I bought a MacBook Pro
Thursday, September 7, 2006 at 10:09PM Yesterday I stopped by the local Apple store with a question: does my Gordon-Conwell student card do any good in Canada? After all, I'm not going to have it much longer.
The answer: Yes! A couple of hundred dollars off, plus a free iPod, plus discounts on AppleCare, blah blah blah. I did a little math and figured out that if I sold what I have on eBay, plus the free iPod, I would come pretty close to breaking even and have a better machine.
So I came home with this:
I was smart enough not to open it until I talked to Charlene, who didn't freak out. We left it unopened while we decided whether or not to keep it. (I have a patient wife.)
Today I realized that an 80 GB hard drive wasn't going to do the trick, so I took it back for a full refund. Sigh. And to get a bigger drive in the store, I have to buy the next model up, which is way more. I could order online but they don't seem to like my student card there, unlike in the store.
It was kind of cool to own a MacBook Pro, if only for about 24 hours.
Reader Comments (5)
Here is my suggestion that you get the Laptop and then go buy and External Harddrive. It has worked great for me since I have an iBook G4. So good luck. Chess
Ditto. I only have a 60G on my Powerbook, and it is only half full all the time. I have a 160G Lacie external firewire drive for all my archival stuff, incl. video. Hats off to you for the restraint, though.
Ditto. I only have a 60G on my Powerbook, and it is only half full all the time. I have a 160G Lacie external firewire drive for all my archival stuff, incl. video. Hats off to you for the restraint, though.
Be careful about materialism and its stronghold.
For the past three years I have been using my 60Gb iPod as my primary data storage so I was able to carry all my files with me between home, the office, and school. This enabled me to purchase the iBook for travel and at the office, and the eMac to use at home. 60Gb is a good size for files and DVD is a good backup system. If you believe rumors from a local Apple dealer he thinks Apple will be releasing a 120Gb iPod soon. Thanks,