Took the plunge and ordered a MacBook.

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11-06-2009, 06:15 PM
Recursion

Took the plunge and ordered a MacBook.

Hey,

Yes, the person who hated Macs just caved. Anyone want to recommend any apps or anything?

Should be getting it tomorrow or Monday unless courriers deliver on Saturdays (got a Refurb seeing as it is my first one).
11-06-2009, 06:22 PM
Robbie

WHATS THIS!?!?! TOM BOUGHT A MACBOOK?

What the hells happening here...
11-06-2009, 06:36 PM
Recursion

Why yes, yes I did.
11-06-2009, 06:45 PM
cocaine

haa im more and more tempted to buy one tbh :/
11-06-2009, 07:13 PM
N!ck

How much was it?

Adium - Messenger client
VLC - Media player
Office 08
Photoshop CS4
Tweetdeck or Tweetie

Windows 7 of course :P

Get 4GB RAM in it as well.
11-06-2009, 07:22 PM
Recursion

It was £579

http://store.apple.com/uk/product/FB...mco=MjE0NDk5Mw

I'm gunna upgrade the HDD and RAM my self at some point, and im gunna bootcamp XP or 7 so I can load up a small game every now and then.
11-06-2009, 07:28 PM
N!ck

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr.Android

It was £579

http://store.apple.com/uk/product/FB...mco=MjE0NDk5Mw

I'm gunna upgrade the HDD and RAM my self at some point, and im gunna bootcamp XP or 7 so I can load up a small game every now and then.

7 runs beautiful on mine :). I recommend it. Sometimes I prefer it to OS X, shhhhhhh.
11-06-2009, 07:30 PM
Rarelime

Flip4Mac
HandBrake
Perian
QuickSilver
Skitch

All I can think of atm.. You'll love the MacBook :8.
11-06-2009, 07:32 PM
Recursion

Quote:

Originally Posted by N!ck

7 runs beautiful on mine :). I recommend it. Sometimes I prefer it to OS X, shhhhhhh.

And J00 SIR SAID YOU COULDN'T RIGHT CLICK. You tap the button with two fingers babes xoxoxo.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rarelime

Flip4Mac
HandBrake
Perian
QuickSilver
Skitch

All I can think of atm.. You'll love the MacBook :8.

Thanks guys :)
11-06-2009, 07:39 PM
N!ck

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr.Android

And J00 SIR SAID YOU COULDN'T RIGHT CLICK. You tap the button with two fingers babes xoxoxo.

Thanks guys :)

When did I say that? I said you can't right click in the traditional way by tapping/clicking the bottom right. I know you can two finger tap. And I use a mouse in Windows 7 anyway as it can't take advantage of the awesome trackpad.

Video of trackpad in OS X http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VeAOK8Rxoo
11-06-2009, 07:46 PM
Recursion

Quote:

Originally Posted by N!ck

When did I say that? I said you can't right click in the traditional way by tapping/clicking the bottom right. I know you can two finger tap. And I use a mouse in Windows 7 anyway as it can't take advantage of the awesome trackpad.

Video of trackpad in OS X http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VeAOK8Rxoo

Ahh fair enough :P
11-06-2009, 07:47 PM
Rarelime

Quote:

Originally Posted by N!ck

When did I say that? I said you can't right click in the traditional way by tapping/clicking the bottom right. I know you can two finger tap. And I use a mouse in Windows 7 anyway as it can't take advantage of the awesome trackpad.

Video of trackpad in OS X http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VeAOK8Rxoo

You can set it so that you can right click by pressing either the bottom left or right corner. Dunno if it works on the white MB though..

system prefs > trackpad

http://img.skitch.com/20090611-tbnhn...igqmnfbwdn.jpg
11-06-2009, 07:47 PM
HotelUser

Quote:

Originally Posted by N!ck

When did I say that? I said you can't right click in the traditional way by tapping/clicking the bottom right. I know you can two finger tap. And I use a mouse in Windows 7 anyway as it can't take advantage of the awesome trackpad.

Video of trackpad in OS X http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VeAOK8Rxoo

Are using Windows 7 as your primary operating system on an Apple machine:S
11-06-2009, 07:53 PM
N!ck

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rarelime

You can set it so that you can right click by pressing either the bottom left or right corner. Dunno if it works on the white MB though..

system prefs > trackpad

http://img.skitch.com/20090611-tbnhn...igqmnfbwdn.jpg

Yes I know, I have done. And no, it doesn't work on the MacBook White.

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Originally Posted by HotelUser

Are using Windows 7 as your primary operating system on an Apple machine:S

No, sometimes I just fancy booting into 7. (OS X does annoy me at times as I find the productivity on Windows much quicker). Also the annoying ******* spinning beach ball at random times when you're trying to do something. It doesn't let you do anything other than watch it until it's done it's second of loading whatever. Windows lets you carry on what you're doing while it decides it's got something really big and important to process, much more importaing than what the user is trying to do. Other than that OS X is great.
11-06-2009, 07:56 PM
HotelUser

Quote:

Originally Posted by N!ck

Yes I know, I have done. And no, it doesn't work on the MacBook White.

No, sometimes I just fancy booting into 7. (OS X does annoy me at times as I find the productivity on Windows much quicker). Also the annoying ******* spinning beach ball at random times when you're trying to do something. It doesn't let you do anything other than watch it until it's done it's second of loading whatever. Windows lets you carry on what you're doing while it decides it's got something really big and important to process, much more importaing than what the user is trying to do. Other than that OS X is great.

Alright. I was just going to say, what's the point of paying the Apple tax if you're not going to use OS X:P.
11-06-2009, 07:59 PM
N!ck

Quote:

Originally Posted by HotelUser

Alright. I was just going to say, what's the point of paying the Apple tax if you're not going to use OS X:P.

Well technically I avoided a fair chunk of the Apple tax via eBay. And I think OS X will be more efficient for productivity once I get used to making use of Expose.
11-06-2009, 08:37 PM
HotelUser

Quote:

Originally Posted by N!ck

Well technically I avoided a fair chunk of the Apple tax via eBay. And I think OS X will be more efficient for productivity once I get used to making use of Expose.

Expose is a neat trick. Windows should have stolen/"invented" that feature for windows crap/vista;).
11-06-2009, 08:45 PM
N!ck

Quote:

Originally Posted by HotelUser

Expose is a neat trick. Windows should have stolen/"invented" that feature for windows crap/vista;).

Yes it is. And all businesses copy ideas from one another. It's how they implement the copied ideas that counts :).

Vista is not so crap after SP1. I can't believe you're still on a crusade about it?
11-06-2009, 09:22 PM
stoned

Sounds like you got a good deal, refurbs are basically brand new anyways.

OfficeMac
ScreenFlow (if you like capturing whats on your screen obviously)
Tweetie (http://www.atebits.com/tweetie-mac/)
AppZapper (the uninstaller that Apple forgot, haha. You can get a free trial somewhere but it's not hard to crack ;))
GeekTool (using shell so you can get date & time, etc appearing on your desktop)
Growl - A must have, alerts for torrent clients, Adium, iChat, iTunes, etc.)
Bowtie - Album artwork appearing on your desktop (which can connect with iTunes & Last.fm)
Mac:Messenger or Adium

Thats it really, good luck with your MacBook though :)
11-06-2009, 09:39 PM
Recursion

Thanks for the apps! :) Ill try and +rep people.

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget....-06-1013-7.jpg - Anyone else think that trackpad looks horifically ugly, just because of the size? :S
11-06-2009, 09:43 PM
N!ck

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr.Android

Thanks for the apps! :) Ill try and +rep people.

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget....-06-1013-7.jpg - Anyone else think that trackpad looks horifically ugly, just because of the size? :S

No it's beautiful. More touchable space FTW.
11-06-2009, 09:46 PM
Chippiewill

Wish I had the cash to buy a macbook.... until then I shall rant about macs
11-06-2009, 09:50 PM
stoned

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr.Android

Thanks for the apps! :) Ill try and +rep people.

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget....-06-1013-7.jpg - Anyone else think that trackpad looks horifically ugly, just because of the size? :S

I thought that when I went from a normal laptop to a UB MacBook, I was like "****... how do I right click" and had to Google it to find out. :rolleyes:
The settings you can make on the trackpad are great and the overall comfortability is excellent. You won't have this problem though, as you won't have the trackpad.

When I'm on my moms laptop it annoys me to click a seperate button to right click. Haha.
11-06-2009, 10:11 PM
HotelUser

Quote:

Originally Posted by N!ck

Yes it is. And all businesses copy ideas from one another. It's how they implement the copied ideas that counts :).

Vista is not so crap after SP1. I can't believe you're still on a crusade about it?

Thank god they steal from eachother. Without Xerox we'd all not be online.

Vista is better with the SP, but still not close to my standards;).
11-06-2009, 10:22 PM
Recursion

Whey!

[IMG]http://www.*****.co.uk/mac.PNG[/IMG]
11-06-2009, 10:33 PM
N!ck

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr.Android

Whey!

[IMG]http://www.*****.co.uk/mac.PNG[/IMG]

You may get it tomorrow then?
11-06-2009, 10:56 PM
DaveTaylor

mines still not been dispatched lol, one problem about new products.
12-06-2009, 05:32 AM
Recursion

Yup, mine is out for delivery with UPS now. Apple are damn speedy! :O