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Post Your Mac Setup: Past & Present!
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Wow....wish I had that kind of money....
And here are some updated shots of my pales-in-comparison setup...
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Did some math...were they all new Apple laptop? If they were, lets say average price was 2000, thats over 100,000 on laptop to surf the web and music!
*That is of course they are all new*
I'd like to see a pic of your entire laptop collection stacked on top of each other.
Or next to each other.
They were all new except for 3 refurbs I have bought. My first every powerbok cost me a a wopping £2400, it was my first mac I had no idea what I had bought. But I liked the look of the apple logo on the back. My sony vaio, had died and there was no way, I was buying another one. My family thought I had gone crazy now several years on, my entire family have macs.
Yes, I have spent a small fortune on macs, some off the older ones, I have sold on. Hence why I have gone through so many. Since being married, my purcahsing has slowed down thus why I bought a refurb 17" MBP, but I still make sure I buy a new machine every 6 months.
As for the cost, I dont really think of it as my first every pc a 286 back in 1990/91 cost my family over £2000 then. So in comparison macs are cheap. Money is there to be spent, as my father said you cant take it with you. So you might as well spend it and enjoy your life.
*sigh*.... why oh why do people post pictures of the 27 laptops they bought over the last year and get defensive when everyone cites them as irrational?
i find that although i do go through "laptop lust" each time a refresh happens, economically and productively it makes zero sense for ME to update so frequently. took me a while to finally overcome the whole "i need to buy a new laptop simply because 'i likes it' ideology.
i have stuck to doing a laptop refresh every 2.5 - 3 years. I bought myself a CD blackbook in 2006 and intend on purchasing a macbook pro with the release of the 45 nm peryn intel processors to replace my aging G5 desktop of many years
i find that although i do go through "laptop lust" each time a refresh happens, economically and productively it makes zero sense for ME to update so frequently. took me a while to finally overcome the whole "i need to buy a new laptop simply because 'i likes it' ideology.
i have stuck to doing a laptop refresh every 2.5 - 3 years. I bought myself a CD blackbook in 2006 and intend on purchasing a macbook pro with the release of the 45 nm peryn intel processors to replace my aging G5 desktop of many years
joshwest said:
Wow! And people say to me that my 5 iPod collection is outta control. Your collection rocks, please can you just go through from left to right the models displayed
well i can actually finjally post in here with my own picture
noting special at all but hopefully a mac mini should be joining it soon
noting special at all but hopefully a mac mini should be joining it soon
jordygreen said:well i can actually finjally post in here with my own picture
noting special at all but hopefully a mac mini should be joining it soon
*huge iBook pic*
I like that, wish I had an iBook
Mine died (bust logic board)
I like that, wish I had an iBook
Ye sorry for the huge pic, ye its a good little thing to get me into the world of Mac i think
Do you also buy one of every processor?
Like the 2.16 C2D and the 2.33 C2D? Man that must cost alot though, 50 laptops!
1995:
2005:
2007: plus a MacBook.
By the way, there are a lot of computers I still own but which are not depicted in the photograph - just read my signature
2005:
2007: plus a MacBook.
By the way, there are a lot of computers I still own but which are not depicted in the photograph - just read my signature
Spot on....I hate when people horde the money, and never plan to spend it. (Not that I'm saying don't save any, I'm currently not buy Xbox 360 because while I have the cash , if I want a iPhone, 10.5 and iWork(maybe iLife) I shouldn't buy the 360)
I feel sorta the same way, the reason we work is to make money; And the reason we make money is to spend it on stuff we want. I will admit that I can be a cheap person at times, but it is only because I like spending my money on things that I think have value and are worth my money. I like spending my money on tangible things, I hate spending money on consumables. I'm not a big drinker nor do I like going to the bars. I would rather spend $20 to get a new DVD then spend it on a night of drinking.
While I like to buy things, I only buy things when I think I am getting a deal on it. For example, I am in the market for a new TV. I don't just look at bestbuy, I shop around everything; online, instores, read reviews, talk to friends, etc. I want to know that the money I am spending is going towards getting the best value. Know that say spending an extra $100 or something adds value to the tv such as better contrast ratio or more inputs or a larger screen, etc.
My girlfriend and I get in these arguements all the time. She might find a really nice set of dishes she wants, I ask her what makes them so much more expensive then others and she just says "they look nice". I have a hard time seeing value in that, my brain works in a practical way, I need a practical reason why something is worth the extra money. I guess that is why I am an engineer, we are trained to think in this manor.
But everyone is different, if someone wants to spend all their money on one thing, it's not our place to say they can't. As long as he/she is paying all their bills and taxes and not on wellfare where the rest of us have to pay for them, then I don't have a problem. I have problem when people spend all their money, then needs the government to support them, thus using the money of the rest of us.
Wow! And people say to me that my 5 iPod collection is outta control. Your collection rocks, please can you just go through from left to right the models displayed
first gen 5 gig
second gen mini 6 gig (needs new battery)
first and second gen nanos both 1 gig
first gen nano 1 gig black
first gen nano 4 gig white
second gen nano 8 gig black
5.5 gen 80 gig ipod black
and i have a sealed 4 gig silver mini that im keeping cause i collect them
For all the scientists out there on macs:
Should probably put that in a more commanding place when I move.
who is this guy? sorry, i'm not a math guy.
I have to horde money....
But for good reason! I want a house and in the UK it's expensive!
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