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My First Apple Macbook

March 23, 2009September 9, 2009

Ever since I made “the switch” last year, I’ve become more and more enamored with Apple products. As a former lifelong Apple-hater, I now see the error in my ways, and am really enjoying my new toys. Since my Acer laptop apparently decided on it’s own that I don’t actually need use of it’s screen, rendering it useless as a laptop, I of course had to buy the new Macbook.

Apple Macbook
Apple Macbook
  • 4GB RAM
  • 500GB 7200RPM Seagate Hard Drive
  • Glorious Aluminum Shell

I haven’t decided exactly what to do yet with the Acer, which isn’t even that old.  I thought about turning it into my new VPN server, but the single non-Gigabit NIC is annoying.  Also, CentOS seems to not agree too well with the machine.  Maybe it will become a media machine for a TV?  We’ll see what transpires…

11 thoughts on “My First Apple Macbook”

  1. Andy Russell says:
    March 26, 2009 at 10:03 am

    Why don’t you just put Ubuntu on your old laptop?

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    1. Michael says:
      March 26, 2009 at 10:05 am

      Because when I install an operating system I want something that has enterprise stability, reliability, functionality, and security, not something that college kids think is cool and looks pretty.

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      1. Andy Russell says:
        March 26, 2009 at 10:06 am

        Point taken. I wonder what the trouble is. Have you tried Fedora?

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        1. Michael says:
          March 26, 2009 at 10:07 am

          Fedora will likely be what I try next. If that doesn’t install without incident, then I’ll go back and determine what the issue is with CentOS

          Reply
  2. t42p says:
    April 15, 2009 at 5:42 pm

    4GB RAM – not too bad for a laptop! I only got 512M on my Lifebook.

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  3. Seshaya says:
    May 28, 2009 at 8:32 am

    You are a very smart person! I’m wondering where u got this info from

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  4. Gib Wallis says:
    July 19, 2009 at 9:56 am

    I don’t know why you’d hate the Mac for so many years and somehow get won over!

    I’ve made a living training people how to use PCs but have had a Mac at home since I was 14 and grew up playing on Unix machines.

    The current Mac seems to combine all three systems: Unix underneath, Windows app support when necessary, and the beautiful Mac interface.

    I’m on my first Mac laptop in 16 years after an iLamp for about 7 years. Amazing computers. Definitely makes it hard to get out of bed some mornings when everything’s on the Mac.
    .-= Gib Wallis´s last blog ..Rebooting: All Stories, No Content =-.

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  5. Andreas Nurbo says:
    August 12, 2009 at 9:43 pm

    Great, I love macs could never go back to pc ever again!
    .-= Andreas Nurbo ´s last undefined ..If you register your site for free at =-.

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  6. Adney says:
    September 18, 2009 at 12:54 am

    Awesome machine. Have you installed Snow Leopard yet?

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  7. jacobwindham says:
    September 28, 2009 at 8:04 pm

    I had the same problem. I bough a mac and a cheap monitor for the broken notebook. Now I have a shiny new MacBook pro and my three year old has a desktop.

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  8. WebMax says:
    March 12, 2010 at 7:18 am

    Macbook is the best thing around, I have 2. You should buy yourself a cover for the laptop too, don’t want it scratched hey!

    Reply

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