but...
I AM CONFUSED
― star-spangled david banner (lex pretend), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 09:25 (twelve years ago) link
i need to rip CDs to the hard drive all the time! and also i want to watch DVDs on the laptop!
― star-spangled david banner (lex pretend), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 09:26 (twelve years ago) link
apple don't make laptops with cd/dvd drives since last week.
― caek, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 09:27 (twelve years ago) link
no one except music journalists and my dad use them any more. you can buy an external one like an external hard drive for < 100£.
― caek, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 09:28 (twelve years ago) link
i don't know what to do now
― star-spangled david banner (lex pretend), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 09:29 (twelve years ago) link
http://store.apple.com/uk/product/MD564ZM/A?fnode=MTY1NDA0Nw&s=topSellers
― caek, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 09:30 (twelve years ago) link
buy an 11" MBA and one of these http://store.apple.com/uk/product/MD564ZM/A?fnode=MTY1NDA0Nw&s=topSellers
so is it just the new models that don't have CD drives? aargh i should have done this the other week
― star-spangled david banner (lex pretend), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 09:30 (twelve years ago) link
WHY don't they have CD drives? I JUST WANT A LAPTOP THAT IS THE SAME AS THE ONE I HAVE
― star-spangled david banner (lex pretend), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 09:31 (twelve years ago) link
you can still get the old models refurbished though http://store.apple.com/uk/browse/home/specialdeals/mac they are cheaper and have optical drives. they are repaired ones, but they come with some sort of guarantee
― caek, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 09:31 (twelve years ago) link
e.g. this would suit you fine http://store.apple.com/uk/product/FD313B/A
― caek, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 09:32 (twelve years ago) link
also what do people watch if not DVDs these days? i knew CDs were obsolete but i didn't think DVDs were?
― star-spangled david banner (lex pretend), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 09:33 (twelve years ago) link
people download movies from the internet
― caek, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 09:34 (twelve years ago) link
the cheapest current model is the 11" macbook air for 849.
is this one of the new ones that just got released last week?
i find everything about this so stressful
― star-spangled david banner (lex pretend), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 09:34 (twelve years ago) link
i thought that was just illegal torrents though? i tried to work out how to do torrents once and EVERYTHING CRASHED and i've been too frightened to try again since
also there's nowhere enough room on laptops for more than a few films?
― star-spangled david banner (lex pretend), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 09:35 (twelve years ago) link
yes, all the laptops are new ones that got released last week
― caek, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 09:35 (twelve years ago) link
you can rent/buy movies using itunes.
― caek, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 09:36 (twelve years ago) link
a film takes up the same amount of space as 10 albums
and if you rent it you delete it anyway
my current laptop won't even let me watch youtube without skipping or freezing
ok these new models, in what ways are they better than the old ones? like is there something to actually make up for lacking a function i need to use regularly?
― star-spangled david banner (lex pretend), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 09:37 (twelve years ago) link
they are not creaky
― caek, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 09:38 (twelve years ago) link
no i mean the macbooks that were available two weeks ago that have been taken off the market
― star-spangled david banner (lex pretend), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 09:39 (twelve years ago) link
they weigh less because they got rid of something most people don't use
― caek, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 09:40 (twelve years ago) link
they didn't exactly weigh a ton to start with. what else have they made better. if there's nothing else i may as well get a refurbished one.
― star-spangled david banner (lex pretend), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 09:42 (twelve years ago) link
they are a bit faster, but tbh the refurbs will be so much faster than your 6 yr old one the difference between the new ones and the two week old ones will be marginal to you
― caek, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 09:43 (twelve years ago) link
i would get a refurb
if i were you i mean
lex, having read many of your angry posts about your current creaky model, you will be absolutely fine with last year's model. also, get applecare.
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 09:43 (twelve years ago) link
my mbp is two years old and it's still superb
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 09:45 (twelve years ago) link
and are refurbished ones actually...likely to last long? given that they are 2nd hand/repaired/whatever? that makes me a bit uncomfortable.
ugh so if i hadn't dithered and had just done this two weeks ago i could've got a new model that actually had what i want? ugh
― star-spangled david banner (lex pretend), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 09:45 (twelve years ago) link
make sure you look at http://store.apple.com/uk/browse/home/specialdeals/refurbfaq_popup
also no education discount on refurbs
and yes, get applecare
― caek, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 09:46 (twelve years ago) link
they are fine. you are guaranteed for 12 months + you are sensible so you get applecare for any apple laptop refurb or not, which extends cover for 2 more years.
i'm not a student so don't get discount anyway (but i save a similar amount cuz i get to claim tax back)
old refurb vs new model + external CD drive aargh. also aware that old models can become obsolete in annoying ways when it comes to software programs and stuff, like i haven't been able to use google chrome on my current one
― star-spangled david banner (lex pretend), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 09:49 (twelve years ago) link
you get a student discount by having a pulse. you would get it on a new laptop. in the uk it is 15% + free applecare, so it's worth ~300 quid.
― caek, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 09:51 (twelve years ago) link
actually applecare for uk students is not free, but it's something totally nominal like 50 quid
but like i say, i recommend that refurb for you
+ applecare
they don't check you're a student?!
― star-spangled david banner (lex pretend), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 09:51 (twelve years ago) link
you find someone with anything to do with a university and you place the order from a computer on their campus
― caek, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 09:52 (twelve years ago) link
otherwise there is no check
lex, is your company in on apple's employee purchase programme? my wife is entitled to that, so all our apple stuff is something % off
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 09:54 (twelve years ago) link
i don't think i know anyone at university any more :/
xp i'm freelance/self-employed
― star-spangled david banner (lex pretend), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 09:55 (twelve years ago) link
bugger
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 09:56 (twelve years ago) link
+1 for the refurb btw, apple's refurbs are incredible
Small business discount in that case!
― only NWOFHM! is real (krakow), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 09:57 (twelve years ago) link
my old imac died (i think maybe the power supply blew a fuse?) it's the old 17 inch non widescreen ones.
should i bother fixing it? do i take it to apple or to the dodgy computer shop round the corner?
― Rosie 47 (ken c), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 09:57 (twelve years ago) link
it's deffo out of warrenty
dodgy comp shop
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 09:58 (twelve years ago) link
ask apple first
― caek, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 09:58 (twelve years ago) link
This isn't true. All the MacBook Pros (apart from the Retina display one) have CD/DVD drives.
― stet, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 09:59 (twelve years ago) link