Buying a MacBook Pro
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From: Adib Mahouli on 8 Feb 2010 21:07 On 02/08/2010 08:39 PM, Adib Mahouli wrote: > On 02/08/2010 08:06 PM, John wrote: >> In article<hkq9jc$6ei$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, >> Adib Mahouli<adibmahouli(a)mamaison.com> wrote: >> >>> I couldn't agree more. Just don't sell your troubles on eBay! Keep both >>> computers: one to handle present crashing files, one to handle future >>> crashing files. >>> >>> Man, this group is full of sound advice! >> >> No I was thinking about CraigsList or amazon.com. I can get more money >> for the iBook than on Ebay and plus I dont pay a fee if it does not >> sell. And another advantage is I do not have to deal with paypal. Sound idea! Why don't you start a thread explaining how great CraigList and Amazon are when you want to acquire real solid hardware with no kernel crashes. After all, isn't this exactly what the honest people who counsel you on this group suggested you do earlier? The Mac world is just fascinating. People who want to sell their broken hardware at extravagant prices find that eBay, CraigList and Amazon is just what they need and, at the same time, suggest that whould-be Mac owners escape Apple's swindle by buying where they sell their crappy stuff. What fun Apple is! You open brand new computers to install NewEgg drives, you play the game of buying fucked up used material, just so that you don't feel you've been had buying a Mac instead of a PC. Mac users know better about the good life. Hey, you buy a Mac, you don't have to play poker!
From: Mike Rosenberg on 8 Feb 2010 21:46 John <jwolf6589(a)NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote: > No I was thinking about CraigsList or amazon.com. I can get more money > for the iBook than on Ebay and plus I dont pay a fee if it does not > sell. And another advantage is I do not have to deal with paypal. Excuse me? You're going to sell an iBook with a defective motherboard? Do you really think something would pay for that? Or were you planning to not mention that fact? And, if so, what would you do when the buyer told you about all the kernel panics he/she had? -- My latest dance performance <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_9pudbFisE> Mac and geek T-shirts & gifts <http://designsbymike.net/shop/mac.cgi> Prius shirts/bumper stickers <http://designsbymike.net/shop/prius.cgi>
From: J.J. O'Shea on 8 Feb 2010 22:48 On Mon, 8 Feb 2010 18:51:49 -0500, nospam wrote (in article <080220101551490830%nospam(a)nospam.invalid>): > In article <hkq7tc$vt3$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Adib Mahouli > <adibmahouli(a)mamaison.com> wrote: > >> Very good question indeed, since Apple now introduces in the IPad a >> Cortex-A9 MPCore based CPU that is far from ready for prime time: it >> doesn't offer multitasking and HDMI out, as a Cortex-A9 MPCore should. > > it offers multitasking and hdmi is overkill for the target market. >> >> So, it's very hard to predict whether Apple's marketing schemes will >> bring products to the market too early or way too late but, for now, one >> think is sure: Apple won't succeed in pulling the rug under the >> competition's feet this lame A4 CPU. > > nothing lame about it. >> >> The iPad will be obsolete soon as it comes out and will be replaced with >> a newer hyper-hyped model what will then meet the competition's specs... >> at twice the price, as usual. > > nonsense. You're talking to Priam. Of course he's sprouting nonsense, it's what he does. -- email to oshea dot j dot j at gmail dot com.
From: Adib Mahouli on 8 Feb 2010 22:52 On 02/08/2010 08:56 PM, Dan wrote: > In article<hkqeov$rsu$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > Adib Mahouli<adibmahouli(a)mamaison.com> wrote: > >> all you have to do is settle for less. > > Since you are running Linux, you clearly are an expert in settling for > less. Maybe we should give the full quote so people don't misunderstand. I wrote: "Absolutely! Since Apple asks thrice the price for HDs, all you have to do is settle for less." But, in the end, you're absolutely right, you touched my soft spot, I am really poor. You must understand that not all people in the world can be as rich as you artist Americans, with your credit card's balance all paid up every month. No, I'm not like this. I'm really poor. Well... poor. Not as poor as the Chinese -- who make all your iMacs, iPhones, iTouch, iPad, iTv, and all other Me, Myself and I stuff -- and manage to pay 780 billions of your public debt, but poor nonetheless. That's why I have to use an OS that runs on more than 80% of the most powerful computers in the world. Of course, you must understand that I really crave to run your gruy�re Mach kernel that Charlie Miller is getting $5,000 to crack at every Pwn2Own contest, but I can't afford it. I'm afraid I can't afford a gruy�re kernel.
From: Richard Maine on 8 Feb 2010 22:54
J.J. O'Shea <try.not.to(a)but.see.sig> wrote: > You're talking to Priam. Of course he's sprouting nonsense, it's what he > does. Yeah. I figured that out right *AFTER* I made the mistake of answering one of his postings in this thread. What I belatedly figured out was that it was Priam. That he specializes in spouting nonsense is long known. I didn't notice at first because it seemed a slightly different brand of nonsense than his usual. But it later became obvious. -- Richard Maine | Good judgment comes from experience; email: last name at domain . net | experience comes from bad judgment. domain: summertriangle | -- Mark Twain |