mac book - worth it?

[Mr Pig]

I can get you a brand new Fujitsu Siemens laptop for £330 plus post, with a 17'' screen! Let me know if you want the full spec. Big laptop but the screen is nice.

 

[Black Sheep]

that would mean acquiring the software that i need to go on it, something i can't be bothered to do since i've already got a set of disks with some licenses sitting about for the mac

 

[Mr Pig]

I alsa my be able to get some cheap Mac software. Not copies or knock off, genuine stuff from a shop that's closing down. I'll post details once I know them.

 

[Black Sheep]

I've haggled her down to £250
its a 12inch powerbook G4
powerpc G4 1.5GHz
512MB memory

as far as i can see, it'll just need a bit more memory if nothing else. the software i've got will go straight on and run happily

 

[twowheelsgood]

Sorry but 300 quid even 250 is nuts for a 3 year old notebook.

Look what's happened in that time

Apple have gone to intel - core 2 is about 60% more efficient per cycle
Processor speeds have doubled
The number of cores have double
The latest Macs have a fairly reasonable integrated graphics
Hard drives - the slowest component are much, much faster these days - 3 year old notebook drives are a joke by todays standards.

Realistically the machine is barely as fast as a basic netbook you can buy from Tesco for 150 new.

Wouldn't touch it with a bargepole. If I really, really wanted Apple, I'd rather put the 300 down on a new Macbook and pay the balance monthly.

 

[alecstilleyedye]

if the laptop does what's required, who cares that newer things are faster etc if they cost more. as the op specified he needed a mac to go with existing software, a cheap laptop from tescos, spec regardless, is not going to fit the bill.

macs hold their value better as s/h purchases, not just because of the 'cool' factor, but also the fact that the build quality is better than many of the cheaper computers you can buy.

 

[twowheelsgood]

I would certainly buy any vintage of Intel Mac, but really, this is a total dead end.

If portability is not a factor and cost is, then a secondhand Intel Mac mini would surely be a much better buy?

Dual CPU and still supported by Apple for at least a few more years.

 

[alecstilleyedye]

I would certainly buy any vintage of Intel Mac, but really, this is a total dead end.

If portability is not a factor and cost is, then a secondhand Intel Mac mini would surely be a much better buy?

Dual CPU and still supported by Apple for at least a few more years.

not a bad idea, if monitor, keyboard and mouse are already to hand.

 

[Black Sheep]

I would certainly buy any vintage of Intel Mac, but really, this is a total dead end.

If portability is not a factor and cost is, then a secondhand Intel Mac mini would surely be a much better buy?

Dual CPU and still supported by Apple for at least a few more years.

the OP also stated he has a two year old iMac dual screen sat on his desk but wants to be able to take the laptop into uni with him on a morning

 

[oscar]

http://www.theonion.com/content/video/apple_introduces_revolutionary go to 1 min 40! says it all [/quote]


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