Help me get a mac book!

[Convert]

At least pay for half of the Mac... I paid for half of my Powerbook, when I was younger, and I think that my parents were too generous there (and they're well off). Now I'm buying a Macbook with my own money.

I know I'm older, but still, you shouldn't be expecting your parents to buy you everything, especially at such a price. I said I'd save up for the Powerbook myself, but my parents said they'd buy it for my good GCSE results. But I insisted paying at least 50%.

[RGrphc2]

Originally Posted by Convert

At least pay for half of the Mac... I paid for half of my Powerbook, when I was younger, and I think that my parents were too generous there (and they're well off). Now I'm buying a Macbook with my own money.

I know I'm older, but still, you shouldn't be expecting your parents to buy you everything, especially at such a price. I said I'd save up for the Powerbook myself, but my parents said they'd buy it for my good GCSE results. But I insisted paying at least 50%.

Lucky you! my parents haven't paid for anything since i got out of community college. granted i did milk that for the life of me i know a lot of people around my age (20-25) who's parents still pay for EVERYTHING last semester this one girl had her parents got her a fully loaded 17" Powerbook and the Canon i9900 that i have now. and before that they got her an G4 iMac that she barely uses. but she claims that she's not spoiled.

its people that dont support themselves now, they wont know how to later on, its ridiculous. responsiblity is something most people today don't know, and its gonna be harder for them later on in life.

[ElDiabloConCaca]

Originally Posted by CJ MAC OSX IPOD

Thanks for the really usable questions, they help allot.
On the other hand thanks to sinclair_tm, Giaguara, RGrphc2, Esquilinho, Factor41 and davebz that actually want to help me.
This is supposed to be a support site, people used to tell me off to grammar and punctuation etc, but why dont the people that give the answers that dont help, why not tell them off.
Maybe I will try some other site.

Thanks again to sinclair_tm, Giaguara, RGrphc2, Esquilinho, Factor41 and davebz

No thanks to others.

Well, except for the fact that I suggested all of that pretty much on the first page of the thread:

Yep -- save your money. A MacBook isn't going to help you get better grades or make you a better designer or anything -- that's all based upon your own skills, study habits, and time management.

You've already got 4 other Macintosh computers (if I interpret your sig correctly) that should get you through the semester just fine. Misleading your parents into thinking that you NEED the MacBook for your classes is wrong -- if you just WANT a MacBook, tell them that and ask them how they can help you (instead of lying to them to get out of the "hassle" of saving your own money).

Instead of hitting up your parents for 100% of the cost so you can get a free notebook from them, why don't you work out a deal with them -- they pay for half, you pay for the other half with something like yard work, good grades, chores, or some kind of pay-your-parents-by-the-month plan.

If you wanna "try some other site," by all means, try some other site then. Don't make idle threats -- if you want to go somewhere else, go somewhere else -- no need to tell us you're going somewhere else. But if you wanna stay, I think you'll find that this is the best support site around, and that no one here was rude to you -- sure, they may not have given you the answers that you want, but they're still valid answers. Kinda like if you said, "My computer won't boot!" and we suggested reinstalling the whole operating system... sure, it would have been nice if we said, "Just press ENTER three times and it will boot," but that would have been false. We give honest, straightforward answers here -- we tell it like it is and we don't sugar-coat it. Same goes for this thread -- you wanted to know how you could get your parents to pay for a MacBook, and I (as well as everyone else) suggested many, many, many ways to do it. You may not like the answers, but the answers are what we did when we were your age to get stuff, so that's what we're suggesting. We worked for our stuff, and in turn, we appreciated it so much more than if someone just handed it to us. I think you'll find the same experience.

[CJ MAC OSX IPOD]

Originally Posted by ElDiabloConCaca

Well, except for the fact that I suggested all of that pretty much on the first page of the thread:



If you wanna "try some other site," by all means, try some other site then. Don't make idle threats -- if you want to go somewhere else, go somewhere else -- no need to tell us you're going somewhere else. But if you wanna stay, I think you'll find that this is the best support site around, and that no one here was rude to you -- sure, they may not have given you the answers that you want, but they're still valid answers. Kinda like if you said, "My computer won't boot!" and we suggested reinstalling the whole operating system... sure, it would have been nice if we said, "Just press ENTER three times and it will boot," but that would have been false. We give honest, straightforward answers here -- we tell it like it is and we don't sugar-coat it. Same goes for this thread -- you wanted to know how you could get your parents to pay for a MacBook, and I (as well as everyone else) suggested many, many, many ways to do it. You may not like the answers, but the answers are what we did when we were your age to get stuff, so that's what we're suggesting. We worked for our stuff, and in turn, we appreciated it so much more than if someone just handed it to us. I think you'll find the same experience.

Sorry for missing you out

[CJ MAC OSX IPOD]

Originally Posted by Convert

At least pay for half of the Mac... I paid for half of my Powerbook, when I was younger, and I think that my parents were too generous there (and they're well off). Now I'm buying a Macbook with my own money.

I know I'm older, but still, you shouldn't be expecting your parents to buy you everything, especially at such a price. I said I'd save up for the Powerbook myself, but my parents said they'd buy it for my good GCSE results. But I insisted paying at least 50%.

The MacBook is cheaper than the PowerBook

[CJ MAC OSX IPOD]

Well I will be using it for graphics so I wont be lying.

Also what I was thinking Was paying it monthly or getting money from my birthday to pay for it.

[Satcomer]

You should really consider (if possible) mowing lawns (if you can). My nephew (he was 14) made over $1000 in four months. His father and I we really surprised!

[fryke]

If you start paying off things at 13, how much will you be down when you are 21? A few thousand or a few hundredthousand bucks?