MacBook Pro 17″ On Street
Note two small black dots dramatically differentiating the 17″ MacBook Pro rendering from prior models in the conceptual rendering.
Configured.
My current g1 PB 17″ appears to be going for about ~$1,800 on eBay.
Can’t do it… can’t do it. I should feel good about holding back, but also feel weak, like a kitten who is afraid to lock into the enormous power.
If I actually believed the 5x speed bump claims emanating from the ARDF (and that they applied to anything other than counting from 1 to 2^64), it’s quite possible I’d feel compelled. As-is… holding off.
rds
Update
I was full of crap - those eBay numbers I quoted were for like “buy me now” new G4 PowerBooks. The actual bidding range for used systems is mid/high sub-$1000.
r
April 24th, 2006 at 4:47 pm
Take a step back.
Remember, the rules:
Rule 1: Don’t buy first generation anything Apple.
Rule 2: Don’t buy your memory from Apple. A quick check with outpost.com and 1GB DDR2 667MHZ memory= $89. Apple = $270.
Rule 3: Keep, don’t sell old hardware. Make that hub of media/entertainment/world.
April 24th, 2006 at 4:54 pm
oh… and rule 4: it gets better, not worse (i.e. Seagate has announced 160GB HD’s, Intel has leaked much faster 2.5Ghz duo processor).
rule 5: (kinda something I made up)… wait for transition to be over. Remember OS9-OSX. The pain? You, of all people should avoid this. Regardless of the neatcoolwizzbangRDF effect, you are going to feel pain. Step away from the edge.
April 24th, 2006 at 4:56 pm
a) given the macbook pro 15″ has been shipping for a few months without exploding / electrocuting people, and the appearance that apple hasn’t changed the case significantly, isn’t this at least like a gen 1.5? 1.3? 1.22?
b) the cost screw re: ram-from-apple is undeniably true. i buy (well, bought; it’s been a while) my memory from apple exactly half the time - the half of the time I’m in the apple store buying a new machine and wanting (nay - needing/demanding) it right then, as opposed to the RAM i buy for my G5… RAM I am possibly willing to wait as long as 18 hours for, in the interest of cost.
c) my 17″ PB G4 is indeed still new / non-decrepit enough to consider keeping and using to run Quicken… until I remember it won’t produce 1080i without skidding to a halt. i question its ability to rise to the challenge in a media center role.
rds
April 24th, 2006 at 5:01 pm
not near edge; repeat: not near edge.
the need to pay down debt ensures that apple will be mid-AMD transition before I acquire a new laptop.
i’m sure i’ll hang onto/use this the 17″ PB G4 at least as long as a I hung onto my TiBook… (mists of time swirling). That was… 2001-2005, four years. Got 17″ PB in September 2004 + 4 years, 2008. Time is on my side… for now.
rds