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08-04-2006, 06:12 AM
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#151 | | Member
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| BUUT
If you really don't think you will carry it around, or if you are on a budget, or if you want a large screen, or if you want more horsepower, or if you game... all of these are very valid reasons to consider a desktop computer. | 
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08-05-2006, 07:59 PM
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#152 | | Member
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| actually the 17" imac is more expensive than the cheapest macbook.. i'm not a gamer and i don't really care about the screen size. is the horsepower noticeably better than a laptop? | |
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08-05-2006, 09:25 PM
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#153 | | Member
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| well... for the extra 200 you are getting a dedicated video card (128 mb of onboard memory vs 64 mb of integrated memory), 160 GB vs 60 GB for hard drive, Dual Layer-DVD burner vs CD-RW / DVD ROM, not to mention the huge difference between the screens... the desktop will give you almost 65% more screen size.
Consider it | |
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08-05-2006, 10:25 PM
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#154 | | Member
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| uhhhh.. what does the dedicated video card mean? i doubt i will need the hard drive space or the burner though it might come in handy.. anything else?
btw what are universal apps and how do i know if an app is universal or not. like i hear photoshop is not universal so it runs slower or something.. | |
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08-06-2006, 08:26 AM
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#155 | | Member
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| lol you probably won't need it actually, it's mostly used for playing games, although I guess people involved in Computer Media might find it useful. Basically it uses its own resources instead of using up the computer's, and gives you better video performance.
You should be fine with a notebook http://www.askdavetaylor.com/what_is..._on_a_mac.html
this explains what universal app means. It does turn out that photoshop is not universal, but I'm wondering... if you boot up with windows, shouldn't you be fine? | |
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12-07-2006, 10:49 AM
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#156 | | New Member
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| hi.. i bought a white macbook few months ago but my mac's color now isn't white anymore. it became brownish because of all the accumulated dusts on my keyboard and trackpad. anyone here who can give me a tip on how to clean it and restore it's pure-white color? thanks. | |
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12-07-2006, 12:18 PM
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#157 | | Senior Member
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| There was an early batch of MacBooks with defective plastics that would stain like this. Apple has acknowledge the manufacturing defect (ah, the joys of outsourced manufacturing!) and will replace the casing under warranty http://news.softpedia.com/news/Apple...ct-28129.shtml | |
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12-08-2006, 09:57 AM
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#158 | | New Member
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| got myself in a trouble
i wish i have read johnny k's post earlier.
i cleaned my macbook with an acetone and it worked really well. the stains were gone (except for the stains on the trackpad). i was almost done with my cleaning when the acetone spilled on my keyboard! the computer was off and i also took the battery when it happend. the spill covered the surface from letter L key to the plus sign to the enter key up to the shift key.
i immediately turned the macbook upside down to let the acetone drip and i dried it. after few minutes, i turned on the computer and it's still working. what i'm worried about is that the alcohol constituents might deteriorate the internal parts of my macbook. what should i do? any comments? help me..
thanks.
P.S.
is there an AppleCare in Cebu, City, Philippines that replaces discolored top cases? | |
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12-16-2006, 01:15 PM
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#159 | | New Member
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| heard of the new Microsoft Vista? it's like a total rebuff of Mac OS X. | |
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12-16-2006, 02:09 PM
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#160 | | Senior Member
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| If by "rebuff" you mean "rip-off" then yes. Microsoft has copied Apple with abandon. There was a great blog written by a disgruntled MS Windows developer who said "our departent had a Mac which we looked up to as a paragon of a good OS"
So yeah, copying Mac OS was and is standard MS operating procedure.
Anyway, I am actually writing this post from Windows Vista right now. I installed it on my MacBook ('twas a piece of cake with Parallels).
The new Windows search thing is very nice--but I've been enjoying it for almost 2 years already with Mac OS X 10.4...
Vista is better than Windows XP (though that's like saying "Penn is better than high-school special ed class"--it doesn't take much), but it's still the same old Windows.
But now it's very shiny. | |
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02-25-2007, 05:38 PM
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#161 | | Junior Member
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| Hi, I work at the Apple Store in Oklahoma City and I am also intersted in becoming a campus rep if I am accepted into Penn. How does one go about this? | |
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02-25-2007, 06:46 PM
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#162 | | Senior Member
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| You have to kill me, or wait til I graduate. While other schools of similar size have more than 1 campus rep (Columbia has 3, for example), Penn only has one. Part of this is likely due to the fact that Penn already has an excellent self-sustaining network of Mac users and support. | |
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02-25-2008, 01:14 AM
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#163 | | New Member
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| Apple Mac Rep on campus
Is it worth it? What are the benifits/pay and time that one would devote into the projects | |
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