I couldn't take it anymore... so I ordered!
Hi all,
I posted on here a while ago about ordering a PB G4 now versus waiting until MWSF. Well, my dad's PC died out, and he needed a new one. So, I bravely offered up my own desktop on the condition that he provided some funds for a new powerbook
In any case, several calls to the CC company later, the order finally went through today! Here are the specs:
15" 1.5ghz G4
128mb Radeon 9700
80gb 5400rpm hard drive
512mb ram, 1 so-dimm (plus another 512 stick from crucial)
Combo drive (to cut down on costs)
came out to 2344 with the educational discount, 2484 after 140 in taxes - ouch!
In any case, I can't WAIT to use Mac OSX on a regular basis!
Edit: I should probably clarify some of my reasons for ordering now.
-Even if they did introduce a g5 powerbook at MWSF, I would probably have to wait until Febuary or March to get my hot little hands on it. I'm an impatient guy.
-It's not always the case, but sometimes Rev. A's are a tad buggy. I like the fact that most of the bugs have been stamped out of the Rev. C Powerbooks.
-The curent PB is more than enough to suit my needs: word processing, music, movies, and World of Warcraft
-It looks like the Imac G5 isn't *significantly* faster than the current PB G4.
So there you have it! Agh... now comes the unbearable wait.
I posted on here a while ago about ordering a PB G4 now versus waiting until MWSF. Well, my dad's PC died out, and he needed a new one. So, I bravely offered up my own desktop on the condition that he provided some funds for a new powerbook
In any case, several calls to the CC company later, the order finally went through today! Here are the specs:
15" 1.5ghz G4
128mb Radeon 9700
80gb 5400rpm hard drive
512mb ram, 1 so-dimm (plus another 512 stick from crucial)
Combo drive (to cut down on costs)
came out to 2344 with the educational discount, 2484 after 140 in taxes - ouch!
In any case, I can't WAIT to use Mac OSX on a regular basis!
Edit: I should probably clarify some of my reasons for ordering now.
-Even if they did introduce a g5 powerbook at MWSF, I would probably have to wait until Febuary or March to get my hot little hands on it. I'm an impatient guy.
-It's not always the case, but sometimes Rev. A's are a tad buggy. I like the fact that most of the bugs have been stamped out of the Rev. C Powerbooks.
-The curent PB is more than enough to suit my needs: word processing, music, movies, and World of Warcraft
-It looks like the Imac G5 isn't *significantly* faster than the current PB G4.
So there you have it! Agh... now comes the unbearable wait.
Comments
The only thing that I might change is: why not get a bigger Crucial chip? OS X uses a lot of caching to speed things up, and especially if you want to run many applications at the same time, RAM is worth its weight in gold.
Some people just have no patience.
(I knew there was no way you could hold out)
A little more than two years ago, I bought the 667 MHZ DVI model, knowing full well an update would soon come. Two months later, Apple updated the line while also slashing prices. I paid dearly just to have a laptop at the beginning of college. Now web pages aren't loading quite as fast as the newer models at the Apple Store. It's feelingly slightly sluggish elsewhere. I should have waited!