Took my PB 17" 1.33ghz to school today (HS)
Well, im a senior in high school. I got this powerbook G4 1.33ghz last month. I love it to death. I have upgraded 5400rpm 80gig, and now 1gig ram, 512 through apple standard, and 512 crucial. The kids were SOOO amazed. So many never knew what mac was, or know how nice. I got to show them some tricks and things. All were amazed by resolution quality. I know i turned quite a bit of heads today. Maybe they will decide to get mac soon now. 1 person is planning on switching to new iBook G4 sometime soon. Incase case for the 17" PB is nice also, i almost got the big case they sell, but wanted more sleek. I thought it was cool to see these peoples faces seeing mac. It reminds me of what i probably looked like 5 months ago when i decided i wanted a mac.
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~tommy
1.) they hear the price
2.) they see the paint that has chipped, bubbled and peeled (and then they proceed to laugh at the fact that I pay a premium for apple's design expertise and have a laptop that has paint peeling off of it)
Originally posted by applenut
everyone loves my powerbook until.....
1.) they hear the price
2.) they see the paint that has chipped, bubbled and peeled (and then they proceed to laugh at the fact that I pay a premium for apple's design expertise and have a laptop that has paint peeling off of it)
The architecture students I know would glady pay extra for a nice looking mac. . . Most do. I know a girl (who's hot!) who saw the glowing keyboard, and bought the most loaded out 15" I've ever encountered the next day. Of course, the backwards department here is particularly inept at CAD, so it doesn't really matter what you have. But it's just another outlet for me to push FormZ/EI.
Originally posted by Splinemodel
The architecture students I know would glady pay extra for a nice looking mac. . . Most do. I know a girl (who's hot!) who saw the glowing keyboard, and bought the most loaded out 15" I've ever encountered the next day. Of course, the backwards department here is particularly inept at CAD, so it doesn't really matter what you have. But it's just another outlet for me to push FormZ/EI.
I started grad school in the design, architecture, art, and planning school at University of Cincinnati, and am LOVING all the macs i see around. The concourse and hallways, always filled with wireless laptop users is about 75% mac. I also do plotting work in the building and everything is all mac, it's great.
My undergrad (Ohio Univ.) was a PC monoculture. I was the only apple user i knew and was never "officially" supported on the university network. Sooooooooo lame.
I couldn't imagine an architecture school doing PC. makes me quesy.
A little off topic, but it does have to do with macs and school.
Originally posted by Splinemodel
The architecture students I know would glady pay extra for a nice looking mac. . . Most do. I know a girl (who's hot!) who saw the glowing keyboard, and bought the most loaded out 15" I've ever encountered the next day. Of course, the backwards department here is particularly inept at CAD, so it doesn't really matter what you have. But it's just another outlet for me to push FormZ/EI.
well....you do go to Princeton. She's probably rich :P
A very supring amount of people, mostly girls, in my Architecture class have new PowerBooks. very strange, especially since the dept pushes PCs on us and all the GSIs and professors use PCs.
however I went to one of the art institutes there and I used PC for all my 3d stuff but still that was 3 years ago... the only thing i had to choose from was lightwave, and strata3d for mac, Splinemodel be thankful to the mac gods, as things weren't always this cool
Even though there is some enormous firewall between our company intranet and the free world, the PC is unworkable for 90 mins every day while it does a virus scan which I can't switch off.
But whenever I can, I use my own 17" PowerBook for presentations and stuff. Awesome.
So sleek and I guess the thinness of it and the all-silver color make it stand out a bit (in a good way). That big glowing Apple logo is my favorite part...that usually puts out a strong signal.
What, I don't know...
Originally posted by applenut
well....you do go to Princeton. She's probably rich :P
A very supring amount of people, mostly girls, in my Architecture class have new PowerBooks. very strange, especially since the dept pushes PCs on us and all the GSIs and professors use PCs.
Actually, she's not currently a student, and is a relatively poor class of 03 working for a not-for-profit in town. Knowing her, I would assume that she has really low living costs, though. I think her plans are to marry into money.
Originally posted by Wrong Robot
powerbooks=pure sex
Thats why I'm saving up for a PB. I gotta get some
My Powerbook shipped!
My Powerbook shipped!
My Powerbook shipped!
about 2 weeks before scheduled!
awesome!