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How long do you normally keep your Mac notebooks? (Page 2)
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Mac Elite
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Not Quite Phoenix
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Pismo .. < 1 year .. I bought it used and it whet my appetite for mobile computers.
PowerBook G4 12" .. 2 1/2 years .. Sold it to my sister-in-law.
MacBook C2D .. Since late 2006 .. And thanks to the economy, it's unlikely to be replaced anytime in the foreseeable future.
I did get a new aluminum iMac a couple of months ago, giving my old G5 iMac to my mom. I seriously considered getting a new unibody MacBook at that time, but the screen size difference, coupled with the fact that I rarely travel, made it hard to justify another notebook. If I'd done that, we'd have been a two notebook, no desktop family. Even though that's the future, I just wasn't ready to go there yet.
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Jalen's dad. Carrie's husband. partisan. Bleu blanc et rouge.
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Aug 2007
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Originally Posted by Koralatov
I still use a 466 Clamshell iBook quite frequently, which is about eight years old now, My main machine is a 2.2 Santa Rosa MacBook Pro. Performance -wise, I couldn’t be happier, and I think it’ll be more than capable of running Snow Leopard. As such, my upgrade plan is a new MacBook Pro in three to four years time.
I recently had a chance to work on my old 366 Clamshell iBook. I missed it after I sold it about 5 years ago-I love the feel of the case and even though it was the size of a boat anchor I loved taking it with me when I owned it. Although I still love the feel of it's plastic case I have to say that there's very little else I miss about it. It was slow, the screen was really small and I worst of all it didn't have a FireWire port. (The real reason I sold it.)
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Southern California
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Originally Posted by Night9Hawk
I recently had a chance to work on my old 366 Clamshell iBook. I missed it after I sold it about 5 years ago-I love the feel of the case and even though it was the size of a boat anchor I loved taking it with me when I owned it. Although I still love the feel of it's plastic case I have to say that there's very little else I miss about it. It was slow, the screen was really small and I worst of all it didn't have a FireWire port. (The real reason I sold it.)
My cousin had an old graphite iBook. Those suckers were heavy and bulky, but ergonomically not too bad, despite being the 'toilet-seat' Macs.
It's funny how different we all upgrade, although the average seems to be 2-3 years. Of course, there are extremes, I know people who still have computers from the early '90s, and then I know plenty of other people who run out and buy every revision.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: planning a comeback !
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My 2001 iBook (Dual USB 500 MHz) just died. I still used it every now and then when traveling, it was good enough for email, internet and some word processing.
So, after 8 years, I'm gonna replace it this summer.
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