The last thing you purchased

#2,283
#2,283
My Vaio finally took a dump (mainly I got tired of working on it and didn't feel like buying a new hard drive for it) so I decided to ball out and get a 15" Macbook pro with retina display. Baller laptop.
 
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#2,284
milohimself said:
My Vaio finally took a dump (mainly I got tired of working on it and didn't feel like buying a new hard drive for it) so I decided to ball out and get a 15" Macbook pro with retina display. Baller laptop.
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How do you feel knowing you grossly overpaid for your laptop? :)
 
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#2,285
milohimself said:
My Vaio finally took a dump (mainly I got tired of working on it and didn't feel like buying a new hard drive for it) so I decided to ball out and get a 15" Macbook pro with retina display. Baller laptop.
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Sweet.
 
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#2,286
Aavoxx said:
How do you feel knowing you grossly overpaid for your laptop? :)
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Not really, 20% discount homie player. Then when you start comparing it to other laptops with midrange Nvidia, 8GB ram, and SSD options (all of which I wanted regardless), the gap wasn't all that big.
 
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milohimself said:
Not really, 20% discount homie player. Then when you start comparing it to other laptops with midrange Nvidia, 8GB ram, and SSD options (all of which I wanted regardless), the gap wasn't all that big.
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Ah, the 20% discount does make things more reasonable if you prefer OSX.

milohimself said:
Plus (and I know 7 is still out there), Windows 8 makes Mountain Lion look like XP.
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Windows 8 has it's place. Unfortunately, Microsoft and OEMs are forcing into it places it doesn't belong.

It's not bad on touch screen devices.
 
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#2,291
Seriously though, you really shouldn't be very concerned when you purchase a piece of hardware when it comes to retaining value.
 
#2,292
#2,292
My Mac > any other computer I've ever had. Used to have IBM then Lenovo. **** crashed in no time. My Mac is 6 years old and still going strong
 
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#2,293
golfballs said:
My Mac > any other computer I've ever had. Used to have IBM then Lenovo. **** crashed in no time. My Mac is 6 years old and still going strong
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Depends on what you do with it. I like to tell myself I'm buying a gaming laptop, when in reality games don't hold my attention anymore and I don't do much with it, so my six year old system isn't going to be handle new games very well.

Also, there's the security standpoint. Newer software is written to work with newer hardware and newer hardware is designed to work with newer software. Microsoft and Apple usually patch things long enough that it doesn't become an issue, but I don't believe you're capable of installing the latest version of OSX on your system due to the age. I might be wrong, as I don't keep up with Macs as much, but I'm reasonably sure that's the case.

Don't give me this BS about OSX being more secure either. :)
 
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Aavoxx said:
Depends on what you do with it. I like to tell myself I'm buying a gaming laptop, when in reality games don't hold my attention anymore and I don't do much with it, so my six year old system isn't going to be handle new games very well.

Also, there's the security standpoint. Newer software is written to work with newer hardware and newer hardware is designed to work with newer software. Microsoft and Apple usually patch things long enough that it doesn't become an issue, but I don't believe you're capable of installing the latest version of OSX on your system due to the age. I might be wrong, as I don't keep up with Macs as much, but I'm reasonably sure that's the case.

Don't give me this BS about OSX being more secure either. :)
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I don't game at all. I just use it for basic stuff.

All I know it it's more reliable than any other computer I've had. I've also never had a virus or spyware like I got on my windows laptop
 
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golfballs said:
I don't game at all. I just use it for basic stuff.

All I know it it's more reliable than any other computer I've had. I've also never had a virus or spyware like I got on my windows laptop
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I bought a Toshiba Satellite Windows 7 8gb RAM and an i7 processor two years ago.

Still runs strong - never a virus - only paid $850. Comparable Mac at the time was $2100 with the processor I wanted.

As long as you use it the way you should, a PC should work fine.
 
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GonzoforCuonzo said:
I bought a Toshiba Satellite Windows 7 8gb RAM and an i7 processor two years ago.

Still runs strong - never a virus - only paid $850. Comparable Mac at the time was $2100 with the processor I wanted.

As long as you use it the way you should, a PC should work fine.
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Use it the way you should? I use the Mac the exact same way I did my pc and it is worlds better.
 
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#2,297
britney-spears-omg.gif
 
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#2,298
Seriously though, this display is so, so good. Fired up photoshop and final cut pro. Plus the gesture commands are pretty sweet, I'm finding myself not wanting to use a mouse or hotkeys.
 
#2,299
#2,299
Yesterday, I bought a deep freeze, 2 32" flat screens, a futon for the deck, a Lincoln mig welder, and a trailer for the lawn mower. Also purchased a digital wireless thermometer for my grill.
 
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