007-MacBook Pro isn't quite cutting it anymore for some of this stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamlikesmusic Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 My school gave me a new MacBook Pro for free last year. It's got custom engraving with my school's logo and a red Apple logo instead of the standard white. I love it.What school do you go to? Yeesh you should "break" that one (mail it to me) and get another free one. I suppose I should clarify, hah. They don't issue students with laptops on a regular basis, but rather they have some sort of hidden criteria that determines who receives them. It's like a scholarship of sorts, but not monetary. It's a partner program with Apple, that I think they expanded this year to also include iPads and iPod Touchs. I'm an accounting major, and haven't had stellar grades, so I honestly have no idea what sort of academic criteria I met. I wasn't going to question it, hah! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justaminrthreat Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 I can barley get my work to give me a "nicely done" let alone a laptop This. Luckily my mom came upon some inheritance money recently and bought me a MacBook just for doing some some simple work for her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidamnesiac Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 I suppose I should clarify, hah. They don't issue students with laptops on a regular basis, but rather they have some sort of hidden criteria that determines who receives them. It's like a scholarship of sorts, but not monetary. It's a partner program with Apple, that I think they expanded this year to also include iPads and iPod Touchs.I'm an accounting major, and haven't had stellar grades, so I honestly have no idea what sort of academic criteria I met. I wasn't going to question it, hah! Very nice. Sounds similar to the "Apple Scholars" program they used to have for high school students. I need to find out if my school has such a partnership/get them into such a partnership so I can upgrade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benchwarmer Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 really need (mostly want) to get a new laptop. Really like the macbook air, but not sure if it will handle all the CS5 work I do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidamnesiac Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Really like the macbook air, but not sure if it will handle all the CS5 work I do.My circa-2007 MacBook Pro (Core Duo+2G RAM) runs CS5 more than adequately.What do you do that requires more than the stock MacBook Air (Core 2 Duo+2G RAM)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benchwarmer Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Really like the macbook air, but not sure if it will handle all the CS5 work I do.My circa-2007 MacBook Pro (Core Duo+2G RAM) runs CS5 more than adequately.What do you do that requires more than the stock MacBook Air (Core 2 Duo+2G RAM)? I have the same macbook pro currently and had to do some upgrades. I do lots of work in indesign, with very large files, and large reference files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidamnesiac Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 The Core 2 Duo is a major upgrade from the Core Duo processor. I believe that the new MacBook Air supports up to 8G RAM. I highly doubt that you'd have any problems, even with the stock 2G setup. Also, with everything running from a flash-based hard drive, it's going to be lots smoother and faster. But worst case scenario, you could swap it out for a current-gen MacBook Pro if it did give you any heartache. I think Apple has some kind of thing where you can do that, yeah? Swap out a new Mac that's not working for you for another of equal or greater value and pay the difference? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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