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digipaint · 18-10-2007, 10:53

Just ordered my first Mac (Macbook Black, Fully speced up!) should be with me next Friday!

I can get rid of this bloody Atari 400 now!

Do Gooder · 18-10-2007, 11:05

i have the white fella at home. nice little machine.

whilst better than the 400's.. the macs keyboard still takes a bit of getting used too.

JonoMarshall · 18-10-2007, 11:49

Hope you didn't upgrade RAM/HD through Apple or it'll hit your wallet hard, use Crucial, OWC, etc, instead. (The upgrades are incredibly easy to install at home.)

digipaint · 18-10-2007, 17:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by JonoMarshall

Hope you didn't upgrade RAM/HD through Apple or it'll hit your wallet hard, use Crucial, OWC, etc, instead. (The upgrades are incredibly easy to install at home.)

I did do it through Apple... But my wife works for the BBC and gets a nice discount from the apple store in london

herkalees · 18-10-2007, 17:46

Congrats.

sub · 18-10-2007, 18:17

Can she get me a discount too?

Joewebber · 18-10-2007, 18:35

I recently got a Macbook through work

IMO the biggest improvement on the iBook is the keyboard

digipaint · 20-10-2007, 11:33

Unbelievably It Arrived th very next day! less than 24 hours

Oomlaute · 20-10-2007, 13:11

Congrats!

I have a macbook pro myself... i wish it came in white and not silver

Oh well!

pgo · 20-10-2007, 13:54

The white ones suck. My boss had one and it got awful yellow discoloration on it where he rested his hands.

Do Gooder · 20-10-2007, 13:58

i like my laptops dirty

Oomlaute · 20-10-2007, 14:17

Well... I uhh.. am a little OCD about washing my hand and stuff lately so I'm pretty sure mine would remain white damnit. I haven't had any of the problems other people have with color changes or rubbing..

Its called being clean and taking care of your investments!

doffy · 20-10-2007, 14:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by pgo

The white ones suck. My boss had one and it got awful yellow discoloration on it where he rested his hands.

- Must be great for smokers/the likes, then.

The white Apple Bluetooth Keyboard (that was standard before the metal ones came) fills up with tobacco/etc. before you know it (fscking transparent base-finish, too) but it's fortunately easy enough to "blow" them clean again.

Hunch · 21-10-2007, 08:35

Sounds similar to the standard Mac Pro keyboard. Mines a bitch to keep clean. It's basically a clear plastic tray with keys sitting in it. It couldn't be designed to collect more dust and debris if they tried.

Transmogrify · 21-10-2007, 08:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by doffy

- Must be great for smokers/the likes, then.

The white Apple Bluetooth Keyboard (that was standard before the metal ones came) fills up with tobacco/etc. before you know it (fscking transparent base-finish, too) but it's fortunately easy enough to "blow" them clean again.

Yeah, mine is like that. I'm going to have to get the dyson out on it's ass. It's a fucking state. I suppose that probably speaks for me and my capability to feed myself at the computer more than anything.

doffy · 21-10-2007, 08:41

It's this keyboard that I'm referring to, and currently typing this with.

(..Never mind the "suspicious" picture top-left, possibly the site's author..)

Post-Postum:

Figure 7 - Completion, (which is re-sizable,) gives you a good idea of the potentiality of crap accumulating over time. - His keyboard is definitely more 'plastique' than the one supplied with my Mini; dunno about the revision-story behind this; mine acquired summer (this year,) his EBay-antics; possibly well over two years ago.

Hunch · 21-10-2007, 09:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by doffy

It's this keyboard that I'm referring to, and currently typing this with.

That's the bugger. Although the standard keyboard that ships with the Pro is wired rather than bluetooth.

doffy · 21-10-2007, 09:03

Yeah; I went with the wireless (perhaps needlessly; -It's still just sitting there,) but the craptastic effects should otherwise be the same, between the two of them..

I wanted to get the new aluminum keyboard introduced just recently, but it'd be sad to lose the dedicated volume/mute/eject buttons just for this, (as it seems they've been transferred to Fn+otherkey, or whatever, on the new ones,) which is unfortunate, IMHO, if that is the case.

Hunch · 21-10-2007, 11:18

Yeah, I'm fond of those keys as well. Especially since they work under boot camp as well.

doffy · 21-10-2007, 11:25

Looks like the hotkeys are back on the aluminum-based one, but no telling if they're still combo-driven or not.

- Whether I've been looking at pre-release examples or what have you, I'm not sure, but those new keyboards look "deprived" somehow, nonetheless, (..or maybe I've just become too fond of what I'm already accustomed to, you never know..)

18-10-2007, 10:53	#1 (permalink)
digipaint My Brand New Computer! Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: London Posts: 243	My first Mac Just ordered my first Mac (Macbook Black, Fully speced up!) should be with me next Friday! I can get rid of this bloody Atari 400 now!

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21-10-2007, 08:41	#16 (permalink)
doffy Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 304	It's this keyboard that I'm referring to, and currently typing this with. (..Never mind the "suspicious" picture top-left, possibly the site's author..) Post-Postum: Figure 7 - Completion, (which is re-sizable,) gives you a good idea of the potentiality of crap accumulating over time. - His keyboard is definitely more 'plastique' than the one supplied with my Mini; dunno about the revision-story behind this; mine acquired summer (this year,) his EBay-antics; possibly well over two years ago. Last edited by doffy : 21-10-2007 at 08:55.

21-10-2007, 09:03	#18 (permalink)
doffy Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 304	Yeah; I went with the wireless (perhaps needlessly; -It's still just sitting there,) but the craptastic effects should otherwise be the same, between the two of them.. I wanted to get the new aluminum keyboard introduced just recently, but it'd be sad to lose the dedicated volume/mute/eject buttons just for this, (as it seems they've been transferred to Fn+otherkey, or whatever, on the new ones,) which is unfortunate, IMHO, if that is the case. Last edited by doffy : 21-10-2007 at 09:19.

18-10-2007, 11:05	#2 (permalink)
Do Gooder Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 5,836	i have the white fella at home. nice little machine. whilst better than the 400's.. the macs keyboard still takes a bit of getting used too.

18-10-2007, 11:49	#3 (permalink)
JonoMarshall Day-Glo Jazz Monkey Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Shoreditch, London Posts: 1,129	Hope you didn't upgrade RAM/HD through Apple or it'll hit your wallet hard, use Crucial, OWC, etc, instead. (The upgrades are incredibly easy to install at home.)

18-10-2007, 18:35	#7 (permalink)
Joewebber Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Exeter Posts: 773	I recently got a Macbook through work IMO the biggest improvement on the iBook is the keyboard

20-10-2007, 11:33	#8 (permalink)
digipaint My Brand New Computer! Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: London Posts: 243	Unbelievably It Arrived th very next day! less than 24 hours

20-10-2007, 13:11	#9 (permalink)
Oomlaute The Evil Sniper Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 130	Congrats! I have a macbook pro myself... i wish it came in white and not silver Oh well!

20-10-2007, 13:54	#10 (permalink)
pgo Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,340	The white ones suck. My boss had one and it got awful yellow discoloration on it where he rested his hands.

20-10-2007, 13:58	#11 (permalink)
Do Gooder Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 5,836	i like my laptops dirty

20-10-2007, 14:17	#12 (permalink)
Oomlaute The Evil Sniper Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 130	Well... I uhh.. am a little OCD about washing my hand and stuff lately so I'm pretty sure mine would remain white damnit. I haven't had any of the problems other people have with color changes or rubbing.. Its called being clean and taking care of your investments!

21-10-2007, 08:35	#14 (permalink)
Hunch Grumpy old man Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: North Japan Posts: 1,746	Sounds similar to the standard Mac Pro keyboard. Mines a bitch to keep clean. It's basically a clear plastic tray with keys sitting in it. It couldn't be designed to collect more dust and debris if they tried.

21-10-2007, 11:18	#19 (permalink)
Hunch Grumpy old man Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: North Japan Posts: 1,746	Yeah, I'm fond of those keys as well. Especially since they work under boot camp as well.

21-10-2007, 11:25	#20 (permalink)
doffy Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 304	Looks like the hotkeys are back on the aluminum-based one, but no telling if they're still combo-driven or not. - Whether I've been looking at pre-release examples or what have you, I'm not sure, but those new keyboards look "deprived" somehow, nonetheless, (..or maybe I've just become too fond of what I'm already accustomed to, you never know..)

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