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masseur
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I'm looking for some sort of cheapish macbook to start developing iphone apps
min 100gb 2ghz pls running leopard or snow leopard
I'd also like all the disks so I can fully restore the mac when/if needed
let me know what you have got!
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fatreg
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Snow leopard isn't out yet Big M!
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masseur
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shows how much I know about Mac! 
I just read the requirements for the SDK and thats what it said
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Nanu
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once you get a Mac there's no going back!
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masseur
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yeah yeah! lol
when I went to the Apple store in London to buy the 3G S, they had me enter my details on a macbook and I couldn't even click the mouse as you do on a windows laptop mousepad!
fortunately, the Brighton Apple shop opened yesterday and they run free beginners courses so I'll be heading down there sometime soon.
but... I'm not looking to become a convert... just need a platform to do iphone development since they still don't have a windows based SDK
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Nanu
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Not trying to put you off a Mac but is there not a Linux SDK? hell of a lot cheaper if there is? though you have probably checked that already
Mac's are a little quirky at first but after the first 24 seconds you get use to it and wonder why Windows still exists!
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masseur
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still looking...
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garlic_bread
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I have macbook
2.16ghz running snowleopard
1gb ram
white
new keyboard and track pad fitted
120gb hdd
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masseur
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On 2009-07-26 20:38:21, Nanu wrote:
once you get a Mac there's no going back!
I might have dismissed this a bit too quick in my arogance that I'm happy with PC and don'tneed anything else
no one has ever really given me reasons why macs are better than PCs so what reasons are there?
I'm aware that PC's are prone to viruses, but although my PC is on almost 24/7, I've never had an attack and I keep my antivirus up to date.
I expect that I'll find things that are done better on Mac but any hints would be appreciated. I'm also going to do a free 1 hour introductory mac course at the local Apple store next week!
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fatreg
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- Native iTunes...
- Drag 'n' Drop
- Ease of use
- Unix based ergo unix shell commands work
it's can't quantify it in anyway shape or form, but look at it this way, Miss C got me to get a mac, I love mine and would never go back to windows, I've since got Nanu to get a mac and he would never not use a mac.....
I think the term is 'suck it and see'
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masseur
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- isn't itunes native in windows? is it running in some sort of Mac emulator?
- can't I drag and drop in windows?
- I don't find windows hard to use!
- I rarely use DOS commands, If OSX is so good, why do I need to use unix commands? (though I am a developer and more than capable of using those non-descript commands!)
...and I'm not looking to be a sheep
sorry... just messing with you... I'm trying to decide which one off ebay I will buy as I want to get one sorted today as I'm not having any luck here.
Hopefully I'll be a mac user by the weekend, lets see if it makes me give up the vaio!
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julias
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Who said Macs are better than PC's anyway? A friend of mine is Area Sales Manager for Apple and owns at least 10 Macs from a Quad Core Mac Pro to a 24" imac and a number of Macbooks and even he tells me that they crash on him frequently and he also dual boots windows on some of them to run his windows specific software and Macs get updated constantly thats why they don't need anti-virus and its not that Macs can't get virus's they can just that no one bothers making them because Macs have such a small market share if that increases then things may change
Macs are good for certain things but i wouldn't say they were superior in anyway to Windows PC's both are good at what they do and if run correctly there is little between the two so it just comes down to preference although to be fair i would admit that Macs are more attractive to look at |
parsnip
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I have a white macbook 2Ghz, 2.5GB Ram, 250gb Hdd
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thomas93
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This is looking for thread, not a debate.
M wouldn't you be happy with a Powerbook G4? they're Sub £300 these days.
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masseur
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its MY thread and I can do what I want!
anyway, its not a debate, I'm just trying to get some expectation going as I have no real excitement about the prospect, but need a mac as the tool for iphone development
I've looked at G4's but they seem quite low spec and most seem quite tatty with cracks and all sorted. I hadn't realised that cracking around the housing, especially the mousepad, is such an issue.
so I'm looking more at middle ground, but still less than £500, just in case I (or my son who wants it for graphics etc as he's looking for a job in that area), like the Mac and make more use out if it
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