Sal's RuneScape Forum > Apple's Real New Laptop

Bcloutier

Jan 6 2009, 10:26 PM

I laughed at the other topic.

But Apple has released some new products. What do you think of them?

17" Unibody MacBook Pro

iLife '09

iWorks '09

iTunes Store DRM-free

Personally, I love the new 17" MacBook Pro. I want one but it's basically $5000 including taxes for what I want. Fully loaded with 8GB of RAM. <3 I will probably update to iWorks and iLife '09 later on, too. Wish they had a combo package. Maybe one will come out later.

Discuss.

~Bcloutier~

Rangerover18

Jan 6 2009, 11:18 PM

Figures, I just buy a iMac with iLife '08 and now they release '09.

QUOTE

I will probably update to iWorks and iLife '09 later on, too. Wish they had a combo package. Maybe one will come out later.

You could always buy the Mac Box Set, it comes with updated Leopard, iLife '09, and iWork '09 for only $169.99.

Bcloutier

Jan 6 2009, 11:21 PM

QUOTE (Rangerover18 @ Jan 6 2009, 08:18 PM)

Figures, I just buy a iMac with iLife '08 and now they release '09.

QUOTE

I will probably update to iWorks and iLife '09 later on, too. Wish they had a combo package. Maybe one will come out later.

You could always buy the Mac Box Set, it comes with updated Leopard, iLife '09, and iWork '09 for only $169.99.

Except I'm in the same sort of situation. I bought a MacBook in September with '08 iWorks and iLife on it running Leopard. So the $169.99 upgrade turns out to be more. There will probably be a $99-129 upgrade that has only iLife and iWorks - hopefully.

~Bcloutier~

Rangerover18

Jan 6 2009, 11:25 PM

QUOTE (Bcloutier @ Jan 6 2009, 11:21 PM)

QUOTE (Rangerover18 @ Jan 6 2009, 08:18 PM)

Figures, I just buy a iMac with iLife '08 and now they release '09.

QUOTE

I will probably update to iWorks and iLife '09 later on, too. Wish they had a combo package. Maybe one will come out later.

You could always buy the Mac Box Set, it comes with updated Leopard, iLife '09, and iWork '09 for only $169.99.

Except I'm in the same sort of situation. I bought a MacBook in September with '08 iWorks and iLife on it running Leopard. So the $169.99 upgrade turns out to be more. There will probably be a $99-129 upgrade that has only iLife and iWorks - hopefully.

~Bcloutier~

The upgrade is $79. I'm probably going to upgrade iLife, as I have Office '08 instead of iWork.

Doomsicle

Jan 6 2009, 11:37 PM

Umm, add $1200 for 8GB of Memory? Doesn't that seem like a bit much?

Bcloutier

Jan 7 2009, 01:02 AM

QUOTE (Rangerover18 @ Jan 6 2009, 08:25 PM)

QUOTE (Bcloutier @ Jan 6 2009, 11:21 PM)

QUOTE (Rangerover18 @ Jan 6 2009, 08:18 PM)

Figures, I just buy a iMac with iLife '08 and now they release '09.

QUOTE

I will probably update to iWorks and iLife '09 later on, too. Wish they had a combo package. Maybe one will come out later.

You could always buy the Mac Box Set, it comes with updated Leopard, iLife '09, and iWork '09 for only $169.99.

Except I'm in the same sort of situation. I bought a MacBook in September with '08 iWorks and iLife on it running Leopard. So the $169.99 upgrade turns out to be more. There will probably be a $99-129 upgrade that has only iLife and iWorks - hopefully.

~Bcloutier~

The upgrade is $79. I'm probably going to upgrade iLife, as I have Office '08 instead of iWork.

Yes, but I have iLife, iWorks and Office on my laptop. I always want to stay current which isn't good for my bank account. I'll be shelling out close to $200 to keep up to Apple. Wait for a bit, though.

QUOTE (Doom @ Jan 6 2009, 08:37 PM)

Umm, add $1200 for 8GB of Memory? Doesn't that seem like a bit much?

Apple's memory upgrades are always more expensive. This is overly expensive, though. How much are 4GB DDR3 sticks anyways?

~Bcloutier~

Emo_Nemo

Jan 7 2009, 01:56 PM

QUOTE (Bcloutier @ Jan 7 2009, 01:02 AM)

QUOTE (Rangerover18 @ Jan 6 2009, 08:25 PM)

QUOTE (Bcloutier @ Jan 6 2009, 11:21 PM)

QUOTE (Rangerover18 @ Jan 6 2009, 08:18 PM)

Figures, I just buy a iMac with iLife '08 and now they release '09.

QUOTE

I will probably update to iWorks and iLife '09 later on, too. Wish they had a combo package. Maybe one will come out later.

You could always buy the Mac Box Set, it comes with updated Leopard, iLife '09, and iWork '09 for only $169.99.

Except I'm in the same sort of situation. I bought a MacBook in September with '08 iWorks and iLife on it running Leopard. So the $169.99 upgrade turns out to be more. There will probably be a $99-129 upgrade that has only iLife and iWorks - hopefully.

~Bcloutier~

The upgrade is $79. I'm probably going to upgrade iLife, as I have Office '08 instead of iWork.

Yes, but I have iLife, iWorks and Office on my laptop. I always want to stay current which isn't good for my bank account. I'll be shelling out close to $200 to keep up to Apple. Wait for a bit, though.

QUOTE (Doom @ Jan 6 2009, 08:37 PM)

Umm, add $1200 for 8GB of Memory? Doesn't that seem like a bit much?

Apple's memory upgrades are always more expensive. This is overly expensive, though. How much are 4GB DDR3 sticks anyways?

~Bcloutier~

You can get 4gb ddr3 for a little over 100$

Doomsicle

Jan 7 2009, 02:57 PM

QUOTE (Bcloutier @ Jan 7 2009, 01:02 AM)

QUOTE (Rangerover18 @ Jan 6 2009, 08:25 PM)

QUOTE (Bcloutier @ Jan 6 2009, 11:21 PM)

QUOTE (Rangerover18 @ Jan 6 2009, 08:18 PM)

Figures, I just buy a iMac with iLife '08 and now they release '09.

QUOTE

I will probably update to iWorks and iLife '09 later on, too. Wish they had a combo package. Maybe one will come out later.

You could always buy the Mac Box Set, it comes with updated Leopard, iLife '09, and iWork '09 for only $169.99.

Except I'm in the same sort of situation. I bought a MacBook in September with '08 iWorks and iLife on it running Leopard. So the $169.99 upgrade turns out to be more. There will probably be a $99-129 upgrade that has only iLife and iWorks - hopefully.

~Bcloutier~

The upgrade is $79. I'm probably going to upgrade iLife, as I have Office '08 instead of iWork.

Yes, but I have iLife, iWorks and Office on my laptop. I always want to stay current which isn't good for my bank account. I'll be shelling out close to $200 to keep up to Apple. Wait for a bit, though.

QUOTE (Doom @ Jan 6 2009, 08:37 PM)

Umm, add $1200 for 8GB of Memory? Doesn't that seem like a bit much?

Apple's memory upgrades are always more expensive. This is overly expensive, though. How much are 4GB DDR3 sticks anyways?

~Bcloutier~

DDR3 is usually 30-40 dollars per GB. However, since this is a single 4GB, it may be a little more expensive. But really, 1200?

Demsale

Jan 7 2009, 04:28 PM

Why exactly would you need 8GB of RAM anyway? Planning on playing several games at once?

Doomsicle

Jan 7 2009, 06:18 PM

QUOTE (Demsale @ Jan 7 2009, 04:28 PM)

Why exactly would you need 8GB of RAM anyway? Planning on playing several games at once?

Multitasking, Playing ONE really demanding game, Video Editing, Media Editing, Photoshop, etc.

Acid

Jan 8 2009, 02:10 AM

QUOTE (Doom @ Jan 7 2009, 07:57 PM)

DDR3 is usually 30-40 dollars per GB. However, since this is a single 4GB, it may be a little more expensive. But really, 1200?

You can get the best set of DDR3 out there for $600 (6GB). Apple memory is usually decent quality samsung but it should be nowhere near 1200.

Doomsicle

Jan 9 2009, 08:23 PM

QUOTE (Acid @ Jan 8 2009, 02:10 AM)

QUOTE (Doom @ Jan 7 2009, 07:57 PM)

DDR3 is usually 30-40 dollars per GB. However, since this is a single 4GB, it may be a little more expensive. But really, 1200?

You can get the best set of DDR3 out there for $600 (6GB). Apple memory is usually decent quality samsung but it should be nowhere near 1200.

Yes, but the best kind of DDR3 memory like that isn't usually used in mainstream computers like Apple's, because of the cost.