Stop Me, Before I Do Something Stupid!
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Clifford Nelson wrote:
I could probably buy a laptop that would get me from a to b with the left over money
Fanboi Interpolation Engine:
I can only pay this much if I have a good excuse.
I see your point. Because my last laptop cost me $500 and has many issues (powers down randomly, freezes, can't play Blu-rays or run VM's), the money I saved on that purchase justifies paying more for this purchase. Got it!
:)
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Clifford Nelson wrote:
I could probably buy a laptop that would get me from a to b with the left over money
Fanboi Interpolation Engine:
I can only pay this much if I have a good excuse.
I see your point. Because my last laptop cost me $500 and has many issues (powers down randomly, freezes, can't play Blu-rays or run VM's), the money I saved on that purchase justifies paying more for this purchase. Got it!
:)
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I'm 90% certain I will be buying a 15" MacBook Pro Retina with max specs (and most every accessory, including a wireless French keyboard) tomorrow. I'm almost certain it's stupid to spend that much money on a computer, but I am compelled to do so anyway. Please, please, PLEASE list reasons I should not do so. For the love of God, give me some reasons to regret this purchase so that I don't go through with it. I beg of you!
No 1 reason: Macbook is made by Apple! X|
Why can't I be applicable like John? - Me, April 2011
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Beidh ceol, caint agus craic againn - Seán Bán Breathnach
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Da mihi sis crustum Etruscum cum omnibus in eo!
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Just because a thing is new don’t mean that it’s better - Will Rogers, September 4, 1932 -
I'm 90% certain I will be buying a 15" MacBook Pro Retina with max specs (and most every accessory, including a wireless French keyboard) tomorrow. I'm almost certain it's stupid to spend that much money on a computer, but I am compelled to do so anyway. Please, please, PLEASE list reasons I should not do so. For the love of God, give me some reasons to regret this purchase so that I don't go through with it. I beg of you!
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I'm 90% certain I will be buying a 15" MacBook Pro Retina with max specs (and most every accessory, including a wireless French keyboard) tomorrow. I'm almost certain it's stupid to spend that much money on a computer, but I am compelled to do so anyway. Please, please, PLEASE list reasons I should not do so. For the love of God, give me some reasons to regret this purchase so that I don't go through with it. I beg of you!
3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-3840QM (8MB Cache, up to 3.8GHz w/ Turbo Boost 2.0) edit Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit edit 16GB (4 X 4GB) Dual Channel DDR3 at 1600MHz edit 1.5TB RAID 0 (3x 500GB SATA 3B/s 7,200 RPM) + 64GB mSATA Caching SSD edit 2GB GDDR5 NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 660M edit Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 2230 With Bluetooth 4.0 edit Slot-Loading Dual Layer DVD Burner (DVD+-RW, CD-RW) Creative Sound Blaster Recon3Di with THX TruStudio Pro Software 18.4 inch (467.36 mm) WLED WideFHD (1080p) display (1920 X 1080) for 2500$ alienware beast ... It's like u wanna buy this instead of this this for the same cache ..
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Mycroft Holmes wrote:
need
Such a relative term.
Mycroft Holmes wrote:
can afford it
Plenty of debt, but the nice people at the bank said I don't have to pay it all off at once. Actually, I was going to wait until I pay off my car in January, but there is a conference coming up and I won't get much value from it without a new laptop of some type.
Mycroft Holmes wrote:
the decision should be based on your situation not on the opinion of a bunch of geeks here on CP
Let's just say I've talked to the Apple "geniuses" and I trust you lot more.
Mycroft Holmes wrote:
You can be called a troll for dredging up this MS/Apple crap all over again
Nothing wrong with a little lively discussion! ;)
Mycroft Holmes wrote:
I would never choose to own an apple product
What if it were free?
Not even as a gift!! I would immediately throw it right out of the window, factory packaged... apple products are nothing but children´s toys...
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I'm 90% certain I will be buying a 15" MacBook Pro Retina with max specs (and most every accessory, including a wireless French keyboard) tomorrow. I'm almost certain it's stupid to spend that much money on a computer, but I am compelled to do so anyway. Please, please, PLEASE list reasons I should not do so. For the love of God, give me some reasons to regret this purchase so that I don't go through with it. I beg of you!
One of those costs more than 100 bottles of Gordon's and I know which I'd prefer.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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Why a French keyboard ?
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
Pourquoi pas? C'est plus facile d'écrire en Français avec un clavier français... :doh:
Why can't I be applicable like John? - Me, April 2011
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Beidh ceol, caint agus craic againn - Seán Bán Breathnach
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Da mihi sis crustum Etruscum cum omnibus in eo!
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Just because a thing is new don’t mean that it’s better - Will Rogers, September 4, 1932 -
Pourquoi pas? C'est plus facile d'écrire en Français avec un clavier français... :doh:
Why can't I be applicable like John? - Me, April 2011
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Beidh ceol, caint agus craic againn - Seán Bán Breathnach
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Da mihi sis crustum Etruscum cum omnibus in eo!
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Just because a thing is new don’t mean that it’s better - Will Rogers, September 4, 1932 -
AFAIK, he has no use of writing in French :confused:
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
Everybody does! It's the new world language.... according to the French... :laugh:
Why can't I be applicable like John? - Me, April 2011
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Beidh ceol, caint agus craic againn - Seán Bán Breathnach
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Da mihi sis crustum Etruscum cum omnibus in eo!
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Just because a thing is new don’t mean that it’s better - Will Rogers, September 4, 1932 -
Everybody does! It's the new world language.... according to the French... :laugh:
Why can't I be applicable like John? - Me, April 2011
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Beidh ceol, caint agus craic againn - Seán Bán Breathnach
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Da mihi sis crustum Etruscum cum omnibus in eo!
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Just because a thing is new don’t mean that it’s better - Will Rogers, September 4, 1932 -
Nous allons bientôt conquérir le monde ! AHhahahahaha !
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
"I fart in your general direction!" ;P
Why can't I be applicable like John? - Me, April 2011
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Beidh ceol, caint agus craic againn - Seán Bán Breathnach
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Da mihi sis crustum Etruscum cum omnibus in eo!
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Just because a thing is new don’t mean that it’s better - Will Rogers, September 4, 1932 -
"I fart in your general direction!" ;P
Why can't I be applicable like John? - Me, April 2011
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Beidh ceol, caint agus craic againn - Seán Bán Breathnach
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Da mihi sis crustum Etruscum cum omnibus in eo!
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Just because a thing is new don’t mean that it’s better - Will Rogers, September 4, 1932 -
I'm 90% certain I will be buying a 15" MacBook Pro Retina with max specs (and most every accessory, including a wireless French keyboard) tomorrow. I'm almost certain it's stupid to spend that much money on a computer, but I am compelled to do so anyway. Please, please, PLEASE list reasons I should not do so. For the love of God, give me some reasons to regret this purchase so that I don't go through with it. I beg of you!
You already know it's poor value for money. So just don't do it. You can get an equivalent Windows or Linux machine for far less. I read from one of your other replies that you're already in the red in the cash department, so it makes no sense to unnecessarily blow several hundred dollars on an apple painted on the back of the machine. I have a personal 'no to Apple' approach while they are such an aggressive patent-trolling company and while they operate such a lock-in on their technology (e.g. not letting you develop for iPhone except on a Mac, controlling the apps that are available, not allowing iOS to be run in a VM ...). But even if you don't have ethical problems with them, there's really no question that their hardware is overpriced.
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I'm 90% certain I will be buying a 15" MacBook Pro Retina with max specs (and most every accessory, including a wireless French keyboard) tomorrow. I'm almost certain it's stupid to spend that much money on a computer, but I am compelled to do so anyway. Please, please, PLEASE list reasons I should not do so. For the love of God, give me some reasons to regret this purchase so that I don't go through with it. I beg of you!
AspDotNetDev wrote:
PLEASE list reasons I should not do so
Because you were intelligent enough to write this post. best, Bill
~ Confused by Windows 8 ? This may help: [^] !
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Why a French keyboard ?
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
I'm learning French. Well, I was before I decided to put that on hold to focus on fitness. Now that I've reached my goal, I want to get back into learning French.
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I'm learning French. Well, I was before I decided to put that on hold to focus on fitness. Now that I've reached my goal, I want to get back into learning French.
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AspDotNetDev wrote:
PLEASE list reasons I should not do so
Because you were intelligent enough to write this post. best, Bill
~ Confused by Windows 8 ? This may help: [^] !
Intelligence and stupidity are not mutually exclusive. :rolleyes:
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Chris Maunder wrote:
but the rumours of new Ultrabooks coming in November
Surely Intel have sent you some for nothing.... :rolleyes:
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