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conundrum... (long read, sorry)
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Hello All...
I'm new here but have been abreast of most recent Mac news. My work expense account is still nearly full and expires at the end of the year. Currently I have a 2+year old 12inch Powerbook G4 that I use for my home and work. My wife uses my old iBook dual USB 600mhz for surfing paying bills and basic word processing. My kids are 12 and 8 and are looking to get into entry level games and surfing.
My dilemma is this....
I "pulled the pin' on a MacBook this past week, 2.2ghz 2gb Ram with 160gb HD.
I bought it from Apple online store and it shipped today (saturday).
Should I: 1. get the new macbook and be happy?
2. order a macbook 2.2 with a 250gb HD from Macmall.com (same
price as Apple for larger HD, with a bag and software)and return
the one I ordered from Apple.
3. Hold out till the end of the month to see if Apple updates the
macbook series more than most recent??
The G4 Powerbook will likely be handed down to the kids, with the wife keeping the iBook.
Opinions are appreciated, good or bad.
Thanks
Kurt
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How much memory in the Macmall unit?
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apple just updated the macbook. It won't be updated again for some time. We may see an ultraportable model in Jan-Feb, which seems beyond your range of waiting a month.
If you have to pay apple a restocking fee, it may equal what you would have saved and gained by going with macmall in the beginning. Crunch the numbers to see.
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the macmall unit was 1gb vs the Apple of 2gb upgraded.
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another tidbit of info is that of the 80gb HD in the PB G4, I've only filled 68gb. Thats all of my current photos with some transient mpeg's that will be deleted soon, and about 4800 songs.
(Last edited by knl66; Nov 17, 2007 at 12:51 PM.
(Reason:wrong info))
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It doesn't sound like you need the extra hard drive space, so it might not be worth it, and don't forget that one of the great things about MacBooks is that their hard drives are a snap to upgrade if you decide you need more space in the future.
What software comes with the MacMall computer?
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Parallels...after mail in rebate. I've heard its better than Boot Camp. Any feelings?
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They're completely different things.
One requires you to completely shut down your machine and reboot into Windows (Boot Camp); the other allows you to run Windows concurrently when you briefly need it for something.
Stay with the one you've already received.
Hard drive capacity is a completely negligible point anyway, since it's completely brain-dead simple to replace the hard drive with a higher-capacity one should you ever need it a few years down the line.
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