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<blockquote data-quote="jn4jenny" data-source="post: 179887"><p>Apple has a history of introducing a new product, even one that allegedly "passed its beta stage tests with flying colors," and then the first buyers are the unlucky ones to find out that the product has SERIOUS design or programming flaws. The iPod battery debacles, the iBook G4 logic board scares, and the first release of OS X 10.0 come to mind as examples.</p><p></p><p>There's no way to predict whether or not this will happen with the MacBook. It's totally possible that the MacBook will roll off the presses as an outstanding, durable, problem-free product. But it's also possible that it will be a big fat waste of $2000 that will promptly be replaced in a few months with a far superior MacBook that retails for the same price.</p><p></p><p>To the original poster, I'd say to wait until the MacBooks have been out for at least a month and see how things are looking then. But if you need a computer now, buy now--some people are knocking the G4's as "old technology," but the truth is that not every Apple user out there needs the power and sophistication of a MacBook, just like not every PC user needs a 4.0 Ghz machine with 2 GB of RAM. The current Powerbook G4 is making a lot of users perfectly happy and has plenty of juice for the price, and if you decide to get rid of it in a few months, you can probably do so for a minimal financial loss.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jn4jenny, post: 179887"] Apple has a history of introducing a new product, even one that allegedly "passed its beta stage tests with flying colors," and then the first buyers are the unlucky ones to find out that the product has SERIOUS design or programming flaws. The iPod battery debacles, the iBook G4 logic board scares, and the first release of OS X 10.0 come to mind as examples. There's no way to predict whether or not this will happen with the MacBook. It's totally possible that the MacBook will roll off the presses as an outstanding, durable, problem-free product. But it's also possible that it will be a big fat waste of $2000 that will promptly be replaced in a few months with a far superior MacBook that retails for the same price. To the original poster, I'd say to wait until the MacBooks have been out for at least a month and see how things are looking then. But if you need a computer now, buy now--some people are knocking the G4's as "old technology," but the truth is that not every Apple user out there needs the power and sophistication of a MacBook, just like not every PC user needs a 4.0 Ghz machine with 2 GB of RAM. The current Powerbook G4 is making a lot of users perfectly happy and has plenty of juice for the price, and if you decide to get rid of it in a few months, you can probably do so for a minimal financial loss. [/QUOTE]
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