Seemed like not that long ago i was celebrating the big two one. but a year have passed and here we are again at that time a year where i need to think of things that i want/need. I could go with the obvious suggestions like an Aston Martin DB9 but for some reason i have doubts about that showing up in my driveway. So instead i went with a more conservative list. 

Xbox 360 Hard drive at Bestbuy or amazon

Gran Torino

Step Brothers

Silversun Pickups – Swoon

Trust Company – The Lonely Position of Neutral

Inflatable Moose (they have at Target)

PacSun Gift card

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Andrew Things i Want

Ok so its about time for me to buy a new computer.. My current set up is a G5 iMac which still runs fine but last week something happened to safari and i sorta have to redo alot of stuff that i was waiting to redo until i got a new one. Recently Apple has released the new MacBook Pros, at an attractive-er price and ive seriously been considering buying one. BUT, im in a dilemma, ever since ive been using a computer it has always been a desktop so moving to my main machine being a notebook im not sure how im going to like it. So i need YOU to help me decide.

The Candidates:

The big plus side here is that ill be able to take all my stuff and move it to another place and keep working. I’ve also always wanted a MacBook Pro, even though i still have an iBook (ok come on its a G3 900mHz for crying out loud) so that i can be portable at the moment, and quite frankly if im going outside of the house, that would be the one i take, because if something happened to it, it would be less of a disaster.

The Downside here is that i would be tied to a laptop at all times instead of a desktop like setup (since the iMac is a hybrid middle ground). To compensate i am going to buy a screen to go with it. Id like the Apple LED on but its too big at 24″, but i might testdrive on just to see. I like a clean flowing desk and im not sure how well the form factor of a laptop next to a screen will work.

I would get the 15″ one because a 17″ portable is too big. So its between these too, currently i have an 80GB hard drive so ive learned to compute small so the hard drive space i really am not worried about. Especially since ill have it hooked up to my 1TB drive (although now i with that was a FW800 drive, oh well)

SD card slot, YAY!! -selling point-

So its down to speed. I was leaning toward the 2.66, although the 3.06 would be nice, but i like the price of the 2.53. So here is the question, am i REALLY going to notice the difference and say “damn, i wish i would have bought the 2.66″ its less that a tenth of a speed difference. ANYTHING would be better than the single core, G5 1.8 ghz i run now. Also the thing i really like about these is the dual graphics, and im thinking the 2.66 would be a better choice because it has the 9400M and GT with 256mb.

The Plus Side is most definitely the price, this one is considerably less. Also i wouldn’t need to buy an additional screen to go with it, and it would work with my flow better. It has the same processor as the MacBook Pro, the 2.66, and a little bigger hard drive too i think.

The Down Side to this one is slightly larger. Im pretty sure i dont want a 24″ screen, thats just too big. So in-order to have the 20″ i wouldnt be able to have the GT graphics and that was something i really liked with the MBPs. Also i wouldnt be able to take it to different parts of the house. I like to watch top gear from hessmo.com and i would like to hook it up to my 42″ tv in my room and watch it there, with this i cant do that. I also dont really like the design of these as they havnt quite grown on me yet. Also 2GB of ram is what i have now so it seem foolish to get a new computer with the same.

So its down to these three to pick from, 2.53 MBP, 2.66 MBP, or the iMac. Would i really notice NOT having the GT graphics? Id like to future proof a bit here since its kinda a bit stack of cash to drop on something. Hard drives can be upgraded later if need be so thats last on my list of worries.

Im definitely leaning toward the 2.66 MBP as of right now. One incentive to get one soon is that i have a student discount, and i checked on the MBPs and its $150 off, plus that iPod thing which i probably wont get cause i dont need another one. So Please leave me a comment on which one you think i should get . and then ill do a review on it!

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 ooooohhhhh… Pretty Slick, “if” this is it, im glad that it doesnt have the edges like the Air. And this one still has the optical disk drive thank god, thats one thing i think was a big mistake leaving out of the Air. This one though, i think (and this more of just wishful thinking really, dont hold me accountable for the facts being wrong) will have a BluRay reader/burner, it may also have an option for the SSHD and hopefully those new silver-zinc batteries. Also glad they are still making them out of Aluminum. The only thing i *dont* like anout this is that the keyboard is black. I dont like typing or a black keyboard, for some reason it slows me down and looks less, “clean”. maybe though it will be an option, black or white, or even like the current MBPs where is is the same color at the computer itself. 

And as always being a MBP, or even just an Apple product it self, it will be about $2500-$3000 for the one i want. My iBook G3 though is starting to show its age, the battery only lasts for like 2 hours and its slow, 900mhz slow.. wozzers.. We shall see though on the 9th (possibly).

Andrew Apple, Things i Want Apple, macbook pro

Last night i got the opportunity to “race” a Touareg. Let me just say, although it faired pretty well ill pulled away in the end. Speed and location are not important, however, i WAS surprised at how fast it was… So much so that i had to have a little look see on the interwebnets. 

There are three different ones, well 4 if you count the TDI version, which is a diesel that doesn’t really have that mush BHP but from 1500 rpm has a ridiculous amount of torque. Id still opt for the V8 myself because i just cant not have that power, although the 6 isnt too bad, still gotta have more…

Totally dig that interior.. even though it IS a VW (which there is nothing wrong with, just the make me think of the beetle.. ugh) Outsides not so bad either, sorta looks like that Cayenne thing that Porsce makes (really ughh)

I might test drive one some day, if they will let me and ill follow up with a road test, i hate having to do that whole “well what is it going to take to get you in this car today..” routine buut.. That price still is a bit steep for me as of yet.. (assuming i would spend my -own- money on it.. haha)

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