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--- notes:memories:first_macbook_pro [2020/05/18 22:03] – travis
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 Let's face it. OpenOffice, LibreOffice, and GIMP are not drop-in replacements for most productivity software. Work used the pre-cursor to Office 365 called Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS). I had a website or two that I needed to make graphics for.
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+===== Welcome to modern, "professional" UNIX  =====
-Welcome to modern, "professional" UNIX
+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 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's office.
+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's office.
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-As you can see, Apple kept up with inlfation 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.
+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.
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