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Tenacious Dyl · Dec 24, 2005, 09:33 PM

I just opened up:
-Apple Care for my new G5 (after buying it... I couldn't afford Apple Care too)
-iPod Nano (Black, 2GB)
-iPod Nano Clear Case

What did you guys / gals get ? (from other people, not a purchase for yourself!)

Lateralus · Dec 24, 2005, 09:37 PM

Santa didn't bring Lateralus anything this year.

Gee, I wonder why...

Agasthya · Dec 24, 2005, 09:44 PM

I didn't get any Apple gifts but I bought a black 30GB iPod for someone.

demograph68 · Dec 24, 2005, 09:47 PM

I'm getting coal.

MaxPower2k3 · Dec 24, 2005, 10:13 PM

Originally Posted by demograph68

I'm getting coal.

In an XBox 360 box?

euchomai · Dec 24, 2005, 10:21 PM

isight from my brother that wants to watch my son grow up.

Airport Express w/ air tunes from my students. I can't believe they thought of anyone other than themselves this year!

Kenneth · Dec 24, 2005, 11:00 PM

Nothing.... but I did stop by Apple Store this morning.

*waiting for MWSF*

ApplCmptrDood · Dec 24, 2005, 11:04 PM

I think that Santa may bring me one of them 20 Inch cinema display for my mac mini

Tenacious Dyl · Dec 25, 2005, 12:20 AM

love the sig euchomai!

euchomai · Dec 25, 2005, 12:37 AM

Originally Posted by Tenacious Dyl

love the sig euchomai!

thanks

MacMan4000 · Dec 25, 2005, 12:44 AM

My modest Christmas wishlist:

Salty · Dec 25, 2005, 01:03 AM

Well I recently bought myself a 30 gig iPod which I love. That said... I HATE MY FELLOW BEST BUY EMPLOYEES!

I was supposed to get for Christmas a set of JBL creature speakers. Well turns out the people I work with are morons! Because they've all seen me fall in love with those speakers, and when they were on sale I told my mom to go in and get them because she could get them for cheaper than I could with my discount. Well the MORON who sold her a set of speakers for me, told her we didn't have anything for 100 bucks but that we did have a set of 120 dollar CREATIVE speakers... CREATIVE! They might as well be Microsoft! I mean if my mom had just messed up I wouldn't be mad I'd simply exchange them, but that someone I work with actually told her not to get what I wanted but instead sold her these!? THAT PISSES ME OFF!

That said, I also got a Philips razor which I like from my sister, a toiletries bag, a hoodie from old navy, some work out gloves, a water bottle, a collectable coin thing (I dono my dad's weird), some money, a tie, and that's about it.

That said what I got for people!
I got my mom a Mac mini, Apple keyboard and Kensington studio mouse, it's her first Mac and she loves it. And I put 400 dollars towards a Maikita tool set for my dad. As well I got my sister one big ol jewellery box and a bag. I also got the three year service plan that I'm seriously considering returning on the Mac mini now... actually if they don't give me the speakers I want for the sale price I'm going to return the service plan I bought on my iPod!

Fire Of Zim · Dec 25, 2005, 01:11 AM

I'm getting... NOTHING.

Ratm · Dec 25, 2005, 02:45 AM

You're not the only one, Fire.

Fyre4ce · Dec 25, 2005, 02:51 AM

Nothing here.

Hawkeye_a · Dec 25, 2005, 03:18 AM

El nada

angelmb · Dec 25, 2005, 05:42 AM

Originally Posted by Agasthya

I didn't get any Apple gifts but I bought a black 30GB iPod for someone.

Same here, but a white model instead.

Cubeoid · Dec 25, 2005, 07:10 AM

Los Zeros, nice wishlist Mister Macman.

ajprice · Dec 25, 2005, 09:04 AM

I am now a Mighty Mouse owner. Thankyou Santa!

demograph68 · Dec 25, 2005, 11:26 AM

This is odd. So I have a new iPod but it connect by usb2, not firewire. I tried connecting it with a firewire cable that came with my previous iPod but the screen says this: "FireWire connections are not supported. To transfer songs, connect the usb cable provided." Does that mean that I have to upgrade to usb2? Am I screwed?

ajprice · Dec 25, 2005, 11:29 AM

It will work on USB1, but it will be slow at transferring. What Mac have you got demograph68? If its a Powermac you should be able to put a USB2 card in there pretty cheaply (£20-£30 for a 2 port card here).

demograph68 · Dec 25, 2005, 11:32 AM

iMac G4. So, no firewire compatibility at all? 3100 songs at turtle speed. Jesus Christ.

shabbasuraj · Dec 25, 2005, 11:34 AM

A donut.

brapper · Dec 25, 2005, 11:50 AM

Ditto. 1st gen 17" Powerbook.
But yeah, I got a 60GB iPod Video

Kevin · Dec 25, 2005, 12:06 PM

Originally Posted by Salty

I HATE MY FELLOW BEST BUY EMPLOYEES!

Hate is such a strong word.

BTW the rest of your post sounds like it was written with the angst of a 12 year old girl.

Kevin · Dec 25, 2005, 12:08 PM

Originally Posted by demograph68

This is odd. So I have a new iPod but it connect by usb2, not firewire. I tried connecting it with a firewire cable that came with my previous iPod but the screen says this: "FireWire connections are not supported. To transfer songs, connect the usb cable provided." Does that mean that I have to upgrade to usb2? Am I screwed?

Yeah Apple really made a stupid move there.

Lots of people complaining.

rickey939 · Dec 25, 2005, 01:20 PM

Nothing.

Bandit240 · Dec 25, 2005, 01:25 PM

Nothing apple at all. Almost nothing at all if it wasnt for a few cards.

paul w · Dec 25, 2005, 01:27 PM

Originally Posted by demograph68

This is odd. So I have a new iPod but it connect by usb2, not firewire. I tried connecting it with a firewire cable that came with my previous iPod but the screen says this: "FireWire connections are not supported. To transfer songs, connect the usb cable provided." Does that mean that I have to upgrade to usb2? Am I screwed?

You can use regular old USB 1.1, but it'll be slow. Depends on what size you got - with my Nano it really isn't a big deal. If it's one of the regular iPods though that does indeed suck.

I understand the reasoning behind it but that doesn't mean I have to like it.

Agasthya · Dec 25, 2005, 01:58 PM

Originally Posted by demograph68

This is odd. So I have a new iPod but it connect by usb2, not firewire. I tried connecting it with a firewire cable that came with my previous iPod but the screen says this: "FireWire connections are not supported. To transfer songs, connect the usb cable provided." Does that mean that I have to upgrade to usb2? Am I screwed?

Yeah, great to see Apple supporting Firewire.

SpaceMonkey · Dec 25, 2005, 02:00 PM

Nada. I gave my brother an iTunes gift certificate though.

RobOnTheCape · Dec 25, 2005, 02:22 PM

A black nano here. Nice surprise. My mini crapped out on me a few months after last Xmas. nice upgrade.

amsalpemkcus · Dec 25, 2005, 03:11 PM

Apple designed christmas cookies here.

guajero · Dec 25, 2005, 03:29 PM

Santa brought me a snazzy new black ipod with video, which I am currently ripping my own private idaho onto.
G.

MacMan4000 · Dec 25, 2005, 03:33 PM

Originally Posted by MacMan4000

My modest Christmas wishlist:
http://www.kmurph.net/files/shoppingcart.png

Well, I didn't get the $18,000 Quad G5, but I did get an iMac upgrade

My dad brought home one of the latest and greatest imacs with the isight and front row to replace my 1st gen G5 iMac... which I got for Christmas last year.

Owning a store thats an Authorized Apple Reseller is a major plus

, I just trade in my 1 year old stuff for the latest version. good times.

alphamatrix · Dec 25, 2005, 03:37 PM

1GB of Samsung RAM for the Powerbook, a soft case for said powerbook and new earbuds for my 20GB 2G iPod.

TheoCryst · Dec 25, 2005, 03:44 PM

Nothing immediately, but got an IOU for a new iBook by February... *crosses fingers for Intel iBooks by then...*

Dork. · Dec 25, 2005, 04:12 PM

My sister gave me a G4 cube case -- just the case, no guts inside -- and put a kleenex box in it. It's very cool. It's going on my desk at work.

wdlove · Dec 25, 2005, 04:43 PM

Originally Posted by Dork.

My sister gave me a G4 cube case -- just the case, no guts inside -- and put a kleenex box in it. It's very cool. It's going on my desk at work.

Congratulations, I would Love to have one of those myself.

My Mac gift if still in the future, one can dream.

driven · Dec 26, 2005, 03:28 AM

My wife bought me an iPod Video 60GB and the Apple Care plan. Even better, she didn't drain our checking account to do it!

It was a nice, thoughtful gift!

Athens · Dec 26, 2005, 07:15 AM

nothing but I might be buying my BF a nano as a xmas gift (as they are hard to find right now)

typoon · Dec 26, 2005, 10:49 AM

I got another Macmini for xmas. The fully loaded one. Was hoping for an iMac G5 but I'm not going to complain. I'll wait for a rev 2 of the current model anyway or the Intel one. So no biggie.

PJW · Dec 26, 2005, 01:39 PM

Originally Posted by Salty

Well I recently bought myself a 30 gig iPod which I love. That said... I HATE MY FELLOW BEST BUY EMPLOYEES!

I was supposed to get for Christmas a set of JBL creature speakers. Well turns out the people I work with are morons! Because they've all seen me fall in love with those speakers, and when they were on sale I told my mom to go in and get them because she could get them for cheaper than I could with my discount. Well the MORON who sold her a set of speakers for me, told her we didn't have anything for 100 bucks but that we did have a set of 120 dollar CREATIVE speakers... CREATIVE! They might as well be Microsoft! I mean if my mom had just messed up I wouldn't be mad I'd simply exchange them, but that someone I work with actually told her not to get what I wanted but instead sold her these!? THAT PISSES ME OFF!

That said, I also got a Philips razor which I like from my sister, a toiletries bag, a hoodie from old navy, some work out gloves, a water bottle, a collectable coin thing (I dono my dad's weird), some money, a tie, and that's about it.

That said what I got for people!
I got my mom a Mac mini, Apple keyboard and Kensington studio mouse, it's her first Mac and she loves it. And I put 400 dollars towards a Maikita tool set for my dad. As well I got my sister one big ol jewellery box and a bag. I also got the three year service plan that I'm seriously considering returning on the Mac mini now... actually if they don't give me the speakers I want for the sale price I'm going to return the service plan I bought on my iPod!

Ah, the spirit of Christmas!

Peter · Dec 26, 2005, 02:00 PM

Airport Express

nredman · Dec 26, 2005, 04:00 PM

and some headphones for my ipod

not really apple but apple related

DeathToWindows · Dec 26, 2005, 04:06 PM

I celebrate Hanukkah you insensitive clod!

Kenneth · Dec 26, 2005, 07:03 PM

I just got myself an Apple BT mouse.

jebjeb · Dec 26, 2005, 07:07 PM

Santa was nice to me!

Quad, 7800 GT, 2.5 GB RAM, 500GB HDD. 20" Formac Display.

Wasn't just Santa. Insurance settlement from for my PowerBook helped.