# MacBook Pro Purchase **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [January 30, 2008, 10:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/macbook-pro-purchase/127624 "2008-01-30T22:54:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 10:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/macbook-pro-purchase/127624/1 "2008-01-30T22:54:14Z")
I’m not entirely sure this is the right forum for this and if it isn’t I sincerely apologize for the noise. I’m looking to purchase my first Mac to do my Rails work in and rather than going to purchase a shiny new one right off the bat … I thought I would check around and see if anyone happened to have an older model sitting around that they perhaps upgraded recently or just don’t use any longer. I’m looking for a 15" or 17" Macbook Pro … so if you happen to have one sitting around and would like some extra cash for it … please shoot me an email to bryansray [at] gmail [dot] com Thanks, guys. ps. I’ve tried craigslist and gotten responses from people who have all strangely just “moved to the UK” … and I don’t want to get scammed. ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 11:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/macbook-pro-purchase/127624/2 "2008-01-30T23:23:41Z")
🙂 It’s Rails related enough for me. I would just like to tell you - spend the money and buy an air. Imagine… making those $100/hour that we RoR developers are supposed to make, you could sit on a beach in Hawaii without a care in the world, lol. -Ryan ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 11:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/macbook-pro-purchase/127624/3 "2008-01-30T23:37:18Z")
Are you getting a Mac because you actually want to switch to a Mac, or because you heard the cool kids use it for Rails? ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 11:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/macbook-pro-purchase/127624/4 "2008-01-30T23:42:00Z")
On 1/30/08, removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I’m looking for a 15" or 17" Macbook Pro … so if you happen to have > one sitting around and would like some extra cash for it … please > shoot me an email to bryansray [at] gmail [dot] com /me will not sell his $3500 Textma…err… text editor. But I might be interested in trading it for half-a-dozen Asus Eee’s. – Greg D. [http://destiney.com/](http://destiney.com/) ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 11:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/macbook-pro-purchase/127624/5 "2008-01-30T23:43:46Z")
On Wed, 30 Jan 2008, kopf1988 wrote: > I would just like to tell you - spend the money and buy an air. > Imagine… making those $100/hour that we RoR developers are supposed > to make, you could sit on a beach in Hawaii without a care in the > world, lol. Hmmm… let me see: slower hard-drive; one USB port; no FireWire; no optical drive; no Ethernet jack; no modem port; no PC card slot; slow CPU (1); might even have problems with USB cellular data modems too (2). And $1800 for a machine _slower_ than a MacBook. Nah, Ill pass. Apple cut too many corners to keep Al Gore happy. 🙂 (1) > **[First benchmarks: MacBook Air is the slowest Apple machine on the block |...](https://www.engadget.com/2008-01-24-first-benchmarks-macbook-air-is-the-slowest-apple-machine-on-th.html)** > > No one should be surprised, but if you were looking for a speed freak of a laptop, you're going to want to glaze those lustful eyes over the MacBook Air. (2) If you’re on a beach a cellular data modem would be nice but: > **[Adding insult to injury: USB 3G modems won't fit in the MacBook Air | Engadget](https://www.engadget.com/2008-01-24-adding-insult-to-injury-usb-3g-modems-wont-fit-in-the-macbo.html)** > > Ouch, we just tested and confirmed that one of the smallest (and thus likeliest to fit) USB EV-DO modems around, the Sprint / Novatel U727, won't even come close to fitting in the cramped, foldaway USB port on the MacBook Air. – ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 11:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/macbook-pro-purchase/127624/6 "2008-01-30T23:57:53Z")
Ebay, and the apple refurbished online store are your best bets. On Jan 30, 2008 1:53 PM, removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I’m looking for a 15" or 17" Macbook Pro … so if you happen to have > one sitting around and would like some extra cash for it … please > shoot me an email to bryansray [at] gmail [dot] com > > Thanks, guys. > > ps. I’ve tried craigslist and gotten responses from people who have > all strangely just “moved to the UK” … and I don’t want to get > scammed. > > > ## – ## seth at subimage interactive ## [http://sublog.subimage.com](http://sublog.subimage.com) ## Cashboard - Estimates, invoices, and time tracking software - for free! [http://www.getcashboard.com](http://www.getcashboard.com) Substruct - Open source RoR e-commerce software. [http://dev.subimage.com/projects/substruct](http://dev.subimage.com/projects/substruct) ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 11:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/macbook-pro-purchase/127624/7 "2008-01-30T23:44:21Z")
On 1/30/08, Jeff [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Are you getting a Mac because you actually want to switch to a Mac, or > because you heard the cool kids use it for Rails? Switch? A person can’t own more than one computer? 🙂 – Greg D. [http://destiney.com/](http://destiney.com/)