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Cleaning a macbook monitor

swordpath

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Haha, no offense. Your lovely, rainy city is overrun with entitlement minded hipsters.
I love the Pacific NW but can do without the rabid liberalism.
Nah, we share the same sentiment actually. I was just being dramatic. I'm moving to Tennessee here in a few weeks anyways.
 

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Nah, we share the same sentiment actually. I was just being dramatic. I'm moving to Tennessee here in a few weeks anyways.

Cool. TN is a nice state, lots of variety and lots of history.
 

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Ahh, Microsoft products inspire such awe. I really couldn't care less about the online penis measuring that goes on between PC and Mac I just think this picture is hilarious.

And where is Safari you ask? Safari is probably sitting in some Seattle Starbucks (in a window seat of course) wearing skinny jeans, a knit-cap regardless of the weather and large, expensive headphones dangling uselessly around his neck streaming video of the above hilarity on a shiny new ipad whilst sipping a non-fat, skinny, soy, mocha, java chip, frappachino (decaf of course).

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You know you can also install Windows on a Macbook additionally if you need it? Also apart from that, there really are not that many notebooks with compareable battery time, weight and overall case quality of a Macbook Pro, and the Touchpad is also useable in contrast to touchpads on other notebooks. A Thinkpad might beat it from what you hear (could never get hands on it because they for some reason don't sell them here in many places), but those cost at least as much as a Macbook Pro.

Tbh if I would buy a new notebook I would probably neither buy a Macbook again (because I don't use it enough and could go with less), but I think at least for Macbooks the bashing isn't as justified. Most people just follow bash trends just as brainless as those people who buy Apple just because it is Apple.

Generally, Macbooks are more expensive than it needs to be. For a mid-range Mac, I can get a higher-end Laptop/PC.

I mean, I have worked with both PC and Macs thus far. But one of the obvious features is the cost of materials. Everything else is just based on experience and/or specific programs.

Also, you can use an emulator to use the Mac OS, though, I have yet to see a use for it.

I like the fact that the Mac is smooth running, easy to use and almost invincible to virus and other malware..... and, it's a hell of a fashion asset.

That notion is false. Bring more hackers and virus builders into the mac world and you'll see it skyrocket. While it was considered "invincible" years ago, viruses were created on nothing flat with an experienced user for the mac. Also, the reason why there weren't as many viruses in the mac world pre-Ipod is because there wasn't as big of a use for them. Less people = less people to take information from. Why settle on the mac when most of the population was using a PC?

Besides that, the person has to be really bad at using the PC to be constantly getting viruses and malware to complain that a Mac is better. Something as simple as getting a free anti-virus and knowing a few simple pointers about preventing yourself from getting viruses/malwares/getting-hacked will clear up most of those issues.


Same, haven't left it since.
 

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I have one of those lint free microfiber cloths & a bottle of iklear. It cost me a few bucks & has lasted years, as a few drops go a long way. Works well for flat screen TVs also. However, it's like 99% water :D , but it has some silicone or something in it which reduces static & is alcohol & sulfate free (non-abrasive I guess).

If you choose to use a drop of detergent & water instead, just choose something gentle & very well diluted with distilled water (apparently, minerals in water can cause build-up).

When you wash the cloth, do it by hand & then hang to dry. The washer & dryer may make it linty & basically ruin it.
 
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It's amazing to me that the animosity between Mac and PC people is such that a simple thread about cleaning a screen turns into another pissing contest.
 

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It's amazing to me that the animosity between Mac and PC people is such that a simple thread about cleaning a screen turns into another pissing contest.

Just sayin' ;)

I generally find little difference between the two except:

The price
The look of desktop
The programs specific to each OS
Where the PC/Mac tends to cater to (generally art/design = Mac, Math/engineering=PC)
 

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Well, I really don't want to fill the void of the Apple defender now. After all I prefer using my selfmade Desktop PC all the time, and I told already I would probably not buy a Macbook again. However, the choice of really good notebooks is not that varied. Apple Macbook may be overall expensive for the components you get, however the things I mentioned you really just don't find in a lot of notebooks currently. And it doesn't matter depending on what things you do with it if you have now a better GPU for example for the same price but the battery life is only half as long for example. You get notebooks with same or better performance for quite cheap price, but you tend to have other disadvantages.
 

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I'm on my first macbook. It may be my last. I'm not a huge fan. I do like the battery life and garageband.
 

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My office mate just sold his that he'd used for two years and replaced it with a PC. Both of us really gave it a try but it's got some real weak points.

IDK, I really liked my Toshiba and I'm meh about this Macbook.
Is it not in such great shape? What OS are you running?
 

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Is it not in such great shape? What OS are you running?

It's doing exactly what it is made to do and we just don't like it as much as we like PCs. I don't hate it or anything, it's got some strong points. I've never seen a PC hold battery life as well as a macbook.

It's kid-glove-y and moody, is what it is. PCs treat you like adults.
 

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They have special stuff for them. Best Buy has it.
 
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