store.apple.com— Yes, you read that right, yep, Apple is offering a 30 day money back guarantee on the Mac mini. Good if you want to try a unit out.
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Well, Tobey, they could send it to you to try out and then charge you after the 30 days are up (kind of like software trials)....But Apple would never do that because that would be too nice.....
The reason this is interesting is that its the first time this has been done with a Mac. People know what theyre going to get with Dell. A lot of people don't know what to expect. It works just like every other free trial of hardware out there. You should probably check the competition beore you bash Apple.Oh, and UNIX + Mac interface = Mac OS XYou can get to the command line through the "Terminal" utilityAnd Intel Macs can dual-boot into Windows XP
Holy Christ people are bitchy. WAH I have to pay for Shipping and Handling to try out a great computer for free. WAH WAH WAH. Why doesn't Apple just give everything to me for free? WAH!
@SmarterdanuNo fool, not a troll. As stated serveral times in my post it was not intended to be a trolling post. I simply wanted to know for what reason someone would want to boot into Linux when they have OSX. For me, I use Linux (since 1994) on the desktop for several reasons. One of which being this bulls**t adware/spyware crap that has been annoying the s**t out of people for years now but I do have other reasons. Understand though that I am dual booting with Windows because gaming support in Linux is obviously not as good as it is in Windows. That is a fact. Now if I were dual booting Linux/OSX I would most likely end up using OSX more often. That is my personal preference. Others, such as computer_kid, might prefer the Linux desktop. Perhaps they only use CLI. Who knows hence the question that I first posed.
'"Apple is changing processors to Intel and soon applications wont work on this computer."Did you see the keynote? The term 'Universal Binary' comes to mind.'And don't forget Rosetta, the smooth, fast, invisible power pc machine emulator that will allow you to run all your old apps (Steve showed it off by running power pc compiled MS Office on his intel machine). A universal binary just means that it can be compiled for power pc or intel, so in order to have a universal binary they must first adapt their code. If a developer doesn't that's where Rosetta comes in. This will be a smooth transition.
not to be a complete idiot but when i click here all i see is the page to buy something from the store... what am i missing? please help! me want free mac trial!
bonlebonAug 30, 2005
good free macs....
sandmanxAug 30, 2005
Trying it for free isn't going to get me to buy it. Try lowering the price instead. I'd like one, but I'd like to see it for about $250.
jdgtrplyrAug 30, 2005
Very, very cool idea. Here's my chance to finally see if the switch to Mac is for me :)
mizzoucatAug 30, 2005
Well, Tobey, they could send it to you to try out and then charge you after the 30 days are up (kind of like software trials)....But Apple would never do that because that would be too nice.....
computer_kidAug 30, 2005
I rather just duel boot OSX and Linux!
hyperpastaAug 30, 2005
The reason this is interesting is that its the first time this has been done with a Mac. People know what theyre going to get with Dell. A lot of people don't know what to expect. It works just like every other free trial of hardware out there. You should probably check the competition beore you bash Apple.Oh, and UNIX + Mac interface = Mac OS XYou can get to the command line through the "Terminal" utilityAnd Intel Macs can dual-boot into Windows XP
mdavisAug 31, 2005
Holy Christ people are bitchy. WAH I have to pay for Shipping and Handling to try out a great computer for free. WAH WAH WAH. Why doesn't Apple just give everything to me for free? WAH!
rottingAug 31, 2005
@SmarterdanuNo fool, not a troll. As stated serveral times in my post it was not intended to be a trolling post. I simply wanted to know for what reason someone would want to boot into Linux when they have OSX. For me, I use Linux (since 1994) on the desktop for several reasons. One of which being this bulls**t adware/spyware crap that has been annoying the s**t out of people for years now but I do have other reasons. Understand though that I am dual booting with Windows because gaming support in Linux is obviously not as good as it is in Windows. That is a fact. Now if I were dual booting Linux/OSX I would most likely end up using OSX more often. That is my personal preference. Others, such as computer_kid, might prefer the Linux desktop. Perhaps they only use CLI. Who knows hence the question that I first posed.
kisstheringAug 31, 2005
'"Apple is changing processors to Intel and soon applications wont work on this computer."Did you see the keynote? The term 'Universal Binary' comes to mind.'And don't forget Rosetta, the smooth, fast, invisible power pc machine emulator that will allow you to run all your old apps (Steve showed it off by running power pc compiled MS Office on his intel machine). A universal binary just means that it can be compiled for power pc or intel, so in order to have a universal binary they must first adapt their code. If a developer doesn't that's where Rosetta comes in. This will be a smooth transition.
timroSep 21, 2005
not to be a complete idiot but when i click here all i see is the page to buy something from the store... what am i missing? please help! me want free mac trial!