» Mac http://www.snapollie.com Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:53:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 No Mac http://www.snapollie.com/2008/no-mac/ http://www.snapollie.com/2008/no-mac/#comments Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:06:03 +0000 Michael http://www.snapollie.com/?p=154 Continue reading →]]> So here it is, over a month since I “bought” a used Mac. Did I receive the computer? No! Did I get my money back? No! Did I get excuses? Yes! -sigh-

Don’t buy from people you know. The next steps are going to be painful…

UPDATE!
Seems the package was damaged in transit. Apparently there are pictures, need to see those!

]]> http://www.snapollie.com/2008/no-mac/feed/ 0 Mac http://www.snapollie.com/2008/mac/ http://www.snapollie.com/2008/mac/#comments Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:43:48 +0000 Michael http://www.snapollie.com/?p=141 Continue reading →]]> So I bought a used Mac Powerbook. Or some kind of Mac laptop. I don’t know what it is, I haven’t received it yet. The middle party says he’s been very busy, and hasn’t had time to ship it. I think I may have paid to much, but I don’t know the age of it and it’s apparently pre-loaded with lots of software.

Being a Windows user since DOS, I’m not sure how I will adjust to it. I remember a few years ago trying to use my parents Mac while I was visiting. It made absolutely no sense. Nothing worked as I thought it should; the overwhelming impression I got was that Mac was designed to make all your decisions for you, you either liked that or you were out of luck. I’m used to setting things up how I want ‘em, not how the OS thinks you want ‘em!

But that was years ago, I figured I’d check it out. Used Macs seem to hold their value, but that may be ’cause Mac users are fanatics, not because the depreciation doesn’t exist.

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