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.
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