[rhaps0dize.]

I bought my white macbook today! Got a free ipod touch and a free printer! 8D
Gotta love back to school promotions.

[Xarthan]

I bought my white macbook today! Got a free ipod touch and a free printer! 8D
Gotta love back to school promotions.

heck yeah! I was looking at that promo too, but I'm going to wait after June 9 and see what new iPods are coming out.

[ebae89]

OMG are you SURE?!
like for sure?????
cuz i'm like going to get a macbook soon so should i get it now then?????
i'm so excited!!

[dann]

OMG are you SURE?!
like for sure?????
cuz i'm like going to get a macbook soon so should i get it now then?????
i'm so excited!!

sure about what? the promotion or the possibility of an ipod update?

the promotion, yes.
ipod, maybe, probably no
who knows there might be a macbook update too

[colloquy]

i was also wondering that too.. do torrents for mac programs have spyware.. viruses.. adawares.. etc?

For torrents, as long as you're using Firefox, Opera or another secure browser, you'll be fine. I usually only download music off torrents. Personally, I have never used virus protection, but here's a list of programs. Transmission is an excellent torrent client, especially compared to the others I've used (BitRocket, mostly.)

I think I'll be getting my family a 24" iMac (I already have a 15" Macbook Pro), and get that free iTouch and printer for myself. I'm sure I'll have to use my student discount, instead of my military discount though.

[LH<3]

im actually excited to get my macbook this summer for school it comes w/a free printer?

[naoto]

For torrents, as long as you're using Firefox, Opera or another secure browser, you'll be fine. I usually only download music off torrents. Personally, I have never used virus protection, but here's a list of programs. Transmission is an excellent torrent client, especially compared to the others I've used (BitRocket, mostly.)

thank you! I was asking whether the torrented programs themselves are sprinkled with spyware, rather than the website you download them from~ Like how any cracked software you find for windows come with nice little spyware these days.

[colloquy]

im actually excited to get my macbook this summer for school it comes w/a free printer?

Yep, scroll down to see that there's a $100 rebate for printers. The iTouch / Nano deal is also a rebate.

thank you! I was asking whether the torrented programs themselves are sprinkled with spyware, rather than the website you download them from~ Like how any cracked software you find for windows come with nice little spyware these days.

Well, there are rarely if not any viruses on Mac OS X, at least not from what I heard of. If you're running Windows on Mac, might be a different story. I've downloaded a few programs on torrents... Microsoft Office, Photoshop, and the Sims 2 game, never got a virus. If you want to be safe, the favorite virus scanner for Os X is ClamXav.

[MUGETSU]

they ALWAYS have that ipod deal thing during the summer for the college students...

so if you didn't know...where were you last year? lol its ok we all forget...

[A Beautiful Struggle]

*SOBS* WHY?! I bought my white macbook June 02, and the promo started June 03. GAAAHHH. I could stab myself.

Is there ANYTHING i can do? >_<

[naoto]

oh ok, thanks man. clamxav. i'll bookmark that as well.

Can you explain how running xp on a mac would become a threat? That's exactly what I have to do (my school programs don't offer mac options), and I just thought if I put xp I would get all the anti-spyware/anti-virus programs on it as I do now and regularly make sure it's clean. But how would spyware or viruses be able to transfer over, if at all? I once read someone post that even if you forcefully put a windows spyware file on leopard it wouldn't do anything because it won't run on a diff. OS, hence why you need diff. programs for a mac in the first place. if I put windows on a different partition (I guess I have to), I should be okay right?

I'm also wondering how running xp and leopard at the same time would affect spyware from windows. Does this allow it to taint leopard? If you use fusion to run a program in mac, would that allow spyware/viruses to temporarily pass through?

Sorry for being so troublesome. Doing my final research before buying the macbook for september.

p.s. do you know any popular mac forums that might be helpful for getting everything tweaked properly? advanced settings, etc.

[rhaps0dize.]

*SOBS* WHY?! I bought my white macbook June 02, and the promo started June 03. GAAAHHH. I could stab myself.

Is there ANYTHING i can do? >_<

You can return it within 14 days of the purchase date. You'll have to pay a restocking fee though.

[A Beautiful Struggle]

i know this is going to sound stupid.. but can i return it and buy it back like.. in the next minute?

[erure]

^Yeah, I bought an iMac the day before the free iPod thing, but I don't think it's worth the restocking fee, so I'm not going to do it... Plus the iMac is huuuge so it's hard for me to carry to and back from the apple store X_X

[A Beautiful Struggle]

i was just going to ask if it was worth it.. mine is a macbook, so the restocking fee is $120... but if i get the iTouch and the printer.. would it be worth it? what do you guys think?


the thing is.. i already have an old ipod shuffle (that i got for free), and i dont really need a printer (cuz ink would be another expense and i can just print stuff at school..)... so i dont know

[naoto]

^why not. Even if it looks stupid, even if they give you looks (and they probably won't... apple people are pretty nice), you get a free ipod nano 8gb or touch!! do it. and if nobody can confirm whether it is allowed, go to the store and ask them. and if they say it's fine, do it!

[sp4078]

^ do it ! It's worth it. Who wouldn't want an ipod touch and a printer free ? Just add up the retail price of those two and compare to the restocking. If I haven't passed the 14 days, I would return. Tsk, talk about timing.

[achu]

hello. new to this thread.
my views on Mac (the mac computers)
i use them at school, and they're actually really good (if only the processors were fast) if not better than Windows in certain aspects.
i like how they don't usually freeze for no reason unlike windows, windows goes on crashfest.
i also like macs because alot of "professional" editing programs are based on macs. like final cut pro =)

except the drawbacks are really big.
that you can't really game on them because companies dont design games to be played on macs =(
and the compatability stuff.

but overall, macs are really good

[erure]

i was just going to ask if it was worth it.. mine is a macbook, so the restocking fee is $120... but if i get the iTouch and the printer.. would it be worth it? what do you guys think?


the thing is.. i already have an old ipod shuffle (that i got for free), and i dont really need a printer (cuz ink would be another expense and i can just print stuff at school..)... so i dont know

Yeah, for you it's worth it because you make $79 out of it. For me, it wouldn't be worth it since my restocking fee is more than the cost of the iPod. However I'm still mulling it over -- the overall timing was just bad for me because my finals are next week and I shouldn't be tinkering around with an iMac until they're over, so I might return it tomorrow... -.-

[A Beautiful Struggle]

thanks for all your opinions. i really appreciate it. i'll go talk to them saturday! >.< wish me luck.. i feel like i'm being stalked by a bad-luck demon this past week. ;_; go away!

*Question: I downloaded Microsoft Office for Mac =___= off the internet.. do you think they'll check my computer or anything? im hoping that they'll just do the transaction only and not even look at my comp. >_<


Question2: I have to bring the box.. right? >_< i have to take the bus two towns over -__- store my computer/box at work for 10 hours (hoping no one will steal it.. we've been having a theft problem at work lately), and then take the bus over to the mall where the apple store is. -0-) boy will this be inconvenient. -.-