In this thread, you persuade me to buy a Mac

[jwright25]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

Ok all this is the ad I am looking at....let me hear your take

I may pick this up tomorrow

http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/n...915546947.html

That looks really good! I don't see the power cord listed, so it might be worth asking about. You can get them for 50-70 bucks though. And it needs Leopard. But you might have that already and can easily install. The CS2 is nice! Ask the seller if he/she has AppleCare for it already. If not, you might want to check into prices and coverages - just in case.

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by jwright25

That looks really good! I don't see the power cord listed, so it might be worth asking about. You can get them for 50-70 bucks though. And it needs Leopard. But you might have that already and can easily install. The CS2 is nice! Ask the seller if he/she has AppleCare for it already. If not, you might want to check into prices and coverages - just in case.

I picked it up and everything is in great shape even came with the box and original instructions I am really really enjoying this laptop!!!

[jwright25]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

I picked it up and everything is in great shape even came with the box and original instructions I am really really enjoying this laptop!!!

That's awesome! I think you got a really good deal.

[awkward1]

Welcome to the club! There are a lot of shortcuts and tricks in Mac OSX so it might be worth your while to buy a book about OSX and learn all of the ins and outs of owning a Mac. You can really customize your desktop in all sorts of ways, including making your Mac burp when there is an alert instead of the normal chimes. Do you have the I Life suite? Feel free to ask me if you have any questions. I am not a pro but I have owned Macs for almost 10 years now and I also subscribe to Mac/Life magazine which has tons of useful information for Mac owners.

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by awkward1

Welcome to the club! There are a lot of shortcuts and tricks in Mac OSX so it might be worth your while to buy a book about OSX and learn all of the ins and outs of owning a Mac. You can really customize your desktop in all sorts of ways, including making your Mac burp when there is an alert instead of the normal chimes. Do you have the I Life suite? Feel free to ask me if you have any questions. I am not a pro but I have owned Macs for almost 10 years now and I also subscribe to Mac/Life magazine which has tons of useful information for Mac owners.

rundown of what was included and I installed

MS Office
Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and Imageready
iMovie HD
iWeb
iDvd
iPhoto


what I added

Touchcopy (to back up my iPod)
Mac the Ripper
Mplayer and VLC (for watching my .avi files)
Skype
Yahoo messenger


I also got a bluetooth mouse

[awkward1]

Don't forget about ITUNES!!!!!!
You got a great deal! It's great that it already has photoshop installed. We'll be expecting some clever motivational posters from you now !

[DaemonSeid]

best I can do at 6 30 am on this machine....lol