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General Discussion / Re: Apple: Desktop or Laptop?

« on: February 27, 2008, 08:41:44 PM »

Well yes and no. If I had an important file that i created on my iMac (if that's what i choose), I would want to be able to use/edit it on my iBook, if i were to travel or something. Technologically speaking, that won't be possible, seeing as my iBook can't run most newer apps.

Since you want to travel along with your Intel apps and files, then you should go with the MacBook, as it's pretty much the laptop equivalent of the iMac. Or, if you feel like shelling out the extra money, the MacBook Pro. It's up to you.

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General Discussion / Re: Apple: Desktop or Laptop?

« on: February 27, 2008, 08:36:09 PM »

Let me get this straight, as I'm kinda confused. So, you want to run the same applications on your iBook that you want to run on your iMac?

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Dennis Smith gone?

« on: February 27, 2008, 08:34:45 PM »

I dunno. Maybe they're not glued to watching TWC back then

Or maybe it's because you live on a different planet.

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General Discussion / Re: Apple: Desktop or Laptop?

« on: February 27, 2008, 08:30:55 PM »

I agree completely, Stephen. However Apple is really pushing to phase out the PowerPC computers. I want to be running all of the apps that my next computer will be. I'm already pushing the iBook by running Reason 4 (it doesn't even meet the requirements) and Adobe CS3. In a year or 2, it will be useless. That's what i'm most concerned about.

Apple has already phased out the PowerPC computers (that happened almost a year and a half ago). The iMac today runs on Intel chips.

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General Discussion / Re: Apple: Desktop or Laptop?

« on: February 27, 2008, 08:28:04 PM »

That's the problem. They both suit me perfectly. A desktop would be nice, because its not as fragile, not expensive, so theres a less chance of getting damaged or wrecked somehow. the MBP is portable, which is nice, but since I already have an iBook, its not a necessity. The iMac only comes with a glossy finish. The MBP has an option for both glossy and matte.

GRRR the choices!!

You already have an iBook, so that takes care of the portability issue. I'd say, go for the iMac. It's in the middle-of-the-line (the Mac mini is low-end, and the Mac Pro is high-end), and it should do what you need it to do really well, without any problems. Yes, the MacBook Pro has a matte finish and the iMac doesn't, but that doesn't really matter. You already have a portable Mac, so there isn't any need for one. And for what you need to do, the iMac should work just fine.

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General Discussion / Re: Apple: Desktop or Laptop?

« on: February 27, 2008, 08:18:05 PM »

True. If i were to go desktop, an iMac would be more suitable. Just having a really hard time deciding which one to go with. They both have their pro's and con's.

Just get the one that has everything that YOU need. Don't get too much, and don't get too little, either. Get what suits you the best.

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: February 27, 2008, 08:16:49 PM »

I wish. If I don't get pancakes, i'm gonna scream

Yum. Pancakes for dinner!

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: February 27, 2008, 08:12:34 PM »

Wow, quiet around here today. Where is everyone? 

Maybe they died?

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General Discussion / Re: Apple: Desktop or Laptop?

« on: February 27, 2008, 08:11:20 PM »

Now i'm thinking about a Mac Pro...

A Mac Pro would be going way overboard, unless you're planning to do A LOT with it.

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General Discussion / Re: Apple: Desktop or Laptop?

« on: February 27, 2008, 05:42:42 PM »

Gil, where do you plan to purchase your MBP?

On Mars. They just built an Apple Store over there.

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General Discussion / Re: Apple: Desktop or Laptop?

« on: February 27, 2008, 05:39:12 PM »

[OFFTOPIC]
He does in Taiganet

But this isn't Taiganet.

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General Discussion / Re: Apple: Desktop or Laptop?

« on: February 27, 2008, 05:33:40 PM »

SSS, I'm surprised you haven't posted here.

Because he doesn't exist anymore.

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: February 27, 2008, 05:08:11 PM »

She's fine. Obviously it was a bullet, because the window broke.

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: February 27, 2008, 05:05:46 PM »

My aunt drives a school bus in my school district, and when she was picking up the kids from the school, somebody shot the bus (which broke the rear window).

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: February 27, 2008, 04:53:45 PM »

Has anyone's computer screens all of a sudden show a blank screen? Mine just did that and the only goes away is if I shut it off and then the computer hibernate

My desktop does that, but it's the screensaver.