Welp, there goes my money

[joshua]

My friend who works at the apple store decided to let me use his yearly 25% off personal discount, so I am getting a 15" MacBook Pro 2.33GHz. Saved a bunch of money, but its still not cheap.

Thing is awesome though!! 2GB stock RAM! 120GB stock hard drive! 256MB video ram! I should have it in my grubby little hands sometime next week.

So between this and getting a new office chair, and 20" flat panel for my PC I have had my share of spending for a while all within a week. Though I did get a good deal on the flat panel once I get my $40 rebate!

Somebody stop me!

 

[RX2010]

awesome, congrats!

 

[calebnobbe2003]

sweet, congrats bro

 

[tedski]

You can stop now Joshua ... :ninja:

 

[cvm4]

Someboy has been spending! Nice stuff bro :thumbsup:

 

[pharmboy]

.....

 

[jmatkins]

Nice just make sure you save some of that money for cigars.

 

[joshua]

Hmmm and I can hook up the 20" display and go dual head with the 15" built in. *drool*

 

[derek]

Nice deal!

 

[jrohrer]

Nice just make sure you save some of that money for cigars.

that's what I was thinking...that's a lot of money to come away with no cigars!:rofl:

seriously, that's a gorgeous machine...congratulations!

 

[Jwrussell]

Good deal Josh, I'm about to dump a bunch of cash into tech as well...

 

[tobby4]

yea they are awesome... I am going to start looking for a new one...

 

[gpugliese]

You could have probably saved another $150 if you kept the RAM at 1 GB stock and purchased third party RAM from Newegg or another trusted vender.

Apple's price on 1 GB RAM is very overpriced.

 

[joshua]

You could have probably saved another $150 if you kept the RAM at 1 GB stock and purchased third party RAM from Newegg or another trusted vender.

Apple's price on 1 GB RAM is very overpriced.

On the 2.33GHz model the stock ram is 2GB, the option is to go up to 3GB. I did that with my powerbook, getting the default amount and buying ram elsewhere.

I figured with the cold weather I haven't been smoking as many cigars anyway, that and winning the lottery last month is holding me on cigar purchases for w hile :agreeclen

 

[rpb67]

Nice machine.

That is going to be screaming.

 

[ATCDub]

Nice set-up Josh. That machine is going to be smoking on speed.

 

[Electric Sheep]

You're gonna love that computer...we've got several Mac laptops at the house right now, including two MBPs (an original Core Duo and a newer Core2 Duo), and they really are fantastic computers. Blows the freakin' doors off the previous Powerbooks we were using.

 

[joshua]

Ok, I didn't even pay for overnight shipping but I already have the Macbook Pro in my hands. Talk about service! It helps ordering a stock unit too.