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I'm going to be buying a laptop very soon and i see there is the ibook or the power book. i also see that the imac g5 just came out. forgive me for not knowing much but what would you buy if you were in the market for a powerbook or ibook and wanted to stay on the lower end? also, is there g5 for them as well as the imac? thank you SO much.
rita
mommy to
olivia '97
stella '00
emma '03
the truth can hurt your feelings, but lies can break your heart.
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I just bought the 14" iBook and LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it! You don't need the PB. Right now the iBook has almost the same specs as the iBook becasue the iBook was just updated and the PB has not. It you have a K-12 student, you can buy it "for them" using the education section on their website. Go to education, click their school and that's it...very simple and you save a lot of #. Also go through ebates first to get a 1% discount. Hey, 1% is 1%, kwim? Get an airport express and you're wireless! I got that under the refurbished section. It came brand new and was $30 less. Click on the SALE section on the right of the website. They come with the same warranty as the others and you save a lot of $. Laura (LD92599) buys Macs in bulk for her company and often buys the sale Macs with no troubles.
Happy Mac-ing!!!
Definitely check out the refurbs :-) For what you save you can throw in extra memory (definitely don't go w/ less than 512 mb), extended warrenty, etc!
And yes, the 1% adds up - even better in the days when it was 2% though!
Join us here for all things Mac: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BBB-MacUsers/
Laura
mom to William
LKibala at optonline dot net
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jamie thank you so much! i definitely want wireless too. i had no idea about the education disount and the 1 percent. every little bit definitely helps.
ok so how much was the whole thing if you don't mind me asking?
And this may sound really dumb but is the ibook g5?
rita
mommy to
olivia '97
stella '00
emma '03
the truth can hurt your feelings, but lies can break your heart.
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Not dumb. It's a g4. I can't think of a reason why a "normal" user would need anything more. I'm sittin' here on the couch with my wireless iBook, speedin' through everything I need to speed through. It's great. I also bought extra hard-drive space which you can only do through the education deal. It was a few bucks more and I don't have to worry about filling up my HD.
I think they were trying to make a g5 laptop, but it was getting too hot. A laptop can handle only so much, though the g4 rocks!
HTH!
laura,
thanks for the info. i will definitely check out that yahoo group.
rita
mommy to
olivia '97
stella '00
emma '03
the truth can hurt your feelings, but lies can break your heart.
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ok so tell me exactly what specs you got if you can. that will help immensely. and tell me the entire price if possible. i really cannot wait to go wireless.
rita
mommy to
olivia '97
stella '00
emma '03
the truth can hurt your feelings, but lies can break your heart.
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