I bought a new MacBook Pro 13" w/Touch bar few days ago. It's an incredible piece of hardware and I've been using it a little every day as I make a transition over from Windows 7 to iOS. My full-time participation on Steemit has allowed me to add value to the network and in return the network has helped improve my life so much!
It's so incredible to think that I can earn an income and use it to elevate my life to the next level by simply participating on a blockchain powered social media platform such as Steemit. Our community here decides what is best for it and I'm glad to see the incredible support on my work. It feels like all of you came together to give me this wonderful gift! Thank You!
I wrote about how I worked hard over the past year with a low-cost Windows based laptop, and I've been in need of an upgrade for a long time. I'm starting on some exciting new projects and felt I could do more if I had a better hardware to support my needs.
After discussions with my friend @droidsid it seemed like a good idea to invest in a MacBook Pro and the 13" seemed perfect for my needs. We went to the store and tested out the 2016 gen MacBook Pros. They were all great, since I have an issue with my hand, I opted for the Touch Bar version which does some interesting things and can reduce inputs from my right hand, which was something I was considering.
The price difference was approximatel $250 for Non-Touch Bar vs Touch Bar, with the latter having better specifications including the larger storage capacity, better graphics and processor in addition to the touch bar and fingerprint sensor.
Overall it was a great experience to be able to buy something so expensive in comparison to my $300 laptop but the lightweight and compact nature of it makes it easier to travel with. It also offers better security compared to malware-friendly Windows OS and is blazingly fast!
I can't say I'm a iOS convert just yet as I'm still discovering the nuances of the iOS which is something totally new to me. I never though of making this shift if not for a new project that needed an iOS and I felt overall it made a good business decision as well.
Steemit has been an incredible gift in my life and I'm glad to have your kind support and encouragement on my posts. This is how I've managed to get so far and I hope you will continue to support my work on Steemit.
I'll write a short review and comparison between the 2016 vs 2017 version soon enough! Stay tuned!
Thank you for your attention and feedback on my posts!
You may also continue reading my recent posts which might interest you:
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This is so great to hear you could earn enough on STEEMIT to pay for the new hardware you needed to provide even better content.
I've been going back and forth between Mac's and Pc's for some time. presently I have PC's. I wont be going to a Mac for awhile.
I think you made a great choice if you didnt have a bunch of PC software like I do.
Congratulations on the new toy!
It looks like a great investment.
wow! that's great. I'll very much like if you can mentor me on how to earn more on this platform.Thanks in anticipation of a favorable response
Once you go Mac you never go back!
I'm on the same machine 😉, not utilizing the smiley 😆 touch bar yet I see 😭😎😱😈🐘
Once you go Mac you never go back!
HAHAHAHA I am on my way to get one as well, just some hard work and patience.
then I will post i here too.
congratulations.
Its a good buy , I do recommend.
13' not to small for programming or steemin'?
Oh I just meant the same type 😉 I might as well share my specs
MacBook Pro (15-inch) 2.9 GHz Intel Core i7 16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3 Radeon Pro 460 4096 MB / Intel HD Graphics 530 1 TB Flash Storageoh wow man that's awesome! I would have loved to get the 15 but it was too heavy for me to lug around but it was really cool!
The Mac is great but there are some downfalls its not really convenient especially when it come to file transfers between devices that are not apple
I'm a desktop support analyst by profession and those are very impressive specs!
so true. wife was a huge windows fan and had zero interest when I was trying to convert her over to mac. She finally decided to roll with it and now she LOVES it. She won't go back to windows, hates it lol.
that's good to know! @franklynx :D
Hate is a strong word... but I agree haha
@blueorgy Haahaaa well said!!
Until you get a surface book pro. Then you'll never go back to a mac.
Congrats on using steemit to reach your potential. my twin sis got a mac. I'm a surface pro user. we switch depending on the tech needs or steemit ;]
I wanted to get a surface pro but they are way too overpriced in India @cybercodetwins
okay. Enjoy your awesome mac!
Agreed , I do of course have a pc and linux servers , all depends. Love my Mac tho
@blueorgy haha nice! :D
Well I spent a while at the store trying them out! Without my splint on my right hand (without which I cannot work my fingers), the touch bar allows me some functionalities that i'd use a mouse for. So it worked out great, also here the touch version comes with better processor, gfx and hdd space.
Well you can check out my specs above, overall I like the Mac Book a lot.
It's starting to grow on me for sure!
Loving your posts my friend. You might want to check out my post today from a Blockchain friend travelling in India, holding up a main newspaper, with a HUGE title on the front page discussing Crypto Currency, it is huge news!
Have a good weekend.
@barrydutton will do for sure thanks :D
lol
Well, this post, was well worth the increased vote power I have left LOL!
Good stuff -- keep up your good work here, this is practical - every day use stuff people can be inspired by.
Whoa! Thanks for stopping by. I mostly write from life experiences and this was special haha! :D
Stay awesome.
It should be pretty easy for you.
You do great work, and I have quietly appreciated you like a few others for quite awhile now.
I had help coming up here, learning my way, and despite my challenges ( I was run over by a car 18 mths ago and my very public activism, seemingly over the years) -- has the corrupt state burying my file and trying to ruin me.
I will continue to help those when I can and when I see your hard work, it is admirable my friend.
I hope you have a good Sunday!
@barrydutton! It's great to hear this and I had no idea. Thank you for sharing man. It's admirable to see people live their lives despite challenges! Thanks again for telling me this!
You are welcome.
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Oh and -- If you have a JAXX wallet or thinking of it, or know people with one etc -- you will want to check the post up on my page just now. It is pretty huge news and there is nobody talking about this considering the market share they have and names involved....
Talk to you soon, it is nice hearing from you anytime!!!
i'm happy for you. i have this older mac. it's all about the operating system's with mac...
yep! Thank you! :D
Congrats my man! Nice job!
thank you! :)
Good for you! It sure makes a huge difference when you have the right tools to help you do your job. You definitely bring value to this community and I really enjoy following your posts! I also think it's cool that I live in Canada but that I can follow someone & chat with them when they live in India. Really neat for me.
Steem is really magical. I've only been here 20 or so days so far....so just starting out, but I'm loving it and seeing progress being made every day. You're one of the people that I look up to here on steemit and aim to emulate a bit as I'd love to get to where you are in a year's time or so. I have a full-time job so can only dedicate so much time to steemit, but I plan to write a lot more as I love writing and steemit really motivates me to get back into this again.
Anyways, steem on (from your new, awesome laptop) and keep the adventure rolling!
Wow Jen! It's great to see your comment here. I'm glad you took the time to write to me. It's indeed great that we can communicate in depth using this platform with each other and with strangers from across the world without feeling like we have a barrier to our communication as one feels contacting a stranger sometimes on Facebook or other old social media.
Steemit is incredible. The blockchain has immense potential. Even I worked a full time job once before moving on to becoming a solopreneur over the past few years. Looking forward to your posts and good luck to you.
Thank you for all the kind words, I really appreciate your presence on my blog! :)
I was never so much an Apple fan. Used more than 15 years Windows based PCs, Laptops, PDAs and Smartphones. Until I got an iPhone as a bonus from my employer at the time. Next thing I did when I left my last employer and started as a freelancer, I bought an Apple laptop. Why? I wanted to have all integrated, phone, laptop and tablet (roadmap) with a solid OS on laptop. Android doesn't have that, and Windows, well, I didnt want to swicth my smartphone to a windows one. Although I still dont like Apples walled garden, I'm very pleased about having the MacBook Pro of Apple. It feels good, and once you learn the OS, it may even work better than a windows based laptop. I wish you all the success learning OSX. It is different, and needs some adjustments. Enjoy!
It certainly helps if you have multiple devices of the same OS. Better integration and synced up work I guess. thank you so much for stopping by and leaving a comment. :)
I strive towards this becoming my story as well. Good job, firepower!
Thank you! :)
You can not go wrong with a Mac...Nice purchase mate, and even better that steemit helped pay for that bad boy!
Thanks! Well I'm blogging full-time on Steemit and I'm glad it is sustainable for now.
Congratulations @firepower! That is a great gift to celebrate the value you are adding to the community.
You have certainly earned it. Looking forward to some reviews of the 2016, and 2017 models - I am looking at a Mac as well.
Thank you so very much! You should definitely go for one!
Wish you all the luck brother@firepower. I wish you all the success. And you deserve this success. I have read your blog post where you described your life hardships. You have done a marvelous job so far.
Love your work by the way. Following your footsteps. Hats off to you and A big congrats to you for new MacBook pro.
Thanks dude! It's great to see you on my blogs regularly! :)
Yeah. I am your hardcore fan. I am not gonna leave you now :) I have a lot to learn from you . I work very hard but not as much as you did in your past. Love you brother. Have fun and be happy.
... too much love bro haha. relax relax.. lol.. thanks for all the support. cheers.
one day you will be able to buy really huge house from blogging here :-)
.... great times area in front of us :-)
I really hope so! Thanks! :)
You're welcome :) But I prefer acer over mac.
Nice!
Awesome Score @firepower 👍
Even happier to be steemit newbee🤑
Great to have you here! :)
TY so much! Hope you Steem that MacBook ♨
Cool, congrats man!
Thanks man!
"It's so incredible to think that I can earn an income and use it to elevate my life to the next level by simply participating on a blockchain powered social media platform such as Steemit. " What a beautiful sentiment. And the pictures in the post show your utter delight. Carry on @firepower!
Sincerely,
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English Language Coach and
Translator (Spanish to English)
P.S. “Be great because nothing else pays.” -– Grant Cardone
Thank you so much! :)
So i hope you get the price of the Laptop from This post, Let's Upvote and make @firepower enjoy his ne laptop for FREE
unlikely to happen but thanks, very kind of you!
U are welcome
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@firepower, congratulations.
You truly deserve more good things from steemit. I'm very proud of your good works here.
Thank you so much! Great to see you stop by :)
Congratulations on completing yet another milestone. It is incredible to see how you are living a life out of a box.
How is your hand now? Is it healing? My prayers are with you FirePower.
Thanks dude! I try to do the best I can with each day I have.
Thanks for asking but my hand is much the same. :(
It will heal, soon. Stay Strong Bro.
LOL! I love that you smelled your new laptop. Does it smell like new car? LOL I have a macbook air and I love my computer. It's an older model so it doesn't have the touch slide bar, but it looks awesome. What do you think about the lack of ports on the computer? That is the only concern I have about the new computers.
Haha Yes! It does! :D
As a windows user I find the need for extra attachments kinda annoying but it has allowed Apple to make it lighter. So I'm fine with this for now. I hope things will streamline over the next few years so it will be less cumbersome to travel with it. I prefer to keep things simple but new technology doesnt always enable that.
I agree. It's kinda of like when I tell my friends about Steemit. We are early adopters to this platform. When I try to tell people about a social media platform that pays you for good content... they just don't seem to understand. LOL random, but your comment helped my brain make that connection just now. :)
You should check my post on steemit skeptics here: https://steemit.com/steemit/@firepower/let-s-talk-how-to-deal-effectively-with-steemit-skeptics-on-facebook-and-reddit
Might give you few more ideas.
Amazing article! When I tell skeptical friends, I usually get the response #2 and #6 ( It's a Ponzi Scheme and the founders will run with your money).
In terms of selling it, I really like #6 (Sell the networking Potential). I've been on Steemit a little over a month, and I've already made so many new friends across the world. I love other artist and creators, and I have found so many here. People are kind and they like to share their knowledge freely.... which to me is worth more than gold or an upvote.
Wow this is a great achievement, and all thanks to steemit! Well done! I look forward to your comparison review. I myself just got a Mac book air recently after converting from a Windows 10. And I'm so happy I did. It's just a much better piece of hardware, and much better operating system :) Cheers!
Thank you! I will be posting it soon as I can get my hands on a demo piece for the 2017 model! :)
Looking forward to the day I could do the same.....you will lead all of us on the way of progress......Congrats for the cool upgrade, hope your new project is as successful as your journey on steemit.
Bro thanks for being a great support all along! :)
welcome.
amazing!! you really deserve it :))) xxx
Alla! Great to see you stop by! Thank you so much! :D
Very nice new toy. Enjoy!
Well deserved bro!
Thank you so much bro! :)
Wow @firepower! So happy for you. Although I'm not really a fan of Apple products, I hope you have a smooth transition from Windows to Mac. But don't forget how loyal windows has served us for years now :P
Thanks buddy! :D Great to see you stop by here!
Thanks for introducing me to this awesome community :)
Wish you all good luck brother @ firepower. I wish you all success. And you deserve this success. I have read a blog post in which you describe Your hardship. You have done an amazing job so far.
Love your work by the way. Follow in your footsteps. Hats off to you and a big congrats to you for the new MacBook pro.
Hopefully always achieved your desires 😇👍👌
Thank you dude! :) Great to see your comment! Appreciate it!
So amazing to see people are getting wonderful rewards for their time and knowledge invested in Steemit. Hope this trend continues and we have a 5$ token by the end of this year. :) Congrats @firepower enjoy Mac.
Thank you so much! I hope it hits $10 but even $4 would be awesome! :)
Hope u enjoy! I bought my 15inch space gray last year, and did a review on my blog. It's crazy what steemit can do, I hope I get to your level soon brother!
Thanks bro! Great to know you have a Mac too! :)
This is just the begining... you can even dream to buy Ferrari from blogging on steemit...
I dont need a Ferrari although I'd love to travel the world Steeming away. ;)
Woa, nice, congrats man!
Thank you!
Any whales here wana help a me buy a mac laptop ? lol I liked this post!
Keep Steeming! You can get one too!
God job @firepower and thanks for the info, I cant afford to buy or invest so I need to blog and curate my ass off! Following you
A Year ago neither could I. Keep at it.
the time then the upvote had 100% power now it's just only 0.5/1% what's happened
Wow thats very nice! That happiness when you smell a new Mac :D I hope be in that situation soon haha :D Enjoy it Bro!!
Thank you and I am sure you will someday! Keep Steeming! :)
Awesome!!! And how ridiculously amazing is it that we can change our lives through this platform???!
It is indeed incredibly amazing! great to see you stop by my blog. thank you! :)
Congrats brother nice piece of hardware.
Thank you! I logged onto discord to talk to you but couldnt' find you there. What's your username there? I'm firepower on discord. :)
My project is ready. Check my blog
Meghan steemit is making you more and more happier.
Isin't it ?
It's just that we can't reach where you're today
God bless you @firepower
It is indeed making me happy and it also did the same when I was in your shoes when I started a year ago.
congrats @firepower
good luck
thank you :)
Congratulations. It makes me think how wonderful Steemit is. Can you name any other platform that would let you do that? I don't think so! :D Posts like this are so motivational. They make me work harder and harder! Thank you for that! <3
Indeed! Thank you for stopping by and your wonderful comment! :)
Enjoy
thanks
Congrats on your success - and great choice with a Macbook Pro! It's been my favourite laptop for a long time.
Oh that's great to know. thank you so much! Ive been thinking of it for sometime.
nice! enoy it
Thankyou!
This is amazing! Keep up the great work my friend!
Thank you my friend!
I'm on the same road with a low end laptop but this blog gave me inspiration. Congratulations on the laptop and I hope you get more experiences like this!
thank you so much! :)
Congrats bro. :)
You get it because of your hardwork and dedication. You are inspiration for all the steemians, especially those from India.
Now onwards post using your new MacBook Pro. :D
Thanks. I hope so too but my old Windows rocks haha! :D
I always wanted a new one I'm stuck on a 2012 MacBook Pro and it gets the job done so I am tempted to get the new one
Keep Steeming! You will get one eventually! :)
extraordinary @firepower. Surely it requires a very expensive cost to buy the facility. congratulations for you. I can only buy it in a dream :D
Thank you so much. I am sure even you can do it! :)
Okay @firepower. Can you give a tip?
Nice. I'm happy for you.
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Thank you so much! :)
So awesome dude, cant wait til we all make enough to get one of our own too!
haha thanks :D
Great apple 🍎 products brings you great joy, I am an Apple guy. I got the iPhone 6 the day it came out that was long a go . I have a MacBook.
Oh nice thats good to know!
Hope someday Apple Stores will be able to accept bitcoins or steem as a payment method! Way to go.
Yeah! It should someday! :)