[gangster]

because of all the screen problems with the new pb 15" i went to the apple refurb site and thought a last generation unit might be my best bet. i know the screen rez is lower and the cpu is a bit slower and the video card has less mem. i have only had an ibook 14" so dont know alot, but does the 1.5g pb 15" seem like a good choice for avoiding the issues that the newer unit has? or does it have issues too? is it a good value by comparison? im not factoring in the possible mactel stuff in january.

thanks for any help.

http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPL....1.1.5.1.2.5.0


EDIT:

link may be bad: it has a superdrive and 512mb, $1449 us, same as they show at the top of the page on the banner

[Ω]

Just so people know what the OP is talking about (apple store links die after a certain period of time):

Refurbished Powerbook 15-inch 1.5GHz Combo Drive

512MB DDR333 SDRAM
80GB Hard Drive
ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 (64 MB DDR)
AirPort Extreme
Bluetooth 2.0 + Enhanced Data Rates
Backlit keyboard
Price: $1,449.00


Product Details:
- Apple Certified Refurbished PowerBook G4
- 15.2-inch TFT Display
- 1280x854 resolution
- 1.5GHz PowerPC G4
- 512MB DDR333 SDRAM
- 80GB Hard Drive
- Slot-load Combo Drive
- ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 (64 MB DDR)
- Backlit keyboard
- Gigabit Ethernet
- FireWire 400 & 800
- Analog audio in/out
- DVI & S-Video out
- Trackpad scrolling capability
- AirPort Extreme
- Bluetooth 2.0 + Enhanced Data Rates
- Sudden Motion Sensor (SMS)
- two USB 2.0 ports
- DVI-to-VGA adapter
- 56K modem (v.92)

[gangster]

thanks for the detailed info!

[Chito]

gangster, that's the exact model I bought new last February. I paid $1999 for it and love it. I've added another stick of ram and have never had a single prblem with it. My battery is still at 96% and lasts about 3 to 3 1/2 hours depending on what I'm doing.

[wuzup101]

I have a 15" 1.5ghz from an older revision (mine was the superdrive model but I ditched the SD). Haven't had any major problems with it to date that weren't freak things. Needed a new LCD (developed a line of stuck pixels - probably from being carried w/ heavy books in my backpack a lot). Anyway, apple took care of that asap (had the machine back in like 3-4 days). I would say that's a good price and you should jump on it if you want a powerbook.

[MRTrauffer]

I've had my 1.5 15" for about a year and a half now. It's only been in the shop once for dead pixels, but other than that...still chugging right along. I can't live without it! I've used it mainly for web browsing, gaming, video editing and some audio recording.