OK so worth getting one?

I have been following these forums religiously lately and have been considering getting a macbook pro 17" for back to school. I want a computer for web/graphics, and some minor video mainly web video. I have heard all the horror stories which are typical on any products support forums. are there enough out there in macbook pro land that have an all around satisfying experience with their macbook. I mean this is a big Expensive!! investment and I want to make the switch. Just a little cold feet. I'm not looking for unrealistic low temps for a intel processor. just peace of mind.

I've had my 17" Mac Book Pro for 1 month now-it is my first Mac and I too was worried about the heat and whine things I read in forums. I finally decided that people only wrote messages in forums when they were having problems and not when everything worked well. I have been extremely happy with my new Mac , no whine, it does get hot (more so when using AC) but the 17" is really too big to sit on your lap. The screen is beautiful and it is so fast I can't stand it when I go back to my PC. It is an elegant looking machine. I'm having some trouble getting used to the operating system and I expected a lot more from iPhoto and decided I won't use it but will use Photoshop Elements instead though I don't like their browser. I never intended install windows as XP is a pain in the neck compared to OSX.

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    I have someone offering a G5 2.0Ghz Dual Processor with a 20in display. The Mac itself is what Im interested in and its in prestine condition. 3 yrs old and used only for graphics design. Has 3GB ram and Im not sure about HDD, but thats no problem. My question is, are they still worth getting? Or should I hold off? Im only using FCP 5.1 for light HD work. Any input would be nice, let me know, thanks!
    GC

    If the price is really low, say $600 or less (taking into account the value of the 20-inch display), it may be. Depends what you want to use it for...
    It will probably do a better job with FCP than your non-Pro MacBook. With 3GB of RAM, it will run Leopard very well. But if you are still going to be using your MacBook most of the time, the Power Mac G5 is a pretty large hunk of metal to be sitting around taking up space.
    I have the last 2.0 GHz model (dual core) from 2005. Someone uses it full-time, and it will be useful for a long time, even if Apple stops supporting it with the latest OS release. But I got it three years ago. I don't think I would get one now.

  • HT4972 I was downloading $15 worth of iTunes songs from a gift card when my iPod died. Now, no credit & no songs on my iPod. Where did either my $$ go or my songs that I paid for disappear? How do I get one or the other?

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  • IPhone 3G - thinking of getting one but... what are the potential issues?

    I'm thinking of getting an iPhone 3G because:
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    So it would seem to be a no-brainer. I should just walk over to my nearest Softbank store and get one, right?
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    I just know that there is going to be something really annoyingly wrong with the iPhone 3G as soon as I turn it on - like obviously dead pixels, or a tilted LCD like with the iPod nano 3G, or some weird color discolorations, or something loose and jiggly like with my MBP battery cover or ... I don't know... something. It's just happened too often with me to not be wary.
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    Are there common, well-known issues with the iPhone 3G that I can check for, similar to the tilted screen issue on the iPod nano 3G?
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    I would like to get an iPhone. I just want one with no problems out-of-the-box.
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    Message was edited by: Doug Lerner2

    {quote:title=Doug Lerner2 wrote:}
    But if it is something more subtle like "the colors seem wrong" or "the screen is not set straight" it will take more arguing. And I can't stand arguing about stuff like that just to get a good phone.
    So... What were the problems you had with your phone?
    Well the only reason I got the IPhones was because it was a birthday gift,And the first phone I got was the 16G in white so when we got home My screen was jumping so I said okay maybe if I power my phone off and than cut it back on maybe it will started to work a little better,While it didn't I just made thing worse My screen was only jumping it wouldn't come back on after that,So I was so mad cause we had to drive a 138 miles to get my phone and than my cousin came over and she have the same phone I had just got.But her phone look like she had it for some years the white on the back of the phone had turned a off white.
    So we had to drive other 138 miles there and back for me to get other phone and when I made it to the Apple store I didn't know you suppose to call and make appt before you come up there about your phone.So I'm standing up there telling them that I just came yesterday and drove a 138 miles here and back and I just had to turn around and do it again today.So they went on and seen me and ask me what was going on with my phone.So I told them as they can see it was not coming on no more.
    So they exchange my IPhone and I didn't get the same color due to how my cousin white IPhone was looking like,So I got a black IPhone instead.
    So the new phone I got was working so good and than about two weeks later my phone would blink on and off and it would freeze on you during call's are anything.So you already know what I had to do again I had to drive other 138 miles there and back and I was not happy about that at all.So this time before I went I made appt that morning to come and they told me to come around 200pm but for me to try to be there at least ten minutes early.So I made it there around 145pm they didn't get to me still around 315pm.So when they final call me to go talk to someone about what's going on with my phone.They ask me for my receipt and I let them know I didn't have it cause they didn't give it to me cause yale told me I didn't need it cause yale was going to send it to my email address.
    So they went to try to look up my email address,That took them other 30 minutes to find it,But they finial found it in there system.So they went on and exchange my phone again with no problem at all.
    So this phone I got was doing so good, I really thought my trouble was all over still I saw a black line running down my screen of my phone.So I had to get on the phone with apple again so I can make other appt for the 3rd time,So I can go up there and bring this phone so they can look at it,Cause I thought maybe I was seening something are it suppose to be on my phone and I didn't know,But to come to find out it didn't suppose to be on my phone so they had to replaces my phone for the 3rd time.
    So I bent haveing this phone That I got now about 3 months now and I got to tell you I went through **** and back to get this phone and it's really doing good really love the phone so much I'm so glade that I didn't give up on this phone because I was haveing so much bad luck with getting a IPhone I was about to give up but I am so glade that I kept trying.It really is a great phone to have it have so much on this phone I love it.I just hope I don't have no more problem down the line cause I don't want to go through this again.
    I feel were you are coming from cause I wouldn't want nobody to go through what I went through try to getting my phone.
    But I'M telling you,it might be worth you going through this at the end..The TV on this phone is so unbelievable I'M telling you,you going to love it.Before I go to sleep at night I listen to my i pod on my IPhone and I love it that's how I go to sleep at night are I might watch a movie that I have on my phone at night.It's a great phone to have all the way around I give it a ten.
    And other thing you said you don't like to arguing sometime you just have to do that.you and me have so much in common cause I don't like that my self,I feel like why should I have to raise my voices to get my point a cross that's just crazy to me.
    So how long do yale have to exchange something were you stay.

  • Worth getting MacBook?

    hey,
    Its monday the 10th of september 2007. I currently have a intel iMac and am looking at purchasing a macbook as i think i would use a notebook quite a lot. I want to buy a macbook but am afraid that something new and better will come out the day after i buy it ("if you try and keep waiting for better technology to come out you will never have any technology"). Is it worth spending the NZ$2000 getting one now or is there a substantially better product on the horizon?
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    The MacBooks and MacBook Pros were recently refreshed, so there's no immediate upgrade likely to come. However, since Leopard is due in October, you could wait until then and get the OS for free.
    Generally laptop upgrades from Apple increase storage, RAM and performance by 10% to 30% at the same price. With the MacBook, the weakness is the video system which steals RAM and is sort of slow. If you are not editing video or playing twitch games, even that is not a problem. The next refresh on MacBooks will "hopefully" improve the video, but unless you are really sweating the performance, just get one and enjoy the convenience of the laptop.

  • Should I Get One?

    OK well I'm going to need a laptop for college in the future. I originally wanted a Mac but I got turned off of them when my iPod Touch wouldn't work with my dad's Mac because he was 0.0.1 versions away from what was required. I thought to myself if I have to upgrade constantly to have things work (since there's a new operating system in the works as soon as one comes out) would it really be worth it? And they're also so much more expensive than some quality HP and Sony laptops out there. Those reasons the website gives don't convince me enough because I've had windows all my life and never really had trouble with it (except for Word, I HATE word lol). So what do you think?

    In my opinion, a MAC is just another computer.
    MACs are good looking, reliable (unless they do silly thing, like any other soft/hardware combo).
    The OS is solid (I'd wait for 10.5.2 at least if you new MBP comes with Tiger).
    The letdown may be that there are many more programs for PCs.
    If you are going to do engineering type of a course, you'll find that many programs may not be available for the MAC platform.
    You can run windows in OSX, but what's the point...
    The bottom line is: if you WANT a MAC - absolutely get one, they are great. The price difference is often only superficial. Get a proper quote for a PC laptop with all the stuff a MAC has as standard - hires screen, airport, FW etc. and you may find that a MBP is the same price or cheaper (I recently got a quote for a full spec sony, and it was more expensive)
    On the other hand, if you don't care what you get, get a PC - you'll have a great choice of software and you'll learn much more about computers. All the fun you can have chasing drivers, DirectX, plugins, fighting trojans and dealing with messages like this one: "wireless connection lost - cable unplugged"...

  • Is it worth getting a 3GS now?

    Hello to the Apple community,
    I am interested in buying an iPhone. I have been wanting one ever since the original was released and my brother got his 3G yesterday. Now, the time has come for me to get one.
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    Whichever iPhone you get, there will always be another one in the pipeline, its the same for computers and most electrical devices.
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  • Is it worth getting an iPad 2 for university?

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    I just got a new MacBook Pro and I want to set up
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    Yes, that would work. If you go this way, get a modem-only, not a mode / router. Saves you additional headaches.
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