Guess what I just bought?
(I got the one with the 12 inch screen, and the 900MHz G3 processor, 128MB RAM with the combo CD-RW/DVD drive.)
It’ll be here in about a week!
Decision Factors:
- low price on iBooks
- OSX is a sweet operating system
- it’s about time to replace my current PC
- aside from gaming, I have no particular reason to stick with windows
- mac hardware is generally more reliable than PC
- Apple has a decent loan program that will let me pay in installments, and pay the whole thing off anytime I have the money with no penalties
- laptop will let me take my primary computer with me when I go places (which I’m doing more of lately)
- look how shiny!
On a side note, if anyone is interested in purchasing my existing PC, I’d be willing to part with it for less that $500. If you’re interested, give me a call. It’s an Athlon 700MHz with 512MB RAM.
I'm a 30-year-old 
Urk
I am so freaking jealous. And not just because the system you’re getting rid of is as fast as our fastest PC… =)
Someday I will be able to afford to cross the line. It will be sweet.
Don’t forget to upgrade the RAM first chance you get. =)
Sig9
October 1st, 2003 at 1:44 pm
RAM
Yeah, I checked out pricewatch.com, and the RAM they had was fully half as much as the RAM I could get through apple… so I’ll wait until I have some more money and buy some RAM from there.
October 1st, 2003 at 3:12 pm
wow …
I’m jealous, Rose is too probably. We joked that my wedding present for her would be a Titanium iBook. I know I already asked about your video card but I’d like dibs on that. I’ll try and scrape some cash/booze/cheeseypoofs together for you in exchange. We’ll talk about it later.
October 1st, 2003 at 3:52 pm
Yah
I’m really really really close to buying a 12″ PowerBook. Apple’s shit is just really really nice!
October 2nd, 2003 at 11:06 am
You didn’t.
You didn’t take the Apple loan.
You didn’t.
OMFG.
PWNED!
Pay it off quick. On Apple’s plan, you put down twice the value of the computer, eventually still owing them years after it’s obsolete.
Nice computer, though. Congrats!
October 2nd, 2003 at 1:19 pm
eh?
“you put down twice the value of the computer”
What do you mean by that?
October 2nd, 2003 at 1:51 pm
he means that at 26.99% APR, over a five year loan you are paying twice what the computer is worth.
Pwnz0red, indeed.
October 2nd, 2003 at 2:16 pm
Then it’s a good thing I’m planning to pay more than 27% each month. :)
October 2nd, 2003 at 3:15 pm