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Posted 01 May 2012 - 11:50 AM

I get people not liking Julia Gillard, I really do. However, I can't help but think that those people haven't realised that the alternative is Tony Abbott.
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Posted 01 May 2012 - 12:19 PM

For the record, my comment wasn't about preference but prediction.

Maybe we need to move on. Religion and politics don't seem to go well on this forum!
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Posted 01 May 2012 - 12:27 PM

Which 50 :P
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Posted 01 May 2012 - 04:36 PM

The political one ;)
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Posted 01 May 2012 - 06:38 PM

Politics never goes well anywhere.
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Posted 01 May 2012 - 07:20 PM

View PostDylstra, on 01 May 2012 - 06:38 PM, said:

Politics never goes well anywhere.


Including Canberra! :blink:
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Posted 01 May 2012 - 07:40 PM

I don't think the MacBooks range is dead yet. Nor will it be dead in the near future. I know plenty of friends who plan buying a MacBook in the near future and some of my friends have no plans to get a ipadnthey prefer having a MacBook. And there instill a few friends and including me who plan on getting an iMac soon.
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Posted 01 May 2012 - 09:06 PM

If they dropped the price a little it would help. I was hoping to get a 15" later in the year but I may see if I can go iPad only (let's see what iOS 6 brings) or may have to consider the unthinkable, unnamable something. :shudders:

Or I may replace the iMac with another one. But I think I'm going to need something portable.

I know, I know. A price drop won't happen. I just didn't realize how much more expensive they were.
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Posted 02 May 2012 - 06:04 AM

My next Mac will still be a desktop as for pure processing speed they are far better than laptops and they also have larger and hence more useful screens.

I keep looking at Apple notebooks and while they exude "sexiness" on their build quality they just don't come up to spec for my usability requirements.
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Posted 02 May 2012 - 08:09 AM

You have a point. I don't need the grunt but my son is getting into a lot of music video recording and would want it. Although I suspect a MBP would be adequate. (And the point would be not to share it with the little darlings.)
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Posted 06 May 2012 - 07:06 PM

I have a friend in graphic design and she's looking at getting a new MacBook pro when they come out (if they aren't dead of course ;)) She says she has heard a rumour that the 17" model will be discontinued which would be a bummer for her as that's what she wants.

Can anyone confirm they've heard that rumour too?
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Posted 06 May 2012 - 07:09 PM

Yes I have read it on a few sites over the last 2 or 3 weeks.
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Posted 06 May 2012 - 07:28 PM

Doh, I'll let her know it could be bad news then. Thanks Ken
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Posted 06 May 2012 - 08:14 PM

Just remember its all Rumours...

I take them with a grain of salt until I see the real announcement.

Apparently the iPhone 4S was meant to be the iPhone 5 with a total new redesign....
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Posted 06 May 2012 - 08:22 PM

exactly brian
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Posted 06 May 2012 - 09:34 PM

Thanks Brian, that's why I called it a rumour ;)
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