The average pay is $150 per month. You’re in a $5 room. Everything is still. It’s 10 pm. Ta-Da. The MacBook Pro starts up.
No. Hell No.
I couldn’t find a way to turn off the start-up sound on my Mac without installing this program: StartupSound.prefPane.
There was some question as to if it would work on a modern Intel MacBook. I had no trouble. I don’t know why this isn’t just built into the operating system, except Steve Jobs is an arrogant son of a bitch.
Ta-Da… Come steal my laptop.
The majority of laptops I’ve seen of travelers are Macs.
Because of the Jobs & Pixar connection Wall-E (in the distant future) starts up with that Ta-Da sound. I don’t want to hear that sound past 2012.
Steve Jobs you’ve been warned. Watch it, buddy.
-J Roland Kelly
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I hear you man. It’s a complete joke that this isn’t built in. Have already written to apple to display my disgust! lol was it worth it? Fuck yeah