I did it! Whoo Hoo!
Well, I took the plunge. I just ordered a 12" stock PB (w/combo drive)-$1999.00 Cdn and added a usb keyboard -$69 Cdn. Man am I ever excited! My first Mac. I got some good pricing since I'm a student (I saved $300). The order for the PB will take 1 to 2 weeks apparantly...I guess they're a little behind the ball in production? Anyways, I can wait...I think. LOL.
I really wasn't too sure about whether to get the 15" or 12". I liked the new 15" but a little pricey for me....Finally, a store close to me had the 12" albeit last years model and I took it for a test drive...played a movie on it etc.. For my needs (writing, playing the odd movie), it should do just fine. I'm planning next year to buy a G5 3Ghz for home anyways, so I didn't need the "superdrive" or a bigger monitor..the $$ I saved ($1300) can be used to buy a 20" LCD monitor next year....
All in all, I'm quite excited about it and would like to hear any other 12" new powerbook owners how they like their machine. Thanks for all the tips and advice...as a "switcher" I greatly appreciate it.
I really wasn't too sure about whether to get the 15" or 12". I liked the new 15" but a little pricey for me....Finally, a store close to me had the 12" albeit last years model and I took it for a test drive...played a movie on it etc.. For my needs (writing, playing the odd movie), it should do just fine. I'm planning next year to buy a G5 3Ghz for home anyways, so I didn't need the "superdrive" or a bigger monitor..the $$ I saved ($1300) can be used to buy a 20" LCD monitor next year....
All in all, I'm quite excited about it and would like to hear any other 12" new powerbook owners how they like their machine. Thanks for all the tips and advice...as a "switcher" I greatly appreciate it.
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Originally posted by chikan
Well, I took the plunge. I just ordered a 12" stock PB (w/combo drive)-$1999.00 Cdn and added a usb keyboard -$69 Cdn. Man am I ever excited! My first Mac. I got some good pricing since I'm a student (I saved $300). The order for the PB will take 1 to 2 weeks apparantly...I guess they're a little behind the ball in production? Anyways, I can wait...I think. LOL.
I really wasn't too sure about whether to get the 15" or 12". I liked the new 15" but a little pricey for me....Finally, a store close to me had the 12" albeit last years model and I took it for a test drive...played a movie on it etc.. For my needs (writing, playing the odd movie), it should do just fine. I'm planning next year to buy a G5 3Ghz for home anyways, so I didn't need the "superdrive" or a bigger monitor..the $$ I saved ($1300) can be used to buy a 20" LCD monitor next year....
All in all, I'm quite excited about it and would like to hear any other 12" new powerbook owners how they like their machine. Thanks for all the tips and advice...as a "switcher" I greatly appreciate it.
Cool! One of my roomates has his PB 15 on the way. Hope you enjoy it.
You should have bought an iPod because there is a $300cdn rebate if you buy it with a laptop.
Monitor spanning makes work great (17" CRT on my desktop) because I can keep e-mail open on one monitor and all apps etc. on the other...
BTW, the 17" iMac I bought 3 months ago was my first Mac...Since then, I bought 2 iPods, the 12" Powerbook, and an old Pismo G3 Powerbook (ebay)...I also recruited 2 friends to buy Macs and iPods...Over $10,000 to my local Apple Store...
Why? It's like crack...You fall in love with your Mac, and Apple, and ITMS...etc.etc. Once you go Mac, you'll never go back.
(I even got my boss to OK the Powerbook purchase as my sole laptop, thereby giving up my last PC (work)...
Originally posted by chikan
Well, I took the plunge. I just ordered a 12" stock PB (w/combo drive)-$1999.00 Cdn and added a usb keyboard -$69 Cdn. Man am I ever excited! My first Mac. I got some good pricing since I'm a student (I saved $300).
Hooray for you! They're very sexy little machines - I'm sure it will be cool...
Also, I wonder if I can get the 15" before the 12" since there seems to be a backlog........
I have 12er i got a month ago and i couldn't be happier with it... it's my 14th Mac (since 1985) but this one really hits the sweet spot for me.
NeilyB