iBook or PB?
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- Super20040
Neither the 12in or 15in are going to have enough desktop space to do any real graphic design work- you're going to have to get another monitor anyhow... might as well save some money and get the extra portability of a 12in.
- kld0
I have a 12" PB and wish I had the 15". The extra res would be nice, although it's usually hooked to another monitor.
- Buckyball20
Thanks all for the input.
A funny thing happened at the Apple store today. Went in still trying to decide what to buy. The more I thought about it, portability became less and less of an issue. Would be nice but not a must. And the small screen size was bugging me with all of the palatte room. So I started looking at the new iMacs. In particular, the 17" 1.8 Ghz / SuperDrive / w/ Airport and Bluetooth built in / wireless keyboard and mouse. Retails for $1700. I ask the guy helping me if they had an open boxes on this model. He said no but funny I should ask. He just got off the phone with a buddy of his who brought that exact model from him 4 months ago and was wanting to part with it.
He had added an additional 512 of RAM. A much needed upgrade.
I call the guy. He wanted $1200 for it. SOLD!
Thing has only been used a handful of times. He brought it for his wife to surf the net and such but they ended like figuring out they like PC's better.
Lucky for me. Crazy timing but damn how it worked out.
Thanks again. I've got a new Mac again and ready to go.
bB
- ********0
congrats on your new baby bucky! :)
- piperboytoy0
that is a steal! congrats.
- ArtDirector0
Sounds like you got a great deal.
As far as the wireless connection on the powerbook, I notice that my reception is crappy compared to a vaio I had before. Is there any way around that? I'm trying to get a free connection at work again
- helium40
I just bought a 14" iBook from Amazon.com. They are still offering $100 to $200 rebates on Apple desktops and laptops. No sales tax. Free shipping. Got it within 5 days. Saved a bundle and got it way sooner versus ordering it from Apple.