J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Snapzzz

Barney, are you buying some bright pants to go with it?

bedrock barney wrote:As we are between seasons and the weather has been bloody awful I've decided to spend some money on new ski gear in a vain attempt to keep up with snapzzz. Just bought a new Norrona jacket as image below. Should be arriving in the post today. New lid and goggles next on my list (thinking of POC - anyone have POC gear?)

YAY! I love the orange, my first ski jacket was orange.

I wish i had bought a poc helmet, they look so much slimmer that the Giro i have. I think mine makes my head look huge.
Do the pod ones come with an audio system?

SwingBeep wrote:How anyone who has just bought the latest Macbook Pro (I assume you went for the one with the 2.6GHz processor, 16GB of RAM and the 768GB SSD) could possibly contemplate going on a skiing holiday to a purpose built ski resort in France with Crystal Ski is beyond my comprehension. Steve Jobs will haunt you!

Totally gutted by this post (and the one that rated it a TOP post).......just wondering how i come across to you guys :-(
But then again i am on my second bottle of wine of the night and showing my emotional side.
:-(

SwingBeep wrote:How anyone who has just bought the latest Macbook Pro (I assume you went for the one with the 2.6GHz processor, 16GB of RAM and the 768GB SSD) could possibly contemplate going on a skiing holiday to a purpose built ski resort in France with Crystal Ski is beyond my comprehension. Steve Jobs will haunt you!

Hmmmmmmmmmmm


Well at first glance i could see why you would write that but........

I work bloody hard for my money, often full 12 hr days, no break, no lunch, no flipping drink all day. And i am not exaggerating at all.
So whilst i may come across all blasé about dropping £1800 on a laptop please understand it is not the norm.
I am as limited in money as the next man but i love my 'stuff' and i have worked hard for years to afford this luxury.
My ski holiday is still bound by usual finical constraints and hence my dispute with Crystal.
Once i pay for the computer i am back to ski scotland.

Iceman wrote:

Snapzzz wrote:
ERRRRR NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

I hear what you say but this update is VERY significant.
Apple upgrade their lines roughly every 6-9 months with processor updates but every 3 years or so they do a major revamp. Which happened yesterday.
The Macbook felthorpe is brilliant but the new one is a whole new breed, e.g: the removal of optical drive and hard drive.

How do you play CD or DVD then?

i don'tplay dvds in my laptop EVER. why would you?

And to be honest i do not own a DVD player either. I never watch them. Any films i watch at home i download and stream to my TV via a media player. Everything is digital.
Discs are so yesterday.

OldAndy wrote:

Iceman wrote:

Snapzzz wrote:
ERRRRR NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

I hear what you say but this update is VERY significant.
Apple upgrade their lines roughly every 6-9 months with processor updates but every 3 years or so they do a major revamp. Which happened yesterday.
The Macbook felthorpe is brilliant but the new one is a whole new breed, e.g: the removal of optical drive and hard drive.

How do you play CD or DVD then?

and how does it work without a hard drive Snapzzz???
:roll:

No optical drive simply means you have to buy everything on itunes.
:mrgreen:

Well, the hard drive has been replaced by flash storage. It has 256gb of flash which is not massive by hard drive standards but gives an incredible boost in performance. Its a bit like the iPad, it doesn't take ages to boot up like a laptop and amongst other reasons its down to the speed of the flash over HDD.

The lack of optical drive is quite a bold step really by Apple. Whilst it is still commonly used it is most definitely fading away.
I can honestly say i haven't used mine in about a year. All my software is downloaded, all my video is downloaded and i don't write discs......so whats the point of them? They take up such a huge amount of real estate in a laptops case that can be used productively elsewhere.

Iceman wrote:Just started to eat my dinner to find it wasnt cooked. Back in the oven you go.

Oh you tease!! :twisted:

Wouldn't stand for that! Get rid of her and try again mate.

Iceman wrote:

Snapzzz wrote:NOOOOOOOOO! four weeks ago? they were all updated last night. You should have waited. :( :( :(

....and then that will be out of date in 6 months time, then in another 6 months another will come out. You are all a marketing mans dream :D ;)

ERRRRR NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

I hear what you say but this update is VERY significant.
Apple upgrade their lines roughly every 6-9 months with processor updates but every 3 years or so they do a major revamp. Which happened yesterday.
The Macbook felthorpe is brilliant but the new one is a whole new breed, e.g: the removal of optical drive and hard drive.