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Hi so I bought a dell inspiron 8600 that arrived last Monday (after much debate on whether or not to get an apple for college). Its nice but I think the apple would be better. Like the issue of the screen resolution being too high and not looking as good at lower res. Also I dont have spyware now (with mozilla) but who knows maybe I eventually will and I don't want that. So I plan on returning it to dell with no fee and getting a powerbook. I wanted to know though as I am not sure which 15 inch model I should get, the 1.33 or 1.5. I really probably won't need the dvd burner. I mean I think cds are sufficient for backups as well as using my iPod. I was going to get 256 and add 512 memory on my own. What is the difference between the 1.33 and 1.5. Is the latter really much faster? Also the main issue is the backlit keyboard. I can add this to the lower model. Is it worth the $69 it costs (edu. discount). Thanks and hope to get this soon after returning the dell this week. Unfortunately I have to order it online as opposed to apple store if I want the keyboard to be backlit but waiting isnt a problem. Then I gotta bring the notebook along with the new 4G ipod i just bought to upgrade to the apple store for them to return both and then recharge me so they are on the same receipt for that cram and jam deal (200 back). It's really stupid that apple makes you buy them together. It should just be in the time period.
BTW apple owners are much friendlier than windows owners. On this dell forum these ppl get all snappy because I don't know so much about windows as they do.
BTW apple owners are much friendlier than windows owners. On this dell forum these ppl get all snappy because I don't know so much about windows as they do.