New Macs - Page 3

homercles · 18th May 2006, 01:21

Agreed. A $700 price diff between here and the US is kinda hard to explain ($1000 for the MacBook Pros).

Kanz · 18th May 2006, 09:31

Nothing new. Take into the account the student discount in the US and PB/MBP are actually reasonably priced...

Looks like the black has some issues
http://marklem.com/mlem/?p=8

Jian001 · 18th May 2006, 10:46

black looks terrible.. imo ;p

oh so tempting to get this macbook too..

Kickass · 18th May 2006, 12:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by benn

AUUUUGGHHH!

their prices are crap, plus they never have stock.

import one

worldwide warrenty!

Bahamut · 18th May 2006, 14:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kickass

worldwide warrenty!

Only if you get AppleCare.

s0nic · 18th May 2006, 14:11

where do you guys recommend importing it from?
i dont have any rellies overseas.....

Foggerty · 18th May 2006, 14:13

Crapfuck - I assume its easy enough to order direct from the States? That mark up is waaaay too much

Anyone done this before, are there any 'hidden' costs (i.e. customer etc)

Foggerty · 18th May 2006, 14:22

Doh, meant 'customs'.

Jonas Undrawing · 18th May 2006, 14:30

unless you get a "friendly invoice", anything over NZ$400 (right?) and you will be paying duty, and GST.

When you consider all the costs of getting it into your hot little hands, Mac prices overseas pretty much equate to the prices here in NZ. At least that's what I observed before trotting off to Noel Leemings. Also note that when travelling, any item of significant worth that is bought overseas will need to be declared and a duty will need to be paid.

Foggerty · 18th May 2006, 14:34

Double crapfuck

Hm, we have an office in the states, but I'm think it may be a bit extreme to bump up the usual "grab me a bottle of decent Gin through duty free and I'll pay you back" to "buy me a $1300 Macbook on the company credit card and I'll pay you back".

[edit]Laptops can be passed through customer easily. We always travel on business, so unless its still in its packaging no one cares about them.[/edit]

Jonas Undrawing · 18th May 2006, 14:40

true that.

Kickass · 18th May 2006, 14:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bahamut

Only if you get AppleCare.

i have a 1 year warrenty for my macbook pro(USA) and it works fine here.

Kickass · 18th May 2006, 14:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by s0nic

where do you guys recommend importing it from?
i dont have any rellies overseas.....

use trademe

Kidona · 18th May 2006, 18:40

Already placed my order for the white iBook. I've been told there's a 6 week wait until it arrives!

Have to ditch my Powerbook so if any wants a nice silver 15" lappy with 3 years remaining on the warranty then give me a shout

Kanz · 18th May 2006, 18:58

Hmm selling a Powerbook to get an iBook in 6 weeks the day after the Macbook is released?

How much?

edit: doh i think you meant Macbook not iBook

Kidona · 18th May 2006, 19:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kanz

Hmm selling a Powerbook to get an iBook in 6 weeks the day after the Macbook is released?

How much?

edit: doh i think you meant Macbook not iBook

Just checked on trademe and the average price going for a 15 "Powerbook auction is around the $1800-2k mark.

I'm selling the powerbook as I need to be able to boot in to Winxp as well as use OSX. I also prefer to have a smaller screen as lugging a 15" around the city all day sucks and the internals of the ibook minus the built in Graphics card are better if not the same then my Powerbook.

1.33ghz G4 processor
Combo Drive
1gig Ram
60GB Hard Drive
Radeon 9700 64MB Ram

Purchased from Big Byte in November 2004. I managed to score a 5 year Warranty for a quarter of the price an Applecare would have cost

Simon · 18th May 2006, 21:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kidona

Already placed my order for the white iBook. I've been told there's a 6 week wait until it arrives!

Six weeks?! I got quoted 6-8 DAYS when I made my order here in Oz yesterday.

Kidona · 18th May 2006, 22:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by Simon

Six weeks?! I got quoted 6-8 DAYS when I made my order here in Oz yesterday.

I'll double check and get a confirmed ETA. Let me know how your iBook goes once you get your hands on it.

Kickass · 18th May 2006, 22:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kidona

I'll double check and get a confirmed ETA. Let me know how your iBook goes once you get your hands on it.

from what i heard NZ gets 10% of Apple Aus stock, so yes 6-8weeks could be right.

Should get someone from Aus to buy you one, it will be cheaper

Kickass · 18th May 2006, 23:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by Simon

Six weeks?! I got quoted 6-8 DAYS when I made my order here in Oz yesterday.

when you get it, please post a review (with pics!!)

Foggerty · 20th May 2006, 18:37

Ars Tehnica Review (Stolen from Slashdot)

Looks like the its got the same "gobs of bukkake like thermal grease" problem the Macbook Pros have

homercles · 21st May 2006, 02:14

Nice review. Very impressive benchmarks, too, considering its so much cheaper than the Pro.

C'mon Friday!

I wonder if you'll be able to remove some of the grease and make it run cooler?

Hmmm, I wonder if a standard desktop 7200rpm drive would fit or if you need the notebook ones?

Bahamut · 21st May 2006, 05:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by homercles

Nice review. Very impressive benchmarks, too, considering its so much cheaper than the Pro.

C'mon Friday!

I wonder if you'll be able to remove some of the grease and make it run cooler?

Hmmm, I wonder if a standard desktop 7200rpm drive would fit or if you need the notebook ones?

Notebook one for sure.

homercles · 21st May 2006, 10:30

:sadface:

(don't think I won't try tho

)

Kanz · 21st May 2006, 13:27

friday? where did you order from?

Quote:

Originally Posted by homercles

Hmmm, I wonder if a standard desktop 7200rpm drive would fit or if you need the notebook ones?

roffle.

Bahamut · 21st May 2006, 14:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by homercles

:sadface:

(don't think I won't try tho

)

Well you could always just use an external hard drive enclosure.

homercles · 21st May 2006, 17:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kanz

friday? where did you order from?

Father went to conference in LA the day after they were released so got lucky there.

As for the HDD, may just make a cheap 'n nasty linux server with wireless. That Air Tunes thing looks pretty nice, too.

Kanz · 24th May 2006, 22:27

bump

discuss!

Simon · 24th May 2006, 23:33

Sysadmin: "Hey Simon, there's a white box here from Apple..."
Me: "OMGOMGOMG" (choking noises, falling out of chair noises, pulling oneself upright noises)
Sysadmin: "..."
Sysadmin: "GOTCHA!"

Oh well, maybe tomorrow. Or Friday.

crocos · 25th May 2006, 00:05

Poor Ab... Being picked on by those that either a- know no better or b- enviously covet the n00 toy you brought

Kickass · 25th May 2006, 01:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kanz

bump

discuss!

i love my macbook pro! =P they are in stock at apple nz now!

Simon · 25th May 2006, 01:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by crocos

Poor Ab... Being picked on by those that either a- know no better or b- enviously covet the n00 toy you brought

He's the one who tipped me over the edge to switching -- he got a Mini last week and has been showing it off.

homercles · 25th May 2006, 04:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kanz

bump

discuss!

Not to worry, there'll be plenty discussion come 5am Saturday

sacs · 25th May 2006, 09:07

From a review of Vista beta-2: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12932382/

"Beta 2 is a good looking operating system with a number of new features, which will be familiar to you if you’ve played with recent versions of Apple’s OS X."

ROFLMAO

Simon · 25th May 2006, 11:27

Jesus. Not exactly a flattering review.

sacs · 25th May 2006, 11:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by Simon

Jesus. Not exactly a flattering review.

What, you were expecting something good about Longtooth?

Rocket · 25th May 2006, 11:45

What an arse review, does he even have a clue? was the x60 even vista compatible? all new laptops that are vista compatible have a microsoft vista compatibility sticker on them, just like the XP and 2k and every other friggin OS had. the guy seems like a complete plonker. i wouldnt pay any attention to that review.

certain comments like

"It took me days to install a working version on a new Lenovo "
"but after four hours of churning away the laptop shut down and wouldn’t reboot"
"I tried again on the ThinkPad as a clean install, which meant wiping out everything on the hard drive and starting from scratch. That took about an hour to complete."

days?

and this is lol
"It also removed every device driver that I needed to run the laptop."

.. well duh

.."Downloading the drivers from the Lenovo Web site took a long time" how is this microsofts problem?

..and do you expect the same support from Lenovo that you got from IBM, obviously they are slipping if your brand new laptop doesnt even support the next big thing in software. again i fail to see how this is microsofts problem.

...well duh. HCL list anyone? or do people just expect things to work these days? heaven forbid you may actually have to PAY someone who knows more then you to do some computer work for you. No wonder techs dont get paid diddly squat anymore, people like this just expect to be able to do this stuff themselves.

Obviously not a very techy IT reviewer.

Kidona · 25th May 2006, 12:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kickass

i love my macbook pro! =P they are in stock at apple nz now!

Expecting a 17" Macbook Pro this afternoon to setup for a client. We've had it on back order for 3 1/2 weeks now. Takes ages to get here.

homercles · 25th May 2006, 13:07

Kinda off topic, but there's a vid on youtube where they play a MS vista presentation and overlay all the images with OS X screens. Funny cos its true

Simon · 25th May 2006, 15:36

There's a few of them -- the voiceover is from MS's Vista presentation at CES in January.

http://maclive.net/sid/134
http://maclive.net/link/118
http://maclive.net/sid/136

24th May 2006, 23:33	#109
Simon SHG	scene from my workplace Sysadmin: "Hey Simon, there's a white box here from Apple..." Me: "OMGOMGOMG" (choking noises, falling out of chair noises, pulling oneself upright noises) Sysadmin: "..." Sysadmin: "GOTCHA!" Oh well, maybe tomorrow. Or Friday.

18th May 2006, 01:21	#81
homercles	Agreed. A $700 price diff between here and the US is kinda hard to explain ($1000 for the MacBook Pros). __________________ Relax... The Sand People frighten easily, but they'll be back, and in greater numbers.

18th May 2006, 09:31	#82
Kanz	Nothing new. Take into the account the student discount in the US and PB/MBP are actually reasonably priced... Looks like the black has some issues http://marklem.com/mlem/?p=8

18th May 2006, 10:46	#83
Jian001	black looks terrible.. imo ;p oh so tempting to get this macbook too..

18th May 2006, 14:11	#86
s0nic	where do you guys recommend importing it from? i dont have any rellies overseas.....

18th May 2006, 14:13	#87
Foggerty	Crapfuck - I assume its easy enough to order direct from the States? That mark up is waaaay too much Anyone done this before, are there any 'hidden' costs (i.e. customer etc)

18th May 2006, 14:30	#89
Jonas Undrawing	unless you get a "friendly invoice", anything over NZ$400 (right?) and you will be paying duty, and GST. When you consider all the costs of getting it into your hot little hands, Mac prices overseas pretty much equate to the prices here in NZ. At least that's what I observed before trotting off to Noel Leemings. Also note that when travelling, any item of significant worth that is bought overseas will need to be declared and a duty will need to be paid. Last edited by Jonas Undrawing : 18th May 2006 at 14:34.

18th May 2006, 14:34	#90
Foggerty	Double crapfuck Hm, we have an office in the states, but I'm think it may be a bit extreme to bump up the usual "grab me a bottle of decent Gin through duty free and I'll pay you back" to "buy me a $1300 Macbook on the company credit card and I'll pay you back". [edit]Laptops can be passed through customer easily. We always travel on business, so unless its still in its packaging no one cares about them.[/edit] Last edited by Foggerty : 18th May 2006 at 14:37.

18th May 2006, 18:40	#94
Kidona	Already placed my order for the white iBook. I've been told there's a 6 week wait until it arrives! Have to ditch my Powerbook so if any wants a nice silver 15" lappy with 3 years remaining on the warranty then give me a shout

18th May 2006, 18:58	#95
Kanz	Hmm selling a Powerbook to get an iBook in 6 weeks the day after the Macbook is released? How much? edit: doh i think you meant Macbook not iBook Last edited by Kanz : 18th May 2006 at 18:59.

20th May 2006, 18:37	#101
Foggerty	Ars Tehnica Review (Stolen from Slashdot) Looks like the its got the same "gobs of bukkake like thermal grease" problem the Macbook Pros have

21st May 2006, 02:14	#102
homercles	Nice review. Very impressive benchmarks, too, considering its so much cheaper than the Pro. C'mon Friday! I wonder if you'll be able to remove some of the grease and make it run cooler? Hmmm, I wonder if a standard desktop 7200rpm drive would fit or if you need the notebook ones? __________________ Relax... The Sand People frighten easily, but they'll be back, and in greater numbers. Last edited by homercles : 21st May 2006 at 02:16.

21st May 2006, 10:30	#104
homercles	:sadface: (don't think I won't try tho ) __________________ Relax... The Sand People frighten easily, but they'll be back, and in greater numbers.

25th May 2006, 00:05	#110
crocos	Poor Ab... Being picked on by those that either a- know no better or b- enviously covet the n00 toy you brought

25th May 2006, 09:07	#114
sacs	From a review of Vista beta-2: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12932382/ "Beta 2 is a good looking operating system with a number of new features, which will be familiar to you if you’ve played with recent versions of Apple’s OS X." ROFLMAO

25th May 2006, 11:27	#115
Simon SHG	Jesus. Not exactly a flattering review.

25th May 2006, 11:45	#117
Rocket	What an arse review, does he even have a clue? was the x60 even vista compatible? all new laptops that are vista compatible have a microsoft vista compatibility sticker on them, just like the XP and 2k and every other friggin OS had. the guy seems like a complete plonker. i wouldnt pay any attention to that review. certain comments like "It took me days to install a working version on a new Lenovo " "but after four hours of churning away the laptop shut down and wouldn’t reboot" "I tried again on the ThinkPad as a clean install, which meant wiping out everything on the hard drive and starting from scratch. That took about an hour to complete." days? and this is lol "It also removed every device driver that I needed to run the laptop." .. well duh .."Downloading the drivers from the Lenovo Web site took a long time" how is this microsofts problem? ..and do you expect the same support from Lenovo that you got from IBM, obviously they are slipping if your brand new laptop doesnt even support the next big thing in software. again i fail to see how this is microsofts problem. ...well duh. HCL list anyone? or do people just expect things to work these days? heaven forbid you may actually have to PAY someone who knows more then you to do some computer work for you. No wonder techs dont get paid diddly squat anymore, people like this just expect to be able to do this stuff themselves. Obviously not a very techy IT reviewer. Last edited by Rocket : 25th May 2006 at 11:46.

25th May 2006, 13:07	#119
homercles	Kinda off topic, but there's a vid on youtube where they play a MS vista presentation and overlay all the images with OS X screens. Funny cos its true __________________ Relax... The Sand People frighten easily, but they'll be back, and in greater numbers.

25th May 2006, 15:36	#120
Simon SHG	There's a few of them -- the voiceover is from MS's Vista presentation at CES in January. http://maclive.net/sid/134 http://maclive.net/link/118 http://maclive.net/sid/136