Should I cancel my iMac order and buy an iBook?

ghost_user_name

It seems as though this thing is never going to ship. I could cancel this order and get a 12'' Combo drive iBook instead for $500 less.



I am upset about this iMac shipping problem and I have always wanted a portable. The more I wait the more I think how nice a portable would be all at $500 less. I am pondering an order cancelation.



I probably wont cancel but I am jsut considering it.

eman

I'll trade you my iBook for either your Cube or the imac when it comes

ghost_user_name

[quote]Originally posted by EmAn:

<strong>I'll trade you my iBook for either your Cube or the imac when it comes </strong><hr></blockquote>



Are you serious? I guess it is just whatever mac you dont have is the one that appeals to you thge most.



But I dont have the iMac yet!



Oh, what to do? <img src="confused.gif" border="0">

murbot

I really think you should cancel the order.



Really.

ghost_user_name

I would trade you straight up for the iBook for my G4 Cube.

ghost_user_name

[quote]Originally posted by murbot:

<strong>I really think you should cancel the order.



Really.</strong><hr></blockquote>



Any reasons?

ghost_user_name

[quote]Originally posted by murbot:

<strong>I really think you should cancel the order.



Really.</strong><hr></blockquote>



Any reasons?

derekuncw

Macintosh,

I'm telling you man, I ordered my imac from the Apple Ed. Store on the 13th and yesterday they said it would definitly ship this week. I think you should just hold off a little longer.



Also, in my opinion, you won't be very happy with the portable. A couple of years ago I decided to get a G3 Powerbook instead of a tower. I realy regretted it afterwords. I thought I would use it for my college classes, but it just sat in my room. Unless you actually plan on taking the ibook around with you, I would stick to the imac.



But thats just my opinion

ghost_user_name

Maybe I can have both? I wonder what my Cube is worth and where I could sell it and then what iBook I could buy with the cash.

derekuncw

Well, if you wanna know what you might be able to sell it for, go check ebay and see what similar models are selling for.

eman

[quote]Originally posted by Macintosh:

<strong>I would trade you straight up for the iBook for my G4 Cube.</strong><hr></blockquote>



I'd definately do that.

taq

Hang in there Macintosh. Really. Good things come to those who wait. If you can trade your cube (which is a sweeeeeet machine) for the iBook then go for it...but if I'm not mistaken cubes are collectors items now. heck...I want one.It shouldn't take too long now. just hang in there. Mine's in Anchorage...iCan just taste the silicon.

cosmonut

Tough it out, man. Unless you really need a portable, I bet you'll appreciate the iMac's speed in the long run.



You've waited this long. Why not a little longer?

junkyard dawg

Get the iMac for sure. The iBook will become obsolete faster, with it's lower performance and all. The iMac is a hell of a deal.

bodhi

Macintosh -



You really need to be patient. By the end of next week you will have your iMac and all will be cool. You are being hasty and by cancelling the order and buying an iBook you are not hurting Apple...it's not like: "Ah well...since you took so long I am cancelling my order...and then spending $1500 on an iBook..."



Be patient . My Dual GHz that was supposed to be here by now will not ship until Monday at the earliest...it's just how it is.

wrong robot

don't cancel your order, not only is the iMac a much better computer(performance wise) but its also helluva portable, I mean for a desktop computer at least. the only thing you won't be able to do with the iMac is take it on trains and planes and stuff like that

eman

Or you could still give me the Cube for the iBook



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murbot

Unless you TRULY need a portable, you'll be much happier with the iMac. It's going to run OSX much better than the iBook will.



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serrano

[quote]Originally posted by Junkyard Dawg:

<strong>Get the iMac for sure. The iBook will become obsolete faster, with it's lower performance and all. The iMac is a hell of a deal.</strong><hr></blockquote>



i think he's right, the ibooks are due.. although thats never made apple move... look how long the old imacs stuck around before gettin killed(i know they're still around, but thats mostly edu and to have computers in that price bracket), anyways the ibook is aging, and they dont have a g4 for it- so they put a bigger screen on it <img src="graemlins/oyvey.gif" border="0" alt="[No]" /> it will get bumped way before your imac does...



personally i need a portable right now, just no money or ibook <img src="graemlins/embarrassed.gif" border="0" alt="[Embarrassed]" /> i would cancel the order, but again i need a portable, if you don't then don't sacrifice the speed for a portable that's *obsolete already...



*still using a g3

gastropod

Please cancel your order Macintosh, so that those of us waiting will get ours sooner.



By the way, I don't think you'll see that much of an improvement in speed over your Cube.



Some of us are stuck on a 603e CPU which sometimes takes 1 minute to render a web page..... and some of us ordered on the 8th but will be waiting longer than you because we are not in the U.S. (But I'm glad I am not in the UK as they probably have an even longer wait than those of us in Canadia)..... Ahhh... if only those dog sleds could travel faster to get the iMac here to my igloo.

torifile

Don't cancel your order AND order an iBook. Get the iMac and iBook and if you decide that you'd rather have the iBook, sell the iMac to someone who would rather get it right away than wait 3-5 weeks. At the very worst, you make your money back. At best, you could earn a buck or two by installing some software on it and then not 'having time' to take it off before auctioning it on eBay to some sap who is more impatient than you.