Help! I need somebody. Help! Not just anybody.

[x_los]

I'm saving up for a new laptop, since mine was ancient, a shitty HP, and finally self-actualized that is was a p.o.c. and self-distructed, leaving only my harddrive and fond memories of it crapping out on me regularly in it's wake. My mom thinks she can meet me part way on buying a new one, and my job can cover the remainder.

I'm thinking serriously about an iBook, because they're aestheticly pleasing (stupid reason, I'm aware), never seem to have any problems, Macs (which I have always loved, my first computers were Macs), and interface easily with iPod equipment, which I'm also saving up for (I don't know the extent to which other computers interface with iPod stuffs). Also, if I ever learn Adobe, which is a long-term goal of mine, it'll be nice to have a good computer for graphics work. It's $999. And a G4. That's good, right?

My desktop is suitable for the light gaming I do, and the laptop would be mainly for browsing, word processing and music (I'm also potentially saving for decent speakers). Is this, oh computer friends, a good choice? Is the iBook all hype, oh my brother and sisters? IS it suited to my computing needz? Does anyone actually know as opposed to my random stabs at something I know little about and gut 'it's purrrrty' reaction?


At work, the only thing that can solve a gigantic man-fight over the correct Hebrew spelling of mazeltov on some brat's giant Vegan bar mitzva cake is Mingus. Mingus binds souls. But he doesn't blight them. That's someone else entirley. Happy birthday/becoming a man John, who ever you are, you Vegan beast of a boy. I whisked nasty, smelly egg-replacer for your ass. I theorize that maybe the family's super-kosher and they've having a meat dish in the meal and so can't have dairy at the same-sitting desert? Is it can't have meat and milk in the same dish, or same meal? I don't know.

Accientally huffed Allspice yesterday. OW- and highly unreccomended! Allspice is the dried and crushed fruit of Juniper berries, and I find the smell very pleasant and nostalgic. My grandmother used to own rentals on Juniper Street (a duplex which my mother, she is ashamed to admit, grew up in that grandmother later, having saved up on a nurses' not-generous salary, and bought in a vindictive gesture against her former poverty), and the trees were everywhere, and I regularly played over there. So the air conditioner took it upon itself, mid my delicate sniff, to funf a giant hunk into my nose. Eyes wattering, stumbling crazily around my carrot cake batter, Miriam asking "Ahre yu okeh?" Me trying to wheeze out "Fiiiiiiine."

Do not try to snort allspice.

Miriam came back from getting her visa papers renewed in la Ciudad de Mexico. She brought with her the funk influenced Mexican salsa cover of I Will Survive. Entirley in Spanish, of course.

"What you call dis?" "An oven Rack." She liked the sound of it so much she pranced around the rest of the day chanting "Rack! RACK!" Growling it, teasing the word, looking exceptionally pleased with herself. I like Miriam.

Comments

[grrarghing.livejournal.com]

heh. Dude. my mom and your mom were SO at the same fourth of july party.

anyway. can i confess i got my ibob for two reasons? 1.) oi with the prettyness 2.) oi with the coolness.

i use mine mainly for browsing, housing digi pics, and itunes/ipod.

the only problem i've had, and its my problem, not the computers, is that all my stuff for school uses micosoft office, powerpoint or excel. which means i need to buy those for my computer. right now im running the trial version. it works fine, just gotta buy the software.

another plus for macs is that as long as your running non-windows software, it's pretty much virus free, which is nice. very nice.

oh! also dont know if you have/plan on getting a digi cam, but if you do your selection field is *slightly* narrowed, but again, not really a problem.

[x-los.livejournal.com]

What, did my mom, like, make a friend who wanted to actually be in her presence? Odd.

Thank you so much for the info! Eh, I can't digicam anyway, no moneys, so whatev.

[blinkidybah.livejournal.com]

Macs are lovely for graphics work, yes, but laptops? Not so much. Especially if you're doing heavy stuff where you're running Photoshop and Illustrator at the same time, along with anything else... Plus, unless you get a graphics tablet to plug in, laptops are hella hard to properly draw/design on.

My sister's iPod works just fine with her PC. All the newer gen ones work with Macs or PCs, no problem. Essentially, if it'll run iTunes, it'll interface with an iPod.

Other than that, go for it. XD Where would you buy it from? I know at MU if you buy comps/software/etc from their store it's hella cheaper than if you bought it from the company. (I.E., Macromedia Studio (800$) for 99$) So might wanna check that? Dunno.

Spanish version of I Will Survive? That = badass.

[x-los.livejournal.com]

It's odd, the through-the-university programs don't offer Mac options and their stuff is just as expensive, like, el cheapo's mexica laptop which runs on picante sauce and hope is just as expensive as the name brand I want. Maybe iowa just sucks like that?


yeah, it was, until I realized it was going to be an every day occurence. That, I can't survive.

[debatertwig67.livejournal.com]

Accientally huffed Allspice yesterday.

HAHA! accidentally...sure. we all know about your allspice problem. in fact, I'm coming up there right now to make sure you get put into a good clinic full of sexual abuse. (I've been watching Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed. does it show?)

[http://users.livejournal.com/_coherent/]

WHERE IN HELL DID YOU FIND GINGER SNAPS 2?!?! And do you own? Can we watch when you get back? H'mmmmmm?

:D

[debatertwig67.livejournal.com]

my mom's netflix was full of mysterious wonders of doomy awesome.

if I find it somewhere and still have any birthday money, though, I'm so getting it...because it's pretty good.

[x-los.livejournal.com]

That or House of Leavers; the first letter of every word section.

Everything's Muuuusic! (I just Bjorked...best verb ever)

[gilbertevich.livejournal.com]

I dunno if this should influence thy fledgling comp-sense, but keep in mind I'm going to be electronic-ing in our BAND (all-caps indeed necessary), so whatever you get, maybe check and see if it's like, recommended for that sort of thing, or whatever.

Re: Everything's Muuuusic! (I just Bjorked...best verb ever)

[penguin85.livejournal.com]

BAND? I'm intrigued..

Re: Everything's Muuuusic! (I just Bjorked...best verb ever)

[x-los.livejournal.com]

...colin... I have no words at this point

[zarathustrav.livejournal.com]

Get the mac, I'd say. It'll be fine for the gaming you do, you won't get viruses, etc. And you hinted that you were more comfortable with the OS anyway.

In terms of the graphics, the mac processor is better for that, as is the software. But if you ever get really, REALLY serious about graphics, you'd want a dual processor comp. with one of those gigantic, incredibly expensive displays.

And in terms of music production, garageband is fine for doing some messing around, and there are really good software options for more serious stuff.

Oh yeah, and the kosher thing: they can't be in the same meal. The rule actually differs from region to region, i think, but you usually need a couple of hours of waiting between eating milcheck and fleischeck.

[x-los.livejournal.com]

Thanks! And as to graphics, I'm about as likely to ger really, REALLY serious about them as I am about, say, the guitar. Which translates to "probably not ever going to be an issue."

I hear Mac repair is a bitch. Something about having to unscrew half the bolts produced in Japan last year to get inside the cartridge and look around? Thus spake Wikipedia. Please tell me if this is true/an issue I will have to deal with and not very sucessfully?

[zarathustrav.livejournal.com]

Mac repair? I've always thought it was pretty easy, especially on the ibook. The keyboard pops out for easy access to a bunch of stuff. And non-hardware troubleshooting is even easier. Because OS X is unix based, you really don't have many problems you can't fix. If a piece of software is giving you problems, just deleting the preferences works about 98% of the time (and I personally haven't had to do that yet).

In terms of the Wikipedia article... I wonder if you could link me? I know that Apple recently annouced they would start using Intel processors (I forget when that would start), and I think they currently use Motorolla processors (which sounds a lot less exotic than just "Japanese," doesn't it?).

Also, you'd always have me around (I'm not an expert, but I have been using macs for at least 10 years), and I am just a phone call away from my dad (who is an expert), so you shouldn't have any big problems.

[clio-the-muse.livejournal.com]

Yeah, you're not supposed to eat dairy and meat at the same meal. That's a pretty standard observance, especially at bar mitzavahs when one needs to show to the relatives just how good and perfect the family is.

[x-los.livejournal.com]

You're like the font of kosher knowledge. And amusing revelations as to the cross-cultural rediculousness of all families. I tired to call you today to complain about German, but your cell phone denied me.

[penguin85.livejournal.com]

Jesus...you guys know way more about this stuff than I do. I'd say get the mac if you like them. I personally don't like them because I grew up on PCs, but that's just me. And from what others have said, it sounds like it would be just fine for what you need =)

[x-los.livejournal.com]

thanks. and hi!