I really want one of these for school.

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eeeeeeewwww no. ThinkPad or MacBook Pro all the way 8) .

For school my favorite is the PowerBook G4 12", great little machine.
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RyaNtheSlayA wrote:eeeeeeewwww no. ThinkPad or MacBook Pro all the way 8) .

For school my favorite is the PowerBook G4 12", great little machine.

Apple's products are over-expensive and underpowered.

I wouldn't pay more for less.
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Imperfect Dark wrote:
RyaNtheSlayA wrote:eeeeeeewwww no. ThinkPad or MacBook Pro all the way 8) .

For school my favorite is the PowerBook G4 12", great little machine.

Apple's products are over-expensive and underpowered.

I wouldn't pay more for less.


You know, we can all get into tech specs etc. The point is that although Apple has very large restrictions on hardware, this allows them to build their software to be faster and more optomized on technically worse hardware.
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I love my Acer Aspire One.
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RyaNtheSlayA wrote:
Imperfect Dark wrote:
RyaNtheSlayA wrote:eeeeeeewwww no. ThinkPad or MacBook Pro all the way 8) .

For school my favorite is the PowerBook G4 12", great little machine.

Apple's products are over-expensive and underpowered.

I wouldn't pay more for less.


You know, we can all get into tech specs etc. The point is that although Apple has very large restrictions on hardware, this allows them to build their software to be faster and more optimized on technically worse hardware.

The experience isn't worth the price. 8)
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Hey that's fine if you don't feel it is, I for one, feel that it *almost* is, hence why I try to buy their hardware refurbished or used after a year or so.
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RyaNtheSlayA wrote:Hey that's fine if you don't feel it is, I for one, feel that it *almost* is, hence why I try to buy their hardware refurbished or used after a year or so.

Well, where is the best place to get an earlier model?
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Imperfect Dark wrote:
RyaNtheSlayA wrote:Hey that's fine if you don't feel it is, I for one, feel that it *almost* is, hence why I try to buy their hardware refurbished or used after a year or so.

Well, where is the best place to get an earlier model?


Depends on where you live, here in Denver, we have a lot of refurbished and used Mac resellers. eBay's good too.
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A 2-3 year old refurb will still cost almost as much as a brand new laptop with an i5/i7. Not worth it. Besides you can run OSX on any PC with very little effort.
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