I am getting a new Powerbook

[Darcy]

My PC desktop, running Windows ME, has been slow and horrible to use for a long time. Then yesterday the hard drive fried. Our local computer repair place was able to save all the info on my hard drive, but we decided not to take any more chances and get me a Powerbook to use as my desktop replacement laptop.

Here is the model we decided on:

Processor 1.5GHz PowerPC G4
Cache L2: 512K
Bus Speed 167 Mhz
Memory Slots: 2
Type: PC2700 (333MHz) DDR SO-DIMM SDRAM
Installed: 1G (One, SO-DIMM)
Capacity: 2GB
Configuration: 128MB, 256MB, 512MB, or 1GB SO-DIMM
Display Type: TFT LCD
Size: 15"
Graphics Display Card Interface: AGP 4X graphics slot
Installed: ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 with 128MB of DDR SDRAM

Hard Drive Bays: 1
Installed: 80GB 5400 rpm Ultra ATA/100 hard drive
Type: Ultra ATA
Optical Drive Bays: 1
Installed: SuperDrive, CD and DVD burner

Input and Output Connectors Firewire 400: One, 4-Pin
Firewire 800: One 9-pin
USB 2.0: Two
PC Card Slot: (1) One PC Card/CardBus slot supporting one Type I or Type II card

Display
VGA: Yes, with included DVI to VGA adapter
ADC: No, (Optional with Apple ADC-DVI adaptor)
DVI: Yes
S-Video: Yes
Composite Video: No, (Optional, output only with S-video to composite adaptor)

Analog audio: Line In via minijack
Digital audio: Only via Firewire

Video
Analog: No
Digital: Yes, in and out via Firewire

AirPort Extreme Installed (based on 802.11g standard; 802.11b Wi-Fi Certified)

Bluetooth: Installed

Illuminated fiber-optic, backlit keyboard with ambient light sensor


Plus AppleCare.

[EGT]

You've got yourself a top of the line powerbook!

I wish you all the best with it!!! I've been using my 15" powerbook for a few months now. I switched from a window XP desktop, which I will eventually sell and get a G5 power mac. Mac os X is just so much better than anything to date, I don’t know why i switched earlier. You will love your new computer.

Good luck with it!

[Darcy]

You are so right...

I can't believe how beautiful the display is. It's absolutley stunning. And it runs sooo fast.

If anyone out there is nervous about switching, don't be.

[djknyc]

Originally posted by Darcy
You are so right...

I can't believe how beautiful the display is. It's absolutley stunning. And it runs sooo fast.

If anyone out there is nervous about switching, don't be.

Congrats! Once you go Mac, you'll never turn back. You'll be dazzled now, but give it time, and your dazzle will turn into obsession! A Mac fiend like the rest of us.

OS is by far the most intuitive, well developed system out there; iLife suite, the Production Suite, iPods, LCD's, Airtunes ... you just can't get enough.