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| - | Let's face it. OpenOffice, LibreOffice, | + | Let's face it. OpenOffice, LibreOffice, |
| - | Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS). I had a website or two that I needed to make graphics for. | + | |
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| - | So July rolled around and my Netflix solution had broken for the umpteenth time that week and I was done. I just wanted my stuff to work. I wanted to use Linux because I was so done with Windows. But I knew Mac OS X had Office support and Netflix support, so I bit the bullet. I went to apple.com, found the base model MBP and ordered it. So, according to my Apple order and Barclaycard financing emails, I made my purchase around 10:40 AM on Friday, July 8, 2011. On July 12 or July 13, it arrived. It was delivered to my apartment' | + | So July rolled around and my Netflix solution had broken for the umpteenth time that week and I was done. I just wanted my stuff to work. I wanted to use Linux because I was so done with Windows. But I knew Mac OS X had Office support and Netflix support, so I bit the bullet. I went to apple.com, found the base model MBP and ordered it. |
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| + | So, according to my Apple order and Barclaycard financing emails, I made my purchase around 10:40 AM on Friday, July 8, 2011. On July 12 or July 13, it arrived. It was delivered to my apartment' | ||
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| ==== Comparison to 2020 ==== | ==== Comparison to 2020 ==== | ||
| - | 9 years later, here's what you can get for MacBook Pros (this isn't // | + | 9 years later, here's what you can get for MacBook Pros (this isn't //every// MBP as the new Apple store site isn't laid out as nice). |
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| - | As you can see, Apple still has the $1,199 price point. You get a quad core, 8 GB of RAM, and 256 GB SSD. You're getting a lot more bang for your buck in 2020. | + | As you can see, Apple kept up with inflation and now has a $1,299 price point. You get a quad core, 8 GB of RAM, and 256 GB SSD. You're getting a lot more bang for your buck in 2020. |
| ===== Takeaways ===== | ===== Takeaways ===== | ||
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| * I lived next to an Apple Store. I don't know why I didn't just go in. But even like today, I like ordering my stuff online. | * I lived next to an Apple Store. I don't know why I didn't just go in. But even like today, I like ordering my stuff online. | ||
| * Even I knew back then not to bother with a MacBook or MacBook Air even though I could have saved some money. | * Even I knew back then not to bother with a MacBook or MacBook Air even though I could have saved some money. | ||
| - | * Bonus point: The $999 MacBook Air in 2020 was 11", Core 2 Duo, 2 GB RAM, and **__64 GB __** "flash storage" | + | * Bonus point: The $999 MacBook Air in 2020 was 11", Core 2 Duo, 2 GB RAM, and **__64 GB __** "flash storage" |
| * Bonus, bonus point: The $999 MBA is just like the laptops in 2020. You can't upgrade after purchase. | * Bonus, bonus point: The $999 MBA is just like the laptops in 2020. You can't upgrade after purchase. | ||
| * Surprisingly, | * Surprisingly, | ||
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