Congrads on the macbook pro, will be getting mine next month, might up the ram and definitely will up the harddrive.
Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: Chris Blouch To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 9:46 AM Subject: Re: I just did it, bought my first macbook pro I usually recommend Applecare for laptops since they usually have a harder life than desktops. We had to send my wife's in for repairs after about a year. It kept locking up hard even after reinstalling the OS and such. Apparently some issue with the "heat pipe" and some other components they replaced. Anyway, they fedexed a box to our house that was just right to snuggle the laptop and then picked it up. We had it back and working 24 hours later. Very nice. CB Scott Chesworth wrote: Hey Anouk, welcome abord buddy! Just a quick message to second what Esther was saying about student discounts. Here in the UK Apple care is amazingly cheap if you're a student, it's probably a similar reduction where you are. No rush, but sometime within your first year's warranty, if you get a reduced price I'd definitely take out Apple care if you're in for the long haul with this machine. Esther, if that old Power Book of yours is antique enough to be able to boot OS9 and you ever want to sell it, give me a shout off list. Cheers Scott On 8/18/09, Esther <mori...@mac.com> wrote: Congratulations on the new MacBook Pro, Anouk. That sounds like a very nice model. I still have the PowerBook that was my first Mac, and which is now over 5 years old. Buying for long term future use really does work -- this machine is still running, but I finally got a new MacBook last fall to move onto the Intel platform and the larger drives and faster processors for Leopard. I do recommend that you pick up the AppleCare extended warranty later on, though. You might check whether you're eligible for student discounts with any your later software purchases, too. Also, since you will be receiving your Mac before Snow Leopard is released, you should know that you may be eligible for a reduced price update to Snow Leopard. See the terms of the hardware uptodate program: http://www.apple.com/macosx/uptodate/ In the U.S., buyers of qualifying new Macs (or refurbished Macs from Apple's Online Store) purchased after June 8, 2009 can get the update to Snow Leopard for $9.95 plus tax instead of $29.95. I'm not sure of the details of this program applied abroad, but you may be able to read/find the information appropriate to your country from the above link. Hope to see you on list with your questions when you laptop arrives. Cheers, Esther On Aug 18, 2009, a radix wrote: Hello, I just bought my first macbook pro and I got a discount because I am a student. I choose the 15 inch with a matte display (i didnt want to do that at first but I thought it might be easier for people who would have to read something on it), i got the 7200 rpm hard drive and the 3.0ghz processor because I want to use this laptop for at least 3 years. I did not opt to upgrade the internal memory or the warranty at this time. I must say placing the order over the phone was very easy. It will take a while to arrive because according to the person on the phone the matte displays are a bit rare so it might take 1.5 week. I will be able to upgrade to the new operating system for 9 euro. I am VERY excited I can tell you all and very much looking forward to receiving my laptop. I did not opt to get any of the extra software packages with it because I want to decide on htat after receiving it. Greetings, Anouk, --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
