phranker’s Think Tank

As I posted earlier, I just made the “switch” and bought a MacMini & a MacBook, mainly because of the iPhone development community. But today, Apple released a new MacBook with better specs for the same price I paid for mine only 2 weeks ago. I truly feel ripped off.

I tried calling Customer Support, but they are closed until morning. However, I was able to chat with a support person via Apple.com, her name was Janet. As soon as I explained my plight, she quickly responded with “Call Customer Support, they are handling all purchases made Feb 7 – Feb 26.” That was good news to hear… because my Apple Store receipt is dated Feb 9!!!

I hope I get the new MacBook this week.
2.4 C2D, 2GB RAM, 160GB HD

UPDATE: [02/27/08]
I went to the 29th Street store in Boulder and after talking to CS on the phone and the manager Josh & Jeff said they would allow me to switch it, however I had to pay the 10% restocking fee. All in all, it was worth it, just the extra 1GB of RAM (from Apple) is worth the $130.
Thanks Apple!!

It looks like the “Official 1.1.3 Upgrader”, aka the soft upgrade, has been removed from the Community Sources. I personally think it was removed because of Zibri’s work and his release of the “true” 1.1.3 jailbreak, but a few were asking for it on the Dev Team’s #iphone. SpeedyAZ hooked it up and it’s now on my repo if anyone needs it. It’s still found under ‘System’ in Installer.app.

My Repo/Source address: http://installer.phranker.com

I guess some may say I’ve jumped on the bandwagon. Thing is… I alway appreciated Apple’s products, especially the iPod and Mac OS X. Then came the iPhone and I was completely hooked. Yet, I was still a PC guy. Note I say PC guy and not Windows guy. I am and have always been a Linux geek. Back in the days of version 1,2,3 of Slackware/RedHat etc. However, since I got into all this iPhone development hoopla, I knew I needed a ‘real’ Mac, no more using OSx86 to pretend I’m on a Mac.

So, I am now the proud owner of a brand new MacMini C2D 2.0 and a MacBook C2D 2.4. I even upped the RAM in the MacBook to 4Gb, as well as in the Mini !!

Pictures to follow.