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You can get refurbed Macs through the official Apple store, the benefit being they are 'legit', come with a one year warranty etc. http://store.apple.com/uk/browse/home/specialdeals/mac Downside is you could undoubtedly get them cheaper through other sources, Ebay etc. Also, I know someone who got a secondhand Macbook through these guys - http://www.scrumpymacs.co.uk/store/ and has had no complaints.
Alan If you have a decent pc with plenty of RAM you can run MAC OS/X inside windows on a virtual machine! Not as difficult as it may sound. VM ware offer a free program or virtual box is open source I run several different operating systems inside my widows seven mobo allows you to experiment with Linux or with Linux you can run them off a "live cd" have fun!!

Jeremy Wrote:

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> Are you at all technical, Alan? You could try

> building your own, there are plenty of guides

> online for building a "hackintosh".


Good advice wasted on this thread. Though I can't help feeling that Dr Medic will use his overpriced second hand Apple Mac just for the EDF.

Annette Curtain Wrote:

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> My other half got a Mac Book Pro ( and it's

> brilliant) from Chris "The Mac Man"

>

> He lives in ED and is very nice too

>

> He also delivers/fixes/installs blah blah....bla

>

> 07956288958

>

>

> NETTE(tu)


He charges ?90 per hour to fix issues. La di da...di da.

Undisputedtruth Wrote:

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> He charges ?90 per hour to fix issues. La di

> da...di da.



Wowzzer


(I must have a special a discount face then)


Anyway, he sells on s/h machines from time to time


La la plip plop


As you wish


Netts:-S

There you go AC, here's his website http://www.puremacintosh.com/charges.html


The real beauty about building your own system is that you can select your components in terms of quality, performance, aesthetics and energy efficiency. So you can build a superior PC to an Apple at a given price point. With the right components you can run Lion, Linux and windows concurrently thus making the Apple v PC argument irrelevant for the system builder.


There are a number of limitations in the Apple machines. Firtly, if you have an i5-2500k processor, Apple will not allow you to overclock it on their system. Secondly, they have no USB 3.0s and thirdly, they only give you a one year warranty.


ETA: go in first sentence.

Huguenot Wrote:

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> I think if you could spend a few more valuable

> moments telling us how clever and superior you are

> UDT, that would really help Alan Medic in his

> task?

>

> (tu)


It seems my last post on this thread may have confused your tiny mind. I was talking about building a PC that is superior to a mac at a given price point.


These days there are very little differences in the operating system performance belonging to either an Apple or a PC. Apple do not manufacture their computing components like hard drives, memory and processors. So the system builder rides above the Apple v PC argument and is able to select superior performing components. I'm afraid branding and pricing are for those who don't know any better as they cannot work out/research what is good or bad.

Perhaps you could buy one off me, im selling my one at the moment!

Here is all the specs and what not:

Macbook Pro 15inch Unibody for sale from Mid 2010.

It has a few cosmetic scratches and a some wear and tear from general use.

2.4ghz Intel Core i5 Proecesser

15 Inch Screen

4gb Ram

320gb Super Drive Hard drive

NVIDIA Geforce GT 330M 288MB

OS X Lion

Really Good Battery life.

Fully Boxed with Accesories (Laptop case and Charger)

Full Creative Adobe Suite CS5.5 (worth ?1100)

Full Microsoft Office with box and two more codes (either 2009 or 2010)

Apart from the cosmetic issues it is in excellent condition.

Perfect laptop for what ever your doing ie. home/office, Video Editing, Music Production and so on.

Any questions you can get at me on 07930956775

or [email protected] - but i would recommend contacting me by phone!

?900 ONO (the price is nagotiable)

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Huguenot Wrote:

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> I think if you could spend a few more valuable

> moments telling us how clever and superior you are

> UDT, that would really help Alan Medic in his

> task?

>

> (tu)


Clearly my expertise would be wasted on this individual. I suspect his purchase decision, like many don't know any betters, would be based on price and brand only.

*Bob* Wrote:

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> Well said, UDT.

>

> I also make my own clothes. This allows me to make

> my own selection of high-quality cotton, zips and

> buttons etc - and thus create clothing which is

> far superior to shop-bought clothes at any given

> price point.


Presumably you are factoring in your OWN time here as well *Bob*. Just asking.

Undisputedtruth Wrote:

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> Huguenot Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > I think if you could spend a few more valuable

> > moments telling us how clever and superior you

> are

> > UDT, that would really help Alan Medic in his

> > task?

> >

> > (tu)

>

> Clearly my expertise would be wasted on this

> individual. I suspect his purchase decision, like

> many don't know any betters, would be based on

> price and brand only.



Would indeed be wasted on me UDT. I tend to purchase items based on the estimated time of how long they will stay afloat in the bath. I find it works for most things and the best indicator an individual like me could have.

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