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Yeah they only gave me a Toshiba, apparently you only get the MacBook Pro if you're on a course that requires it, no fair! I demand better free laptops!
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You got an MBP for free?
If he got it the same way I did as he says, he got it from Student Finance because of DSA. Basically if you have any sort of disability you get a free laptop and a bunch of other stuff. If you're on a creative course like film studies that computer is a MBP, else it's a Toshiba like what I'm getting.
This isn't paid by the taxpayer though, Student Finance is the company we get our student loans from so we still technically pay for it once we start work and pay back our debt since it's financed by the loans. We don't pay any extra back though. If that makes sense.
A free advanced screening of the new Star Trek movie. And from a non-trekky's perspective, it was a pretty incredible movie.
Won an 16gb wifi iPad 2 in a short film competition! It ended on december and i hadn't high hopes to win so a few weeks ago i orded an 16gb wifi ipad mini after i order it i got the email saying i won
I'll keep the mini and sell the ipad 2 to buy more camera gear!
Yeah they only gave me a Toshiba, apparently you only get the MacBook Pro if you're on a course that requires it, no fair! I demand better free laptops!
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If he got it the same way I did as he says, he got it from Student Finance because of DSA. Basically if you have any sort of disability you get a free laptop and a bunch of other stuff. If you're on a creative course like film studies that computer is a MBP, else it's a Toshiba like what I'm getting.
This isn't paid by the taxpayer though, Student Finance is the company we get our student loans from so we still technically pay for it once we start work and pay back our debt since it's financed by the loans. We don't pay any extra back though. If that makes sense.
It makes total sense. Rent free student loans that you don't have to pay back unless you've got an employment are amazing, didn't know they existed
It makes total sense. Rent free student loans that you don't have to pay back unless you've got an employment are amazing, didn't know they existed
I don't know what you mean by "rent free", they do still have interest but the interest rate is low compared to a normal loan. But yes it is a sweet deal. Also if it's not all paid off after a certain amount of time the remainder just gets written off.
Jesus... I must have been so confused. I was reading an article about the ECBs interest rates in Dutch at the time, and interest rate in Dutch is "rente"... So I meant "interest free"
I house/dog-sat for my father a couple weeks ago while he and his fiance were in Cuba. And he gave me this as a thank you. It's actually pretty damn neat
Finished the MacBook Pro rebuild I've been working on. In a nutshell, I acquired a MacBook Pro (Early 2008) in excellent condition but sans logic board. I held on to it for spares, but a couple of months ago a replacement Logic Board of the same configuration turned up in the recycling pile, so I repaired it and returned it to service.
I posted this up a couple of months ago in this thread, but I recently came across a free NewerTech NuPower replacement battery for it in deep discharge. After letting a battery conditioner do its thing, it's back up to a stable 96% health. Turns out it only has 38 cycles on it. This machine now works like a dream.
Now I have another machine to work on. This one's a MacBook Pro (15-inch Late 2011) with a 2.4GHz Quad i7 Sandy Bridge CPU, 4GB 1333MHz Memory and the AMD Radeon HD 6770M 1GB video accelerator.
It does boot, but it doesn't run very well. The keyboard is corroded following a red wine spill and two tracks leading to the display backlight power feed on the Logic Board are showing an open circuit, but are receiving power, so it's only a broken trace. I'm confident that it's a repairable machine. Now just waiting to have the Logic Board repaired before I tackle replacing the keyboard assembly.
I'm actually considering selling off my 2012 MacBook Air if I can repair this Pro. The verdict is still out on that one.
I wish I was smart enough to do stuff like that, I'd make a fortune.
It is easy do this sorts of things when you are Apple Certified technician.
I would do this type of repairing, but it is hard to find machines for spares like that, unless of course you are certified technician and those parts come and go every day, and you can grab whichever you want. 
All the music,videos and movies curtesy of the piratebay all for free
And Daft Punk new album before its released.
And Daft Punk new album before its released.
It is easy do this sorts of things when you are Apple Certified technician.
I tried to do a business a bit like that once, buying broken laptops and phones off eBay, fixing them, and selling them on, but the problem I found is that often the exact fault isn't that you'd expect, so you'd end up having to spend more money than it's worth to fix it. I gave that up pretty quickly.
Of course if you have all the parts anyway you're sorted
All the music,videos and movies curtesy of the piratebay all for free
And Daft Punk new album before its released.
Stealing doesn't make it free.
Went out for dinner Saturday night with the wife and the place was having a "Sam Adams takeover" which included a bunch of stuff that normally isn't available this time of year (or on tap). Had a half price Chocolate Bock after dinner and made a big case out of how I'd not seen a glass like this. The waiter said he'd go talk to his manager. He came back a few minutes later with an empty bag and said the manager had sent it over "for my leftovers...if you know what I mean...".
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You got an MBP for free?
Oh no no no no no....sorry for the confusion... lol I meant free like I get a pell grant and student loans. Whats free now, I will paying back after I am done with school. lol
Whats free now, I will paying back after I am done with school. lol
Yeah, you'll be paying for it alright, you'll be banging your head against the wall wondering why you financed a computer this way.