I've got a 1.5Ghz PowerBook also. I need to keep a PowerBook so I can run VirtualPC. Maybe I'll see if VPC will run good enough on the slower PowerBook and then keep it and sell the faster PowerBook and the iBook and get a MacBook.
I know that VPC will be dog slow on the slower PowerBook, but the app I use there doesn't ask much in the way of speed, so it might be OK.
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hum. why do I get the feeling that if I acutally tried to get it for that price, Dell would say, oh, I'm sorry, it's an error on the page.
This would be a great price if it shipped with OS X x86 , or at least a Linux install.
I almost had my boss convinced to get me a MBP, but for some odd reason he decided that as a windows admin, I should have a windows laptop *sigh*.
I much prefer everything about apple hardware. I dropped my ibook this weekend, and I think my work dell would have shattered, where the ibook woke up no problem when I opened it.
Gaming machines, well, no one of us can deny that the gaming industry is windows based. best gamaing laptop: alienware(unfortunatly now dell), how ever it has the worst battery life aswell.
Personally, I dont' game on computers anymore, so I'm looking at battery life, usibility, lack of extra program purchase, and to a lesser extent, looks.
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hum. why do I get the feeling that if I acutally tried to get it for that price, Dell would say, oh, I'm sorry, it's an error on the page
Well, I took the plunge and bought it yesterday. I had no problems ordering it. AND I even got another 12% off that price (corporate discount with wifey's work). For $1500 I got the system maxed out with the higher res screen, bluetooth, backpack, and extended battery, with complete coverage for 3 years (including dropping water in the system, or dropping the laptop on the floor). Can't go wrong at that price.
And I'm pretty optimistic that thanks to Apple's switch to Intel and the wonderful modding community, I'll be running OSX on it in no time. (I own two copies of Tiger, and only have one Mac, so I have no moral issues with what I'm doing, thanks)
Battery life on the Dell I just bought is 4-5 hours. Reports on the Macbook put it much MUCH lower than that.
That said, the laptop looks like crap. But hey, for the price I paid, I'm not complaining.
I've got a 1.5Ghz PowerBook also. I need to keep a PowerBook so I can run VirtualPC. Maybe I'll see if VPC will run good enough on the slower PowerBook and then keep it and sell the faster PowerBook and the iBook and get a MacBook.
Margaret, Windows emulation/virtualization is coming a long way very fast for the Intel Macs. I'd say in a month or two, you'll be able to confidently sell all 3 and get a MacBook Pro. The latest nightly build of Q.app is now running Windows XP very nicely, at least as well (probably better) as Virtual PC on your PowerBook, and that's not using virtualization yet! Once they get virtualization working, Windows will run at nearly native speeds, in a window under Mac OS X because it will not be using any translation to execute the Windows Intel software code.
Q.app is free, you just need to bring your copy of Windows, and better yet, it has support for importing your Virtual PC disk images, so you probably don't even have to reinstall anything.
You may want to consider selling the 2 Macs, getting a MacBook Pro, and getting your Windows apps running under Q.app while you use your PowerBook to run Virtual PC as a backup. Once you're happy with Q.app, sell the last PowerBook and buy some Apple stock.
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WOW! Did you people ever hijack this thread arguing about PC laptop vs Apple laptop prices. Bad form, people. You should apologize to winwintoo.
Thanks Macaholic, but I consider it well-deserved payback for my hijacking of a thread earlier in the week so I could rant about car alarms - that was beneath even my usual lack of etiquette.
My son did get his new MacBook Pro and likes it. He's not a computer geek like I am, so he's more interested in the aesthetics of it than the operation.
I found the discussion about Windows laptops interesting though. I don't know how one makes an intelligent decision in that world. I had reason to buy a PC laptop a couple of years ago and just went into Staples and pointed at one that would fit in my backpack because by the time the dude had run through the specs on a couple of them, my head was spinning.
You may want to consider selling the 2 Macs, getting a MacBook Pro, and getting your Windows apps running under Q.app while you use your PowerBook to run Virtual PC as a backup. Once you're happy with Q.app, sell the last PowerBook and buy some Apple stock.
Thanks for the update on Q.app - I read about it a while ago and have it in the back of my mind.
I'm funny about computers. I give away furniture without a second thought; my philosophy about money is "never lend what you can't give" - so I end up "giving" a lot; I have no qualms about tossing clothes, or anything else - even my car, one day I'll just park it beside the road with the keys in it and walk away.
..... but my computers? I hate to part with them. I still have an attachment to that first Mac Classic I had years ago (although the computer is long gone) and each Mac I've had in between has caused me no end of grief when I had to part with it.
Common sense would have told me to sell the iBook when it was actually worth something, but I hung on to it and then the first PowerBook wasn't fast enough so I got a faster one and still kept the old one and the iBook. The thought of parting with them brings tears to my heart.
But there's a new MacBook calling to me so maybe........
I found the discussion about Windows laptops interesting though. I don't know how one makes an intelligent decision in that world. I had reason to buy a PC laptop a couple of years ago and just went into Staples and pointed at one that would fit in my backpack because by the time the dude had run through the specs on a couple of them, my head was spinning.
So much easier buying a Mac.
Take care, Margaret
Speaking as one that had to try and explain the subtle differances to many a glaze-eyed buyer, I understand what you mean. For the Mac world, it's how much power, how big a screen, how much ram, how big a hd, and do you want superdrive with that?
Astetics is a bit of it, some people loved the white, and maxed out iBooks instead of going powerbook, some loved the 'metal' look, and got the PB for that reason, even though they were just typing/surfing with it.
I'm sure he'll be pleased with the MBP, and while still not sure what "internet gaming" really means, I can say it will no doubt cover all his laptoping needs for a few years
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