Buying a laptop

**lovbyts** · 05-17-2011, 03:48 AM

LOL, that's pretty true with the standard HP printers, I have gone through several because they come free with the computer or laptop and it's cheaper to buy a new one than the replace the ink cartridge most of the time.

I actually have a HP Officejet Pro L7680 I picked up at the good will for $15 with full ink cartridges. Of course it didnt print right. I ran at least 100 pieces of paper through it cleaning the heads and now it works perfect for the past 2+ years and I got refills for $5 each that also work good so far. knock on wood.

**SlimmerMe** · 05-17-2011, 03:02 PM

Matt....you can find a bunch of Macs on ebay plus Apple sells refurbished ones if you want to try to keep the price low as you check it out....and then get hooked!

**Matt** · 05-17-2011, 04:45 PM

Originally Posted by SlimmerMe

Matt....you can find a bunch of Macs on ebay plus Apple sells refurbished ones if you want to try to keep the price low as you check it out....and then get hooked!

Theres no way i could get a second hand one, i like to know im the first and only person to use it....

I just need to decided whether to have the 13" or 15", is there a big noticeable difference?? Besides the extra £200..

**SlimmerMe** · 05-17-2011, 08:55 PM

Originally Posted by Matt

Theres no way i could get a second hand one, i like to know im the first and only person to use it....

I just need to decided whether to have the 13" or 15", is there a big noticeable difference?? Besides the extra £200..

Totally agree in being the first person....just thought I would mention it~

As far as the inches? Up to you. I prefer the 13" since I do not want anything bigger to carry around. There is more power on the bigger one but again, unless you are doing major work I would not mess with it.

There is one thing which bugs me but not others which I must mention: In the newer versions they are unibody styles where the screen is very glossy. And I do not like this feature. There are many discussions on this. Some people love it. Others not. I don't since it reflects every single thing around like a lamp or window. Some graphic designers love it, some not. It is very personal. And I think perhaps if this is an issue then I think ( not sure) that the bigger macs offer a matt screen whereas the 13" does not have this option. And when I say glossy I am talking SHINEY like glass which I think it is called actually.

**Matt** · 05-25-2011, 08:17 AM

^^^ Do you recomend any software with it Slimmer??

Aperture 3 looks good....

Ive settled on the 15" Mac pro....

**SlimmerMe** · 05-25-2011, 08:47 AM

Originally Posted by Matt

^^^ Do you recomend any software with it Slimmer??

Aperture 3 looks good....

Ive settled on the 15" Mac pro....

only photoshop.....that's all...and now all I have is photoshop express

Hope you enjoy it! I know you will and if you have a store nearby remember to take advantage of those geniuses who have been sent to Cupertino for training.....and on another one I had Final Cut but if I were to get it again I would simply get Final Cut Express.....

**Matt** · 05-25-2011, 10:48 AM

I shall take a look into those, thanks....

**bigpapabuff** · 05-25-2011, 05:18 PM

agreed on the Alienware, very very good.

**l2elapse** · 05-25-2011, 05:19 PM

apple is so overrated imo

**Necrosaro** · 05-26-2011, 01:41 PM

^Finally somone has said something I liked about apples haha

**HitIt** · 05-26-2011, 05:54 PM

get a macbook pro and install windows 7 and you'll have the best of both worlds

my laptop

**Tigershark** · 05-29-2011, 07:25 AM

I am using an Asus right now. Paid a little over $700 for it because I wanted something that would run World of Warcraft. Pretty decent little machine.

**Flier** · 05-29-2011, 12:08 PM

Got my first Apple after years of Sony, Dell, Pac Bell, and HP

Got the Macbook Air.
Love the Safari layout/functions, I-Photo, I-movie, Camera/mic, no antivirus, auto dim keyboard and screen, super slim/light, super fast, and it´s appearance compliments my guns when I´m typing away at Starbucks in my tank top.

If u really need to run Windows, as me, u can download "Parallels", and run Windows and OS at the same time.
Love it, and I will stick with Apple from now on, getting the desktop next, with the 3 screens in series set-up.