[Ipg-smz] Apple Lease

Tue Jun 11 13:01:03 UTC 2019

Ok. Found a solution. I must once again give Apple credit for being super
helpful. They have a lease program for business owners. So I ordered iMac
Pro, am holding back on Mac Pro as it won't be out before September. But
the lease program allows me to upgrade every year, two year or 3 years. So
I will be upgrading to Mac Pro once the lease is up.

Where I appreciate Apple is that I wanted more info on the system I needed.
Most people tend to think more core more RAM makes it powerful. Not really.
It depends on the workflow. NLEs can't see or use more cores, they are more
sensitive to clock speed. So getting an 18 core iMac won't be any more
efficient than 8 core Mac. Both Adobe Premiere and FCP can utilize only so
much core. So what Apple did was put me on phone (and THEY CALLED ME) with
a video professional and we discussed all possibilities and he suggested
that I should get 8 core 32GB memory. It was NOT about trying to sell me
the most expensive mac, it was all about finding the right one for me. It
was almost an hour-long call. We ended up settling on 10 core and 64GB of
RAM, mainly because I said I might also run some VMs for Linux and Windows
stories. It will NEVER happen anywhere else. So when people become Apple
fan these are the reasons. It's not that there are zombies out there who
have no brains. It's about getting a service and experience you will NOT
get anywhere else.

Also, that concludes my transition from being a desktop Linux user to a
macOS user, I am finally with a platform that just works and lets me do all
those things that I was not able to do for the last 15 years. Year of
desktop Linux will never arrive.

On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 9:28 PM Swapnil “Swap” Bhartiya <arnieswap at gmail.com>
wrote:

> It still doesn’t solve my problem.
>
> On May 30, 2019, at 9:26 PM, Tom Henderson <thenderson at extremelabs.com>
> wrote:
>
> The inventory fluctuates, admittedly. My last machine, an MBA, was
> purchased from there, but suffered from the stupid keyboard problem, which
> went out just after Apple Care expired. Eventually, I fixed it, and it sits
> in the lab awaiting times when nothing works better than macOS in a test
> situation.
>
> This said, I have two colleagues that found the refurb deals cheaper than
> their Apple university prices. None of theirs has had a problem.
>
> Refurbs appear quickly. Might help.
>
> Tom
>
>
> On 5/30/19 9:20 PM, arnieswap at gmail.com wrote:
>
> I don't think they will have 'refurb' products the same day they ship
> pre-order for the machine I want. Never been a fan of a refurb. I see your
> point, but it doesn't solve my problem.
>
> On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 7:45 PM Tom Henderson <thenderson at extremelabs.com>
> wrote:
>
>> For whatever reasons, people return machines. Apple re-manufactures them.
>> They look no different from a retail-packaged machine. The specs are very
>> important to your work, so selections should be made to follow your exact
>> requirements. They cost about 10% less, sometimes more. If there's
>> something ugly, it's always noted, but I haven't seen an ugly note in
>> years. Although I don't buy Apple any more, others that I've recommended
>> have had very good results.
>>
>> Tom
>>
>>
>> On 5/30/19 7:33 PM, arnieswap at gmail.com wrote:
>>
>> What do you mean by the refurb store? Are these brand new latest
>> machines?
>>
>> On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 7:32 PM Tom Henderson <thenderson at extremelabs.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I don't know of a program that does that. Apple does offer (via paypal
>>> credit), decent deals, especially through their refurb store,
>>> https://www.apple.com/shop/refurbished/mac/macbook-pro and I've shopped
>>> there before, and recommend it for taking some of the sting out of retail
>>> prices. Apple Care is suggested.
>>>
>>> Tom
>>>
>>>
>>> On 5/30/19 7:09 PM, arnieswap at gmail.com wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello All
>>>
>>> Considering my line of work, where I am mostly traveling, I prefer
>>> having the most powerful MacBook on the block. Apple just released a new
>>> MacBook Pro and I would love to upgrade to it (I upgraded to Vega 20 model
>>> in Jan this year). However, I don't want to go through the hoops of selling
>>> old devices. Is there any way I can stay on the latest Apple hardware?
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Best Regards,
>>>
>>>
>>> *Swapnil Bhartiya*
>>> Founder & Editor: www.TFiR.io <http://www.tfir.io/>
>>> Freelance Journalist | Science Fiction Writer | Filmmaker
>>> Specialises in Open Source & Emerging Technologies
>>> Stories published in - TFiR, CIO, InfoWorld, NetworkWorld, Linux.com,
>>> LinuxFoundation.org, The New Stack, Linux Pro, ADMIN, CNCF, Cloud
>>> Foundry, HPE Insight.
>>>
>>> Social networks:
>>> https://www.linkedin.com/in/swapnilbhartiya/
>>> https://twitter.com/swapbhartiya/
>>> https://mstdn.io/@Swapnil
>>> https://www.youtube.com/TFiR-TV
>>>
>>> --
>>> Tom Henderson
>>> ExtremeLabs, Inc.
>>> +1 317 250 4646
>>> Twitter: @extremelabs
>>> Skype: extremelabsinc
>>>
>>> --
>>> Ipg-smz mailing list
>>> Ipg-smz at netpress.org
>>> http://netpress.org/mailman/listinfo/ipg-smz_netpress.org
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>>
>> *Swapnil Bhartiya*
>> Founder & Editor: www.TFiR.io <http://www.tfir.io/>
>> Freelance Journalist | Science Fiction Writer | Filmmaker
>> Specialises in Open Source & Emerging Technologies
>> Stories published in - TFiR, CIO, InfoWorld, NetworkWorld, Linux.com,
>> LinuxFoundation.org, The New Stack, Linux Pro, ADMIN, CNCF, Cloud
>> Foundry, HPE Insight.
>>
>> Social networks:
>> https://www.linkedin.com/in/swapnilbhartiya/
>> https://twitter.com/swapbhartiya/
>> https://mstdn.io/@Swapnil
>> https://www.youtube.com/TFiR-TV
>>
>> --
>> Tom Henderson
>> ExtremeLabs, Inc.
>> +1 317 250 4646
>> Twitter: @extremelabs
>> Skype: extremelabsinc
>>
>> --
>> Ipg-smz mailing list
>> Ipg-smz at netpress.org
>> http://netpress.org/mailman/listinfo/ipg-smz_netpress.org
>>
>
>
> --
>
> Best Regards,
>
>
> *Swapnil Bhartiya*
> Founder & Editor: www.TFiR.io <http://www.tfir.io/>
> Freelance Journalist | Science Fiction Writer | Filmmaker
> Specialises in Open Source & Emerging Technologies
> Stories published in - TFiR, CIO, InfoWorld, NetworkWorld, Linux.com,
> LinuxFoundation.org, The New Stack, Linux Pro, ADMIN, CNCF, Cloud
> Foundry, HPE Insight.
>
> Social networks:
> https://www.linkedin.com/in/swapnilbhartiya/
> https://twitter.com/swapbhartiya/
> https://mstdn.io/@Swapnil
> https://www.youtube.com/TFiR-TV
>
> --
> Tom Henderson
> ExtremeLabs, Inc.
> +1 317 250 4646
> Twitter: @extremelabs
> Skype: extremelabsinc
>
> --
> Ipg-smz mailing list
> Ipg-smz at netpress.org
> http://netpress.org/mailman/listinfo/ipg-smz_netpress.org
>
>
>

-- 

Best Regards,

*Swapnil Bhartiya*
Founder & Editor: www.TFiR.io
Freelance Journalist | Science Fiction Writer | Filmmaker
Specialises in Open Source & Emerging Technologies
Stories published in - TFiR, CIO, InfoWorld, NetworkWorld, Linux.com,
LinuxFoundation.org, The New Stack, Linux Pro, ADMIN, CNCF, Cloud Foundry,
HPE Insight.

Social networks:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/swapnilbhartiya/
https://twitter.com/swapbhartiya/
https://mstdn.io/@Swapnil
https://www.youtube.com/TFiR-TV
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://netpress.org/pipermail/ipg-smz_netpress.org/attachments/20190611/358c5f1a/attachment-0001.html>