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[Gentle Tiger]

I may take a walk on the dark side and join the apple cult. I am still deciding. I do not have an iPhone. But I really need a laptop with everything that I need to do. So I am seriously looking at the MacBook Pro.

Talk to MacBook Pro people. Tell what you enjoy most and least about yours. Even the best items have cons.

[Linus]

Originally Posted by Gentle Tiger

I may take a walk on the dark side and join the apple cult. I am still deciding. I do not have an iPhone. But I really need a laptop with everything that I need to do. So I am seriously looking at the MacBook Pro.

Talk to MacBook Pro people. Tell what you enjoy most and least about yours. Even the best items have cons.

Cost and limitations on expansion are my biggest beefs.

But the speed, stability and quality stands out. Using Fusion means that anything that is "Windows only" I can handle. Additionally, the current OS (OS X) satisfies my need for both decent GUI as well as decent commandline (since it's based off of the BSD/NeXT variant). That means I can likely use a lot of the GNU/GPL software as well as off the shelf software.

The one thing I'd ask is what do you need your laptop to do? How do you use yours or how would you use it?

[girl_dee]

I have a Macbook Pro. Cost is a definite issue, but honestly I was going through HP laptops every two years, I process lots of photos and my Mac handles it just fine. I financed this one through Apple, monthly payment I was paying was worth not dealing with the frustration I was having with my HP. The financing was so easy, the finances charges were high, but it was the only way at the time. I also love that the finance people don't bother me with trying to finance something else.

My biggest plus, NO WINDOWS, the virus issues and window updates are just absent, you turn it on, and poof you are online.

I LOVE IT!!

[Abigail Crabby]

I want to be able to plug my iPhone into something that will let me
Use my car speakers to listen to my music on my phone. Is this possible?

[durrrrrrrr]

Originally Posted by Abigail Crabby

I want to be able to plug my iPhone into something that will let me
Use my car speakers to listen to my music on my phone. Is this possible?

ayup, you can. I use to use "Griffin fm transmitter"

you can get one at best buy

link

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Griffin+...&skuId=1078674

just tune the transmitter to a fm station that is nothing but static and there ya have it. however, once that station picks up a station, you may have to adjust it again.

[Abigail Crabby]

Originally Posted by durrrrrrrr

ayup, you can. I use to use "Griffin fm transmitter"

you can get one at best buy

link

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Griffin+...&skuId=1078674

just tune the transmitter to a fm station that is nothing but static and there ya have it. however, once that station picks up a station, you may have to adjust it again.

Thanks that's perfect and on my Christmas list now.

[girl_dee]

Originally Posted by Abigail Crabby

I want to be able to plug my iPhone into something that will let me
Use my car speakers to listen to my music on my phone. Is this possible?

Syr's car has an *auxiliary* slot on the dash that you can plug to the headphone slot on the phone, Not sure if yours has that.

[durrrrrrrr]

Originally Posted by Cajun_dee

Syr's car has an *auxiliary* slot on the dash that you can plug to the headphone slot on the phone, Not sure if yours has that.

the only thing I didnt like about the auxiliary slot is that it does not charge my phone while in use.

at least the FM transmitter will charge the phone.

I actually have a USB port built into my truck, it basically is the same thing as the auxiliary slot, but it charges the phone will using it.

[girl_dee]

Originally Posted by durrrrrrrr

the only thing I didnt like about the auxiliary slot is that it does not charge my phone while in use.

at least the FM transmitter will charge the phone.

I actually have a USB port built into my truck, it basically is the same thing as the auxiliary slot, but it charges the phone will using it.

Oh how neat! Yup charging is an issue.

[Sachita]

Originally Posted by Abigail Crabby

I want to be able to plug my iPhone into something that will let me
Use my car speakers to listen to my music on my phone. Is this possible?

You can buy this. I have Clear Scan that plugs into my lighter jack and Iphone. The only problem with this is finding a clear station. Otherwise it works fine. i also have little cheap speaker set I plug directly into the Iphone and really blast the sound. I sometimes use this.

[Gentle Tiger]

Right now I don't have a laptop. I was using the one that I had through my last job. I am no longer there, so no more laptop.

I would use the laptop for things like the newsletters, a lot of photo work for the newsletters, program books, flyers, music lists (I love music), movies, editing videos, of course the creations of various docs (lectures, class materials for what I teach, spreadsheets, etc) and of course games. I would also need the Windows component because of what I need to provide to those at the church.

I found the laptops that I have used in the past to be frustrating and slow. That's why I am thinking about the MacBook Pro.

I would also need the windows side because of testing that I would be doing if I chose not to sit at the PC.

Thanks for asking.

[Linus]

Originally Posted by Gentle Tiger

Right now I don't have a laptop. I was using the one that I had through my last job. I am no longer there, so no more laptop.

I would use the laptop for things like the newsletters, a lot of photo work for the newsletters, program books, flyers, music lists (I love music), movies, editing videos, of course the creations of various docs (lectures, class materials for what I teach, spreadsheets, etc) and of course games. I would also need the Windows component because of what I need to provide to those at the church.

I found the laptops that I have used in the past to be frustrating and slow. That's why I am thinking about the MacBook Pro.

I would also need the windows side because of testing that I would be doing if I chose not to sit at the PC.

Thanks for asking.

Then the Mac would work well and you can use my company's product, Fusion, to run Windows in a virtual machine so you can do testing while working on the newsletter. A refurb might work well so that you can max the memory so you can do both at the same time. My current MacBook Pro is a company issued one but I'd definitely get my own that is the same or better model.

[Sachita]

My first PC was an Apple and then a windows 3.1 AT PC. lol

I have spent tons of money on PC's because i always needed it for work, however these days I buy PC's I know that if they break down I can throw them away and buy another. I keep everything on an external drive and I have my own server, hosted, for almost 10 years at the same hosting company.

I recently bought a 500 acer pc running windows 7. It's lightweight and runs great. I stopped spending big money on PC's.

[ButchEire]

I have several PC's, including laptops but always work on my MacBook Pro 17". The resolution is high quality and doesn't lead to eyestrain. I run Windows XP on Parallels but honestly, don't use it much at all. Apple has plenty of desktop publishing software. I use InDesign and Illustrator for any publishing, on the Mac. On my iPad, I use Numbers and Pages.

As far as "breaking" computers, it's literally impossible unless you choose to dunk it in water,regardless of the manufacturer. Well,ok, also if you open emails from people you don't know but I don't do that. I still have a very capable Gateway 2.2GHz naive Windows machine from 1999 and the only thing i've had to replace was the fan. The thing still runs and has a 300GB hard drive, plus a 500GB external.

Originally Posted by Gentle Tiger

Right now I don't have a laptop. I was using the one that I had through my last job. I am no longer there, so no more laptop.

I would use the laptop for things like the newsletters, a lot of photo work for the newsletters, program books, flyers, music lists (I love music), movies, editing videos, of course the creations of various docs (lectures, class materials for what I teach, spreadsheets, etc) and of course games. I would also need the Windows component because of what I need to provide to those at the church.

I found the laptops that I have used in the past to be frustrating and slow. That's why I am thinking about the MacBook Pro.

I would also need the windows side because of testing that I would be doing if I chose not to sit at the PC.

Thanks for asking.