I love my laptop (kicking and screaming)

[sal4gal]

I have had my 17" macbook pro since it first came out. I LOVE it, I get ATTACHED to things like my washer, dryer, laptop, etc. Call me crazy and OCD. It is hard to let go. My geeky DH thinks that I need a new one because this is getting so slow. I am used to slow. He has worked on it and it is as fast as possible on an old machine. I will not give in, I will not give in.

I said that I would prefer the new Wacom Cintique since it is the same price and he delivered the blow that this laptop will not even run the new toy.

Ahhhh . . . I still love my "good ol' laptop"

Sallie

[JALong]

Sorry, Sallie, my laptop is getting slow too. Darn it! I love mine too.

[digigrandma]

I understand, Sallie! I have been attached to every single Mac computer I've owned. My current one is my 17" MacBook Pro purchased late 2008. If I decide to upgrade to Lion I probably should add more memory first. That gets expensive to add memory so I start wondering if I should just buy a new laptop with Lion already installed, instead. Only problem is I love my laptop because it WORKS!!! always, I can count on it! (knock on wood, here) and, it is familiar!

[tylertooo]

I get attached to the software, and don't want to upgrade, but I'd throw away my desktop in a second - and load it up with as much ram as possible. If you have to replace your laptop, I am certain that within a day you would be wondering why you waited - but I would like the new wacom myself before a new computer, but it does seem that all the great toys need a super fast machine.

[anke]

I felt that way about the minivan I just traded in, but believe me, I got used to the new car real quick I'm sure I would feel the same way about my trusted MacbookPro too

[maureenreynolds]

I'm very very attached to my iMac and unfortunately, they don't sell the 24" size any more. It's past its extended warranty and I have the max memory -4GB - it can take. It can take Lion and all the newest software but I suspect this is its last go round on those fronts. A bigger iMac could be great but I'd need to push it back a bit more while at the same time having it in the same place so I can 'read' text on the screen. DH has suggested that I just get the Tower but I'm not sure I want to spend quite that much.

[anxela]

If someone told me to get a new mac, I would just say "thank you"

That said. I format and do a clean install on my mac about once a year. I notice a big change in speed after a clean install. Have you tried that, Sallie? I would suggest doing that before something drastic. And I installed more RAM last year. I'm looking at an SSD disk too, they are dropping in price. That would do wonders on an old machine.

[maureenreynolds]

Not sure what a SSD disk is Heidi. Do tell!

(btw, I AM grateful I have a spouse who never balks at any electronic purchase. Plus, I am not into cameras at all so...)

[anxela]

A solid-state drive (SSD) is a drive that doesn't have movable parts (as opposed to a regular hard drive which contains spinning disks and read/write heads), and because of that, it's super fast, silent and reliable, less vulnerable. It's more expensive than a regular drive per GB, but if you normally store your scrapbook elements and pics on an EHD, you can just buy a relatively small disk to hold your operating system, software and stuff that doesn't take up much space.

[maureenreynolds]

LOL Heidi....dh makes fun of me when I say 'the gears are grinding" because sometimes it does seem that way! a regular hard drive which contains spinning disks

And from a discussion at MacRumors "And yeah, the iMac is a totally different beast with an SSD - start-up times are practically non-existent, application launching is instantaneous. Very impressive stuff, I wouldn't go back to a traditional HDD for a boot volume ever again. " hmmmmmmmm. I may need to look into this for my 24".

[anxela]

Love being an enabler

[sal4gal]

Thanks Heidi, since he is a geek. He has done all that stuff. Oh well, I will just keep on crawling along.

[maureenreynolds]

Sal, dh gave me his old MBP when he needed a new one. I use needed advisedly. I love using it when I go to my son's and dogsit, but it does have its limits. As I only scrap on it, it's fine but if I try to watch a Netflix movie, I usually need to be plugged in. Not really much of a hardship, is it!