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omg, so I was at the Office Depot, and they had this laptop for sale for $999. It was a Gateway 4540GZ, I think, with 80 gb harddrive, 512 mb ram, 4 USB 2.0 ports, 15" screen, and yet manages to be slim and sleek and weigh 5.5 lb. OMG TEH WANT. And I come home to this thing that *randomly shuts down*, has 20gb harddrive, and cannot handle copying between Mozilla and Photoshop. Of course, everyone's been telling me to get an iBook. Which would be of comparable price if I get it with educational discount, I think...

And in the process of typing this and browsing for laptops, this one decides to RANDOMLY SHUT DOWN again. Grrr...

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That's what you get for using it to plan its own obsolescence. I mean, really. How insensitive.

My computer is a computer. It's a machine that belongs to me. This is why I do not name it. It *does not have personality*. While I do grow fond of it, and I do favor certain computer lab machines over others for its familiarity, I see no reason to personify it beyond the normal extent.

I looked up the gateway, and it's specifications make it seem like it would be very nice.

Of course, Mac OS X is infinitely more useful, but that's just my not-so-humble opinion. Also, the mac might not be as cheap as the gateway. I looked up a reasonable ibook configuration via the apple education store:

• 256MB DDR266 (256MB built-in)
• 80GB Ultra ATA drive
• Combo drive (DVD-ROM/CD-RW)
• AirPort Extreme Card
• Keyboard & Mac OS X - U.S. English
• 14-inch TFT XGA display
• 1.33GHz PowerPC G4
• ATI Mobility Radeon 9200 w/ 32MB DDR video memory

Estimated Ship:
1-3 business days
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Subtotal $1,244.00

Totoro! I LOVE Totoro!

Anyway...

I see no reason to get the 14". The 12" actually looks better on screen in terms of resolution. And it's also rather niftiliy very portable.

I am currently browsing the Apple Store for Education.

• 768MB DDR266 SDRAM (256MB built-in & 512MB SO-DIMM)
• 60GB Ultra ATA drive
• Combo drive (DVD-ROM/CD-RW)
• AirPort Extreme Card
• Keyboard & Mac OS X - U.S. English
• AppleCare Protection Plan for iBook
• 12-inch TFT XGA display
• 1.2GHz PowerPC G4
• ATI Mobility Radeon 9200 w/ 32MB DDR video memory

Estimated Ship:
1-3 business days
Free Shipping
Subtotal: $1,334

If you take out Apple Care, that comes to $1,151.

If you take out the extra RAM too, which can be purchased cheaper elsewhere and self-installed, that will come to $1,016.

I dunno. Although there's something to be said for the portability of a small 12" iBook, larger monitors are more comfortable for me. My eyes are already quite pained (putting on glasses in the morning = hell). I used to be on a 18" set to 800x600. Plus I like having properly sized keyboards. 2 things that I like about the iBook is its weight and its long battery life. As far as OS are concerned, I'm not biased one way or another. So truly debating.

Thanks, y'guys, for looking up all the nifty numbers! :D

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