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iMac users!

You could get a new hard drive!

http://www.apple.com/support/imac-harddrive/

I finally gave in and purchased a MacBook pro on cyber Monday
I received it today
this will be fun getting used to it

any pointer?

I already have it reading my ipad and ipad mini.
no iphone

Lots of quick FREE tutorials here: http://www.apple.com/findouthow/mac/

Thanks Arwen, Red has requested an Ipad or Ipad mini for Christmas. She tells me she'll be happy with the mini if she can read her emails. I am sure hoping she can, cause she'll want a 100.00 bucks worth of accessories. :-)

Just got the new ipad last week....loving it! Its amazing...when I replace my desktop - it will be an Apple product as well! Not so sure about the iphone yet...but for syncing and convenience seems like a logical move in the future as well....

It's just the beginning. The stuff is like crack. I started with an iPod, a year later, iMac; the next year iPhone, 6 months after that and macbook air, now looking at apple tv.........

You get the idea, brace your wallet!

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This is really interesting and something I have been talking with a couple of other friends about too. It seems more and more like we (electronics consumers) are being coerced into choosing whole eco-systems instead of ala carte some of this and that.

Like Hollylane mentions, Apple is really setting up a closed loop of products and proprietary services. OS specific apps, co-ordinating through their cloud, even special connections instead of standards like USB and the like. All to work on their hardware exclusively.

I also see this happening with Google. The Android OS couples with that specific hardware and their apps and their cloud service (Gdrive) and their special browser, Chrome, tablet, etc.

Now Amazon with their readers, tablets, club membership (prime). They have their own cloud storage, music and video stores, subscription items, exclusive deals with content interaction providers.

I think that for now and a while to come, this is what it is. Yes, alot of this can be blended, I use all three cloud services as well as both Safari and Chrome browsers, and have been using a Roku streaming box because I can get both Netflix and Amazon streaming, I am going to migrate to and apple tv because they have decided to play nice with those two and I can use it to put whatever is on my laptop to a bigger screen, like iTunes U lectures.

But yes, we seem to have to choose what eco system to buy into for now. I am going for Apple for creation and computing, although I use a lot of Google software, and Amazon for consumption, kindle reader and if I decide on a tablet it will likely be a Fire.

It is a strange place for this to land and I think consumers will eventually drive it to a point of better compatibility. I hope it is soon.

Sylus choices for Ipad
 

So, tell me geeks - techies - apple lovers

_____ISO of a new stylus ... for the work I do - i have both systems (mac and pc) - but let's face it - you can't beat the mac (graphically) - not really...im debating between the Adonit stylus or the new Bambo sylus - while i love my ipad - the samsung note - has the (writing and pen features) a tad better than the apple market thus far (unless I am missing something) which is why I write and ask ... i take extensive hand written notes - so, i'm looking for a (thin) pen like feature ... the Adonit seems to be what I may be looking for - but if anyone has personal experience with one or the other and can shed some light - please do... and thanks.

Anyone else super annoyed that Gmail stopped pushing it's email to any devices not Google!? What the hey? I have had the same email for like 8 years. Now, I have to change it because my business is slowing it roll. I have to wait 15-20min to get an email. That equates death in my job!

The complexity is changing ones email address in my field is daunting! It's gonna take months to fully transition. I have to order new business cards and marketing stuff. Ugh!

Oh well.... Onward. Lol.