I second Dana's comments on Best Buy and the Geek Squad. Avoid them - buy Apple Care. IIRC, you have one year after buying the device of laptop to buy AppleCare for it. I *think* this is true. Not 100% sure.
-Cameron On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 12:02 PM, Bruce Sorge <sor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks Cameron. > I need a new machine more like yesterday than later. I live near > COlorado Springs but I am getting the machine at Best Buy because they > are having a huge sale. I think that I have parallels from an older Dell > purchase I made many years ago, I'll have to go see. Also I have > everything backed up to my external hdd so I think that as long as I > just plug it in I can transfer my files. I don't have an iPhone right > now, I have an HTC EVO which is awesome except for the shitty battery > life. Anyway, I'll talk to a person at a MAC store and see what advice > they have, and of course just play with the machine and learn about it. > > On 5/27/2012 9:14 AM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > A few things I'd say here. First, if it's n emergency, go ahead and buy > it > > but if it's not, you may want to wait a few more months. Rumor is that > > Apple may be renewing the MacBook Pro line later this summer/fall and the > > new MacBooks may have a slimmer profile similar to the Air model. They > may > > have other new features and updates as well. > > > > I always check here before buying: > > http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/ > > > > Also, I would go ahead and max out the RAM to 8gigs, but you don't have > to > > buy all that from Apple. I bought mine with 4 gigs of RAM and them upped > it > > to 8 with 4 more from crucial.com. It's pretty easy to unscrew and get > to > > the memory bays on the MacBook but you may have to buy an electronics > > screwdriver set if you don't have one. I got one for about $10 at Radio > > Shack. > > > > As for the iPhone 4s, you can also check the MacRumors site for advice on > > that as well. also will probably refresh in the Fall. > > > > Getting all your files from your PC to your mac isn't too painful. I got > > Parallels with my Mac, and it comes with a cable kit to connect the two > and > > clone your old laptop onto a VM on the new one. I don't love Parallels > for > > everyday use though, so I wouldn't expect to run windows routinely on > your > > Mac (even though you can). > > > > I'm not sure where you're located right now, but if you are anywhere near > > an Apple Store, I'd walk in on a weekday (they are slammed on weekends) > and > > try to talk through amy other questions with a staff member. Unlike Best > > Buy or other stores, Apple store employees are genrally incredibly > > knowledgable. You'll pick up 100 other tips from those guys just by > having > > a 30 minute conversation. > > > > I'm not sure if you already have an older iPhone, but if you do, and you > > don't want to wait in line at the Apple Store - there's an app called > Apple > > Store that will let you make a reservation at the store to speak to > someone > > (free). This is sorta like a reservation at a restaurant, which means > they > > may not be ready for you exactly at the time you get there, but trust me, > > you will be ahead of all the walk-ups. > > > > That's all I can think of for the moment. > > > > -Cameron > > > > On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 10:36 AM, Bruce Sorge<sor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> This is really for all the MAC users out there, MAC haters need not > >> reply, haha. > >> Anyway, my Acer has outlived it's usefulness as a daily computer and I > >> am moving up to a new Mac book pro with the Intel i7 processor, 17" > >> display, 4GB memory and a 750GB hdd. Is this good to start with. I am > >> new to MAC's other than messing around with them on rare occasions. So > >> what can I do with this machine? What are some good tips and tricks that > >> I can use to maximize my experience and make things easier/more > >> productive? In July I'll be upgrading to the iPhone 4s when my upgrade > >> is available so I think that those two devices should get along well. > >> Also, what do I need to do in order to get my music, pictures and files > >> from my Acer to the MAC without farcking anything up? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Bruce > >> > >> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:351505 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
