John, welcome to the Apple fold, your life is about to get a great deal easier and less stressful!
If you haven't ordered it quite yet, you may find the following tips useful: Joining the Apple Developer Connection gets you a one-time-only 18% discount, free upgrade to Leopard when it is released and various other goodies. The cost of joining the ADC is, however, considerable, wiping out most of that saving UNLESS you join as a student developer, which only costs $80 or something like that. You are entitled to join as a student even if you just sign up for an evening class in your local community college or, in the UK, an Open University course. You could also get a fairly substantial student discount, generally around 16% but it varies from college to college, if you either buy in the name of a student friend or simply say you are a student - they don't check if you order over the phone. A huge advantage of buying via the regular student scheme (rather than the student ADC) is the incredibly cheap version of Applecare you're entitled to. Applecare: get it, it's one of the best things about owning a Mac. Personally, with the cash you now have to hand, I would get the 2.2 rather than 2.4, the 25% price difference simply isn't worth it for such a marginal increase in processor speed and graphic memory - yes, I understand that you want the best but, seriously, step back and think about the real world difference that slight increase in specs will get you. Better to save that 25%. The following extras will do far more for your productivity: 4GB of ram, Crucial, $320, easy installation, sell your 2GB to a Macbook owner. 750GB Western Digital MyBook Pro (Firewire 800, Firewire 400 and USB 2.0), resist the 1TB version, it's loud as Hell. For hooking up to your MBP and increased productivity when working at home: Apple Bluetooth keyboard, Apple Bluetooth MightyMouse. ... and, either DELL UltraSharp 3007WFP-HC 30 inch Monitor $1,274.00 or DELL UltraSharp 2407WFP-HC 24-inch $699 or DELL UltraSharp 2707WFP 27-inch $1,019.00 Unless you get a particularly good deal on an Apple Cinema Display (and, generally, they don't do discount promotions although there is a student price and you can apply the big Apple Developer Connection discount to them at the same time as you buy your computer), Dell offer far better value, far better connectivity and the above models offer superb quality. A bigger monitor undoubtedly represents the best value productivity boost available, especially no that prices have plummeted so far. I own the 24-inch and one of the best things about it is that it can pivot 90 degrees, a far more useful screen shape for programming and browsing than regular widescreen. You can easily pop it back to widescreen when you want to watch a movie. The 30" does not pivot and neither, I think, does the 27". It's also worth noting that the 27", though bigger, has precisely the same resolution as the 24". If I was buying today, at these prices, I would undoubtedly buy the 30". None of the MBPs have any problem driving a 30" screen. Software: Superduper back-up software Quicksilver TextMate Good luck and keep up the good work, Donnacha On 8/31/07, Zárate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Glad to see this sort of thing happening. Enjoy your new toy! > > On 8/30/07, John Grden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > HAHA, well, all I thought I had it all in the bag with my wife when her > > laptop was crapping out. > > > > See, I get the 2nd hand cars, she gets the 2nd hand computers and her laptop > > is an old one ;) But then the budget wasn't even close, so... > > > > > > On 8/30/07, Jake Hilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > My next laptop will be a Mac Book Pro.. > > > > > > I just have to convince my wife that my 2 year old hp isn't quite up to > > snuff anymore... :) > > > > > > Jake > > > > > > > > > > > > On 8/30/07, Lenny Sorey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hey John, > > > > > > > > I did not know about this campaign. > > > > > > > > But.... > > > > > > > > > > > > I am very happy for you and hope you get a lot of good use from your new > > Mac Book Pro!! : ) > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > Lenny > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 8/30/07, John Grden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > yeah, on my workstation compiling anything takes forever and it kills > > my focus half the time. I tend to yell. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 8/30/07, Daniel Rossi < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > I have one, it's sooo much faster to compile things, congrats :) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 31/08/2007, at 3:48 AM, John Grden wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.rockonflash.com/blog/?p=66 > > > > > > > > > > > > I updated the post with a big thank you to everyone - unbelievable!! > > enough was donated in 3 days and what awesome experience it was - I hardly > > know what to say! > > > > > > > > > > > > Except > > > > > > > > > > > > ROCK ON \m/ > > > > > > > > > > > > oh, and > > > > > > > > > > > > LOVE YOU > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > [ JPG ] > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > Red5 mailing list > > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/red5_osflash.org > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > Red5 mailing list > > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/red5_osflash.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > [ JPG ] > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Red5 mailing list > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/red5_osflash.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Red5 mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/red5_osflash.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Red5 mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/red5_osflash.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > [ JPG ] > > _______________________________________________ > > Red5 mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/red5_osflash.org > > > > > > > -- > Juan Delgado - Zárate > http://zarate.tv > http://dandolachapa.com > http://loqueyosede.com > > _______________________________________________ > Red5 mailing list > [email protected] > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/red5_osflash.org > _______________________________________________ Red5 mailing list [email protected] http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/red5_osflash.org
