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yes, I'm indecisive
Mar. 20th, 2005 02:22 amokay, I'm obviously not built for the stress that is the bidding on ebay... ::sigh:: (One, I misssed the final $10 outbid by getting distracted. One, I was winning and the auction was cancelled w/ about 30 min left b/c it was sold.) So anyway, the apple website is selling "iBook G4 1GHz/ 256MB/ 40GB/ Combo/ E/ 56K/ 14-inch TFT - Apple Certified" refurbished for $899
I can get 512 mb ram for about $100, or, alternatively, 256 ram for about $50
I can get dvd+-rw for about $130
I can get Airport for about $70 (I think)
~ about same price as Gateway (okay, fine, $1200)
Or, y'know, I can try one of those non-pyramid schemes where I sign up for a "free iBook gift" in exchange for getting 18 of my friends and family to sell *their* souls and then reclaim said souls. But that brings too many social and ethical issues into question.
So really, it's a question of whether I'm willing to give up extra 40gb harddrive space + processor speed (I don't know how an iBook 1ghz 512kbL2 would compare to a 1.5 2mbL2 on the Gateway) in exchange for ... um... reliability, hardware efficiency, prettiness, mac Panther OS, etc.
Hm... the processor difference doesn't sound too threatening. So will I be able to live on 40gb in the next 3 years? Which, when you think about it, comes down to whether I'll be doing any video editing in the next 3 years. (Considering that a raw clip can be, like, 3 gb). Ah! but that is where an external harddrive would come in, which is a much better deal, cost:gb ratio-wise, than internal. What suffers is portability (but I do not foresee being a vagrant, and when you detach peripherals, would still be quite portable. Good thing also about external is switchability).
Perhaps I will call parental units tomorrow and discuss with them. No Chinese School tomorrow! woot.
I can get 512 mb ram for about $100, or, alternatively, 256 ram for about $50
I can get dvd+-rw for about $130
I can get Airport for about $70 (I think)
~ about same price as Gateway (okay, fine, $1200)
Or, y'know, I can try one of those non-pyramid schemes where I sign up for a "free iBook gift" in exchange for getting 18 of my friends and family to sell *their* souls and then reclaim said souls. But that brings too many social and ethical issues into question.
So really, it's a question of whether I'm willing to give up extra 40gb harddrive space + processor speed (I don't know how an iBook 1ghz 512kbL2 would compare to a 1.5 2mbL2 on the Gateway) in exchange for ... um... reliability, hardware efficiency, prettiness, mac Panther OS, etc.
Hm... the processor difference doesn't sound too threatening. So will I be able to live on 40gb in the next 3 years? Which, when you think about it, comes down to whether I'll be doing any video editing in the next 3 years. (Considering that a raw clip can be, like, 3 gb). Ah! but that is where an external harddrive would come in, which is a much better deal, cost:gb ratio-wise, than internal. What suffers is portability (but I do not foresee being a vagrant, and when you detach peripherals, would still be quite portable. Good thing also about external is switchability).
Perhaps I will call parental units tomorrow and discuss with them. No Chinese School tomorrow! woot.
