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(Jedi)Obi-JK - Student  |
Sup, I am now in the market for a laptop. Here the finalist PowerBook iBook Inspiron 8500 ALL prices are with student discount INCLUDED if you are a student make sure you check about discounts, i got $100 of ibook, and $300 of powerbook, plus like 30% of software! The details: -----Inspiron 8500----- - Mobile Pentium 4, 2.2 Ghz Processpr - 15.4 WUXGA Display - Resolution (didnt say) - Windows Xp Pro - 256 Mb RAM - 4x CD/DVD burner (DVD+RW/+R) - 30 GB HD - Internel Wireless network card (bluetooth) - 2 yr limited warranty ++++ Price*:$2,193.12 (this says with stdudent discount but I priced it without and it was the same) -----iBook----- - 1Ghz G4 - 14.1 in Display - 1024x768 max resolution - 265 mb Ram - Airport Extreme Card (wireless internet) - Mac OSX - 60 GB HD - DVD-ROM/CD-RW (no DVD-R/RW option) ++++ Price $1,488.00 -----PowerBook----- - 15.2-inch TFT Display - 1280x854 resolution - 1GHz PowerPC G4 - 256MB DDR333 SDRAM - 60GB Ultra ATA/100 - Airport Extreme Card (wireless internet) - ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 (64MB DDR) - DVD-R / CD-RW - Full size keyboard - FireWire 400 & 800 +++++ Price $2,068.00 I will moist likely end up going with a Mac, I am reallying interested in trying out OS X. Any post with DELL/MAC/Ibook/etc suck will be ignored I want educated opinions, not that crap DJ got in his ibook post. _______________ Silent Bob (Kevin Smith): You know, there's a million fine looking women in the world, dude. But they don't all bring you lasagna at work. Most of 'em just cheat on you. -Steve (Obi) This post was edited by (Jedi)Obi-JK on Nov 13 2003 12:58pm. |
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(Jedi)Obi-JK - Student 
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Sup, Thanks 3th for the info 3th. iTunes is available for windows also. _______________ Silent Bob (Kevin Smith): You know, there's a million fine looking women in the world, dude. But they don't all bring you lasagna at work. Most of 'em just cheat on you. -Steve (Obi) |
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3th - Retired 
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check the L3 cache and other cache comparisons on the powerbook vs. the ibook. i think you'll see much better performance with faster frontside bus and larger caches. so if you can spare the extra cash the improved performance you'll love. the osx experience just kicks sooo much butt too. itunes is one of the best programs out there. and make sure you get the latest mac os: 10.3 - jaguar. it's supposed to be just killer, all the usability features are great. and you get a ton of great utilities with it too. _______________ this is the internet, be serious damn it! |
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Battlin' Billy - Student 
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I'm no expert on laptops, but I've had a Dell tower for like 2 years, and with the exception of having WinME, I really have no complaints. I hope that's at least a little help!  _______________ Midbie Council Member #2 - Profile ID 2073 | Member of B@rtM@ulS@ar | Owner of Monty's 2000th comment & D@RtHM@UL's 8100th comment | Former Padawan of SilkMonkey & Arcuss JA Goaltender & NHL Fan | Fellow Rush fan to Axion|Plo Koon is my oldest JA friend Post your RL pics HERE! | Post you JK2/JK3 screenies HERE! |
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Bail Hope of Belouve - Student 
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If you have to choose, I'd go for the third one _______________ Visit the Belouve Family Website! Quote: I try to have fun with my friends and try to make a difference as best I can. What does making a difference mean? Well, it can be as simple as saying hello, answering a question that seems obvious or heck, just talking. -- Vladarion
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