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Macbook Pro - Anyone got one?

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weenox
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im looking at one for college, but i need to run windows. i hear you can do it with boot camp, but its still in beta testing and im just wondering if anyone is doing it right now and how its working.
May 15 2006 9:56PM
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throwswitch
Posts: 467 - Karma: 10
you, funny you mention this, mine got stollen today...
May 15 2006 10:13PM
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FuckThePolice
Posts: 2088 - Karma: 17
well its pretty obvious he took your shit
May 15 2006 10:14PM
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throwswitch
Posts: 467 - Karma: 10
ahhaha word, dude i want it back
May 15 2006 10:14PM
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ski_cartel
Posts: 6598 - Karma: 18
man i wish i had a mac book pro
May 15 2006 10:24PM
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donots06
Posts: 557 - Karma: 41
why do you need to run windows? only thing I can think of is for games. which seems to be running pretty well in bootcamp.
May 15 2006 10:26PM
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dowalibeast
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just get a windows laptop if you want to run windows...jerk
May 15 2006 10:30PM
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Redstar
Posts: 1698 - Karma: 9
Why the fuck would you ruin a Mac by running Windows you doink. Yes, it's possible to run windows, it's just stupid. Smarten up. You buy a mac for a reason.
May 15 2006 10:55PM
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Al_Smith
Posts: 643 - Karma: 11
Im in the same situation and I wanted a mac but I thought it would just be much easier to get a dell.
May 15 2006 11:04PM
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Rhastaman420
Posts: 331 - Karma: 10
did you seriously call him a doink?
May 15 2006 11:05PM
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CBROOKS
Posts: 4979 - Karma: 10,708
Some oof you guys are the biggest fucking idiots. He proboblly needs Windows to run programs that he needs to work with in college, i know someone who has the same problem. So yeah Boot Camp is still Beta but i hhave heard its does OK. And A Mac Book Pro is the way to go.
May 15 2006 11:07PM
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Snubluck
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You're wrong, the new macbook is amazing. My friend has one and it basically rapes children, greatest laptop on the market for everything (except games, I think voodoos run games the best).
May 15 2006 11:18PM
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weenox
Posts: 1568 - Karma: 19
thanks you....im going into a business school and i need to run like 3 programs on windows, thats it. but i want a mac because they're quality for pretty much everything else (except maybe games, but hey, i'll use boot camp for the games that i play maybe once every 3 months)
May 16 2006 2:39PM
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Petey.
Posts: 5736 - Karma: 4,885
y do u want one......macs r shit

www.crapintosh.com
May 16 2006 2:41PM
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ShadyHillGroup
Posts: 2881 - Karma: 213
yeah, macs are the shit, i have a g4 powerbook, but my dad has the macbook pro and its really fast. but alot o microsoft programs are made for macs also so id look into that because using windows on the macs slows them down a ton. If you really have to use a windows program i would suggest just using an ibm cause it will slow down the mac so much
May 16 2006 2:54PM
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*Fujative*
Posts: 8554 - Karma: 183
haha
May 16 2006 3:01PM
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ski_cartel
Posts: 6598 - Karma: 18
are you kidding me, macs rape the shit out of every other computer, there way more powerful, faster, theres a grand total of 30 virus's for them opposed to the 123456789+ virus's for other comps.
May 16 2006 3:23PM
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fukeneh
Posts: 4571 - Karma: 23
im ordering mine today,well just the regular macbook...cuz i dont have 8 million dollars to spend, just 6mil
May 18 2006 8:22AM
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CooksCorner
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Im pretty sure the macbook pro runs windows exceptionally well...but maybe i heard some false info.

What programs for business school? If they dont have them for Mac and they are going to be at the core of your computing needs you should look into the Acer Ferrari.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1827539,00.asp

My friend has one and if i didn't get my Powerbook, i would DEFINATLY be rolling with that guy, its insane.
May 18 2006 11:39AM
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ShadyHillGroup
Posts: 2881 - Karma: 213
Idk, most people say it runs fast but my dad put it on for like a week just for the hell of it and it was really slow, it could be that he has a shitload of stuff on his comp though
May 18 2006 1:53PM
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doitbig
Posts: 4818 - Karma: 315
lemme guess...word, powerpoint, and some other office program. just get the mac version of them. they are fully compatable with windows and you won't have a problem.
May 18 2006 2:07PM
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Itsbackfliptime
Posts: 18901 - Karma: 75
What business programs do they not make for mac? Quicken or something?
May 18 2006 2:34PM
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Scottness
Posts: 1123 - Karma: 10
now they have a quicken vers. for mac
Apr 20 2007 4:42PM
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Shpadoinkle
Posts: 10437 - Karma: 84
just get the combo - mac and windows. i love my macbook pro, his name is steve.
Apr 20 2007 4:53PM
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eheath
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my mac book pro is da shit.
Apr 20 2007 5:02PM
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twix_182
Posts: 9248 - Karma: 27
yeah i got windows on my mac so i can use ACID Pro, but windows gets so annoying when u start up. I always have popups coming up. I wish ACID was on a Mac
Apr 20 2007 5:29PM
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Shpadoinkle
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they are expensive, but i got what i paid for - $2500
Apr 20 2007 5:46PM
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bp.lando
Posts: 9297 - Karma: 1,495
Macbook PRO i love it it kicks ass!
Apr 20 2007 5:47PM
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bkjumpr
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so i love mac but my macbook pro is a little bitch. it has alot of trouble waking up from sleep. but anyways back to the point of the thread. I recommend getting 2 gigs or more of ram, i dont know if 2 is the max or not. And then you should buy the program Parallels $80. It lets you run both windows and mac at the same time. Its pretty sick.
Apr 20 2007 6:31PM
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