Originally posted by AikoI'm torn. On the one hand, I don't want to buy obsolete technology but on the other hand, if it's not going to matter much then I don't see why I should wait. Hmmmmm...
I don't know the whole story of why you should wait for the purchase. But only if you are very close to the release of a newer version of the type you want to buy, I would wait (but then again, the 'older' version will be a lot cheaper, that is of interest for a Dutchy like me of course...!).
A year is a long time to wait for a purchase, and it is a long time for me to welcome you on board of my clan of course!
Originally posted by darvlayThe sooner you get a mac, the sooner you can enter the wonderful world of emagic. Also, they may say it's coming out in a year or whatever, but what computer release ever happened according to schedule? Also, just because the new chipsets come out, doesn't mean that all macs everywhere are going to become obsolete over night. It will be years before that happens, especially outside of a corporate atmosphere.
I'm torn. On the one hand, I don't want to buy obsolete technology but on the other hand, if it's not going to matter much then I don't see why I should wait. Hmmmmm...
I guess what I'm saying is.... get the mac already.
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Why not buy a second hand iBook? Compared to the price it will not be a very big lost if the technology is really outdated soon (which it won't). Surely there can be second hands to be found of models released in the last few months, so still very up to date. The biggest difference will be some Mhz in speed and the basic memory capacity which is customizing anyway.
Originally posted by AikoI'm not big on second-hand stuff. I prefer to buy new since I have the money to do so.
Why not buy a second hand iBook? Compared to the price it will not be a very big lost if the technology is really outdated soon (which it won't). Surely there can be second hands to be found of models released in the last few months, so still very up to date. The biggest difference will be some Mhz in speed and the basic memory capacity which is customizing anyway.
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Originally posted by darvlayMaybe for the better, those laptop thingies are quite fragile and I would never trade my desktop iMac for a laptop one. And a new one gives you guarantee. But what model exactly are you about to buy?
I'm not big on second-hand stuff. I prefer to buy new since I have the money to do so.
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I have a brand new ibook and can confirm it has 1x firewire and 2x usb2 ports. The battery life is over 6 hours and it is fully wireless enabled. Just because Apple will use intel based chips it does not mean they will suddenly become Windows sluts or MicroSoft whores.
Apples whole marketing plan is built around their proprietry software and O/S so I do not think you have to worry about the front end of your laptop becoming out of date, a move to intel will rather just be a change of the internals of the laptop that you will not notice as a user to any large extent.
By the way, if anyone is copying I have seen Windows Vista and it is a direct copy of OSX with a copy of Firefox as the browser.
Andrew