+ applecare
― caek, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 09:51 (twelve years ago) link
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
apple don't make laptops with cd/dvd drives since last week.
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
Also PC World in Moorgate are selling the just-replaced models for £350 off, Lex.
― stet, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 10:00 (twelve years ago) link
actually yeah, apple has a record for being nice
xxp true, the current 13s and 15s still have the drive built in
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 10:01 (twelve years ago) link
ha oh shit lex's brain is going to melt
i just looked at http://www.apple.com/macbook-pro/specs/13-and-15-inch/. they don't even mention the drives.
― caek, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 10:02 (twelve years ago) link
just noticed that
sigh
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 10:04 (twelve years ago) link
if you order a retina mbp, it offers you the external superdrive as an optional extra. if you order a standard mbp, it doesn't. assuming that means the std mbps come with the built-in drive, and apple just doesn't want to make a big deal of it.
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 10:07 (twelve years ago) link
lol the whitewashing of history
― caek, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 10:07 (twelve years ago) link
also lol optical media
― caek, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 10:08 (twelve years ago) link
this year I have used an optical drive to:
- rip chinese soap operas to .m4v- rip mandopop to .mp3- copy chinese breeze .mp3s to my ipod- nothing else
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 10:11 (twelve years ago) link
i'm even more confused than i was to start with now
― star-spangled david banner (lex pretend), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 10:11 (twelve years ago) link
also i think i want a 13" one cuz that's what i have now
so get a 13" mbp, either the current one or the previous model or a refurb (you will get a cd/dvd drive whatever you do)
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 10:12 (twelve years ago) link
just check for the cd slot before you buy it
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 10:13 (twelve years ago) link
basically you can't go wrong, unless you're expecting two usb slots or something
is this one ok? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Apple-MacBook-Dual-Core-1-7GHz-Graphics/dp/B005DYB9GC/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1340100429&sr=8-7
― star-spangled david banner (lex pretend), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 10:13 (twelve years ago) link
HANG ON i need two USB slots
― star-spangled david banner (lex pretend), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 10:14 (twelve years ago) link
i don't think i can cope with this
― star-spangled david banner (lex pretend), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 10:15 (twelve years ago) link
that's a macbook air, no cd drive xxp
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 10:15 (twelve years ago) link
looool
― caek, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 10:15 (twelve years ago) link
only the 15" mbp has two usb slots built in
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 10:16 (twelve years ago) link
the cheapest one here is what you apparently want http://store.apple.com/uk/browse/home/shop_mac/family/macbook_pro/select
― caek, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 10:16 (twelve years ago) link
pretty sure the 13" mbp has two usbs. even the 13" mba has two usbs.
― caek, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 10:17 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, it's go two usb ports
the refurb caek linked upthread has two USB slots
― star-spangled david banner (lex pretend), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 10:18 (twelve years ago) link
i should really just get that refurb
it's 13", it has two USB slots and it has a CD drive
brilliant
lex, get it
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 10:18 (twelve years ago) link
lex: the new laptops aren't on sale on amazon yet, and you won't save any money by buying with them once they are. get it from apple. and get applecare.
― caek, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 10:19 (twelve years ago) link
yeah get the refurb. and get applecare.
i am genuinely physically shaking through sheer panicky meltdown here
― star-spangled david banner (lex pretend), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 10:19 (twelve years ago) link
oh except the battery is external with that one
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 10:19 (twelve years ago) link
joeks
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 10:20 (twelve years ago) link
hnnnnnnnnnnnnngggggggggggghhhh
― star-spangled david banner (lex pretend), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 10:20 (twelve years ago) link
i can't tell whether that was serious or not
which one
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 10:23 (twelve years ago) link
nm i just saw "joeks". well thankyou for the hand-holding anyway! hopefully i won't have to repeat this process for another 6 years
― star-spangled david banner (lex pretend), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 10:23 (twelve years ago) link
np
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 10:25 (twelve years ago) link
caek did all the work