With $15,000

Then again he may want to wait for the iBook and PowerMac replacements, before he makes his purchase.

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Done!
I'll take one in white & one in black for the road & matching 15 & 17 inchers for around the house

the grandparents must have alot of apple stock or something.. or been saving apple giftcards for a really long *** time

I'd spend it on a fully speced 15" MacBook Pro, 23" cinema display and a 60GB iPod. And then put the rest into a bank account for later.

Aptmunich said:

Because Apple doesn't make cars yet...

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So... pimp out a car with apple stuff.

You can put macminis into cars, the japanese have done it. Just imagine front row in your car?

or what about mounting the macbook (no pro) on your daskboard?

what about converting an imac into a touchscreen and mounting it with the swivel stand integrated into the dash? maybe thats a little too big...

TBoblp said:

what about converting an imac into a touchscreen and mounting it with the swivel stand integrated into the dash? maybe thats a little too big...

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if you could get a 15" g4 imac flat screen

id spend it on 231 shares in apple. just threw another grand into apple stock's yesterday.

iHeartSTI said:

id spend it on 231 shares in apple. just threw another grand into apple stock's yesterday.

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I wouldn't. With Apple's stock being at all time highs, I don't think it's a good investment choice at the moment, at least not to put his entire $15,000 into it.

It's never good investment advice to chase after top performing stocks. By that point, all the money is already made.

I would buy a maxed out mini with a 23" cinema display or a maxed out 15/17" MBP and save the rest. Then when the intel powermacs come out, ide get a really good one and maybe another display.

photoshop
canon rebel XT
canon 28-135
Macbook pro 15 incher maxed out
black macbook
23 inch display
Canon XL HI

ok so maybe its over 15 grand....

I'd just recomend to the kid to get the same set up I have, I very much like it, and then he will have some change left over to buy a few smaller things from the apple store..

I have 2, 23 inch cinema displays, a powermac quad, and a powerbook 15inch (now he would get the macbook pro) and then final cut studio.. then with a little bit of talent he can turn the money his grandparents gave him by editing videos for people who need videos and while doing this.. saving up for a camera so he can shoot the videos too.. buying alot of things from apple if you have some talent in a field like video or print, then its like investing in yourself, and the harder you work the more money you will make, unlike just dumping it all into apple stock, there is nothing you can do to make the price of apple go up. while you can make your 15,000 more by investing in yourself buying things you can use to make more money, and then you can put that money into the stock market and still have some left over.. I am a strong advocate for not only investing in other companies but also investing in your own talents.

guy's going to MIT so his parents and family are...elated...

Dude, you could buy:

* 2GHz Dual-core PowerPC G5
* 2GB 533 DDR2 Non ECC SDRAM - 2x1GB
* 160GB Serial ATA - 7200rpm
* NVIDIA GeForce 6600 256MB SDRAM
* Apple Cinema Display (20" flat panel)
* 16x SuperDrive double-layer (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
* Apple Keyboard & Mighty Mouse - U.S. English
* Mac OS X - U.S. English
* AppleCare Protection Plan for Power Mac (w/or w/o Display) - Auto-enroll

And still have plenty left over for a down payment on a car, a few months rent, or God knows what else...

to_tough_to_die said:

And still have plenty left over for a down payment on a car, a few months rent, or God knows what else...

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Lord knows you need something to pay for gas from job to the next job for the next, oh, I don't know, 2 weeks or so haha

deus_ex_machina said:

Lord knows you need something to pay for gas from job to the next job for the next, oh, I don't know, 2 weeks or so haha

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Actually, speaking of oil prices, I found out from my video-production teacher that laminating film has gone up from ~$200 to over $700.

Think about how much stuff needs to be laminated in a school.

to_tough_to_die said:

Actually, speaking of oil prices, I found out from my video-production teacher that laminating film has gone up from ~$200 to over $700.

Think about how much stuff needs to be laminated in a school.

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I take it the price of plastics has gone up considerably with the help of this administration. I haven't been out of college that long - I had to laminate a majority of my projects.

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or what about mounting the macbook (no pro) on your daskboard?

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With that glossy screen?

No thanks..

Strange.......All at Apple? Hmmm, Ok.

Well I guess I'd pickup a PowerMac G5 Quad, or wait until the Intel PowerMacs come out and buy a top of the range model.

I'd grab a 23" Cinema Display to go with that (30" is just stupid) and buy a load of accessories and so on.

Past that I'd be a bit stuck.....I already have a fully kitted out iMac, a MacBook Pro and 2 iPods......Maybe a few Minis wouldn't hurt?

But seriously, I can only echo the comments posted already and say that whilst that is a mighty nice thing to do.....It is a bit silly to make you spend it all at Apple and clearly you'd be better off putting the majority into a savings account, buying a car, putting it into stocks etc etc.