Joining the Cult of Mac
Well, I did it, I went and bought a Mac. A refurbished black MacBook, to be precise. Here it is coming out of its box:
You can't tell that it isn't 'new', the Mac was perfect when I took it out of the box. Either it was DOA when it was purchased the first time, or it isn't really refurbished.
I've used it for a few hours now, and I generally like the Mac. I've never used a Mac before, so setting things up is a struggle at times. Setting the windows network settings was non-intuitive, but I guess they aren't obvious for new Windows users, either.
The things I will need to get used to are related to Apple's 5% market share. There aren't drivers for my Dell laser printer, I'm going to have to install a kludge to get the printer to work. Also, the only poker site I use with Mac software is Full Tilt.
I also hate the trackpad. That is more due to my seven years of using IBM Thinkpads with their little joystick thingy than any real problem with Apple's trackpad. This may be the one thing that will make me return the Mac, I am giving myself 2 weeks to get used to it.
I'm going to try to record a video tomorrow using the built-in webcam, I'll post what I come up with.
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I bought my digital camera refurbished and you cant tell it was used or w/e and it was a lot cheaper i was wondering how much does a refurbished macbook go for??