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prasys
post Nov 9 2007, 02:57 PM

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QUOTE(James_Padfoot @ Nov 9 2007, 11:45 AM)
- Do they still overheat?
- Does the screen this reflect oddly?
- Apart from the OS what justifies the almost double price tag from (for comparision reasons) the Inspiron 1420?
- Is the 3 year protection plan worth it?
- If something goes wrong with it, must I go only to Apple authorized people (because others might not no how to deal with it?)
- Besides buying the unit, what extra expenses will I have to incur for other stuff that i will require to run the mac?
- can I get a student disc.?
- Where is the best place to buy it?
Thank you very much, in advance.
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Its got to do with the thermal paste or something like that. Blame the processor

Reflect oddly , I am not too sure about that. Sometimes glossy screens tend to have this problem

You see , you are paying for the build and quality of MacBook vs cheap plastik(R) look from Dell. You be the judge , cool looks vs cheap looks. Thats all. Apart from that you are paying for the software and the OS. MacBook comes along with iLife , iWork and MacOS X 10.5. Uh for your Dell , you dont get something like that iLife. Plus there is no replacement that comes close to iLife product suite. You'll find iLife is part of your life.


If you got the money. Its worth it. The extended care is always a must for laptops. But then Apple's extendedcare is again overpriced. On the other hand Dell's TrueCare or whatever they call it is cheaper.

If something goes wrong. Pick one. Be a daredevil and figure it yourself or send it to Apple. I would choose the latter if I were you and not the former. Oh yeah , I've opened the mac several times , replaced its RAM , HDD. Next up , I should try replacing the CD-RW to a DVD-RW Drive. But its very hard to find spare parts for iBooks/mac mini g4 these days


As said by the rest


I am not sure about the discount. I highly doubt it


Any Mac centre will do
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post Nov 9 2007, 09:34 PM

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Honestly , you'll find using a mac gives you the total feeling of using a supercomputer. Its totally different mate. I can't say it out. You'll have to try. I have yet to seen people who have said mac sucks (well there but most switches say omg'). Trust me , it makes your computing experience so much soo easier

Since you are a student , I am telling you Macs are life savers. I dont have to worry about my virus gawking my computer. Trust me , I've used several thumb drivers which is infected by virus. On my mac , I dont have to worry, plug , copy my friend's assignment stuff , then back and do my work and they will ask me 'OMG..my pen drive got virus i can't open my own file..how u can'...Simple , I just say use a mac. I know Its safe whenever I use the mac. I use windows for gaming and to run those stubborn applications !

 

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