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Re: [PhillyOnRails] MacBook Choices
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I've been trying to decide between the 15" and 17" as well. With the price of the 17" being cheaper then a 15" (both maxed out at 2.16g and 2GB RAM) I'm tempted to go with the 17". I currently have a Toshiba Tablet which is only a 12" screen so I'm not sure if the 17" will be way to big or not. Anyone out there with a 17" have any insight into how "clunky" it is. Is the extra processor and RAM worth the extra cash? I usually max things out since it stays closer to the top of the line longer that way :)
Any thoughts?
On 5/2/06, Jason Lenhart <jplenhart@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hi Brian,
I upgraded to a Macbook within weeks of them showing up in stores - I love my 15 inch MBP.
I sold my 1.25 15 inch PB 1.25 GB with Superdrive for roughly 1200 on eBay. So I think you can do pretty
darn good - mine was 2 years old.
--Jason
--- Brian Donahue <stuff@pigeonmoon.com> wrote:
> Looking for some insight/advice... I'm a windows
> guy mainly, doing .NET > development for my day job, but playing with ruby > and rails on my own, and > liking it a lot. I bought a powerbook last June > mostly planning on using it > for music (I have ProTools LE, and some other
> software and equipment). > Unfortunately, as the father of a 3 year old I > haven't done much with music, > but have used the mac for Rails work and general > use, as it is my only > laptop. So, now that the MacBooks are out I
> definitely am tempted to pick > one up and have a dual boot machine that I can do > anything I need to on. > So, I have some questions that I thought maybe some > of the mac folks on this
> list could help with: > > 1) What can I expect to get for my powerbook if I > sell it (is $1200 crazy?) > and is ebay the best option? > 2) I have a 15" powerbook. Looking at the options,
> it seems that a 15" > powerbook with 2.16GHz costs the same as a 17" > 2.16GHz (base model). I like > the size of the 15" though... I'm probably going to > go to the apple store
> and check it out, but wondering if anyone thinks the > 17" is a little > cumbersome, or is it worth it? > 3) It also seems that buying on Amazon (no tax, $150 > rebate) is almost the
> same price as buying a refurbished one from Apple - > $300 cheaper than > retail, but you pay tax if I'm not mistaken. > > My first instinct is to stick with a 15" and NOT > spend the extra $ for
> 2.16GHz, but I'd like to get any general feedback > from savvy mac users. > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list >
talk@phillyonrails.org > http://lists.phillyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >
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