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<blockquote data-quote="southside" data-source="post: 21246"><p>sKaD,</p><p></p><p>yeah... from what I have read on this and other forums, sounds like almost everybody who switched are very glad that they did and wished they had done so sooner...</p><p></p><p>my better_half said to go ahead with it - if I am SURE that it is exactly what I want... of course there is the lingering fear of a G5 PowerBook right around the corner, and being sorry I didn't wait... there is always that when buying computer stuff...</p><p></p><p>priced out a Dell Latitude D800 with Pentium M 1.4 GHz, 15.4 WSXGA+, XP Pro, Win Office Pro, 512 M on one chip, 80 G drive (4200 RPM), 64 M Nvidia graphics card, 4XDVD+RW, Wireless G, Bluetooth, 3 yr warranty, NAV - and it came out VERY CLOSE to what I was quoted by Apple.COM - PowerBook is $85 more, including shipping, Hawaii tax (that Apple.COM makes you pay)...</p><p></p><p>pretty sure that is a close comparison as far as PC notebook versus the Apple PowerBook 15" that I priced out... on the plus side is OS/X and its awesome Unix BSD rock-solid, way less worms/viruses, security built in from the git-go OS... ILIFE 04 with GarageBand, the .MAC subscription making it very easy to build my very first Web site, a faster HD, and the awesome beauty of the PowerBook, and its way_kewl backlit keys and auto-dimming display... also, an extra FW port (at faster 800 speed), and gigabit ethernet (pretty sure the Dell has 100Mbit ethernet built-in on this model)... and I also would get Quicken 2004 with mine... on the negative side, I would be getting a slower DVD burner...</p><p></p><p>so the PowerBook compares up pretty darn good when compared to a Dell... not sure why I need to do that, but it makes me feel better to do the research before taking the plunge...</p><p></p><p>later - gotta study up for a Bourne Shell programming quiz tomorrow!,</p><p>SouthSide</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="southside, post: 21246"] sKaD, yeah... from what I have read on this and other forums, sounds like almost everybody who switched are very glad that they did and wished they had done so sooner... my better_half said to go ahead with it - if I am SURE that it is exactly what I want... of course there is the lingering fear of a G5 PowerBook right around the corner, and being sorry I didn't wait... there is always that when buying computer stuff... priced out a Dell Latitude D800 with Pentium M 1.4 GHz, 15.4 WSXGA+, XP Pro, Win Office Pro, 512 M on one chip, 80 G drive (4200 RPM), 64 M Nvidia graphics card, 4XDVD+RW, Wireless G, Bluetooth, 3 yr warranty, NAV - and it came out VERY CLOSE to what I was quoted by Apple.COM - PowerBook is $85 more, including shipping, Hawaii tax (that Apple.COM makes you pay)... pretty sure that is a close comparison as far as PC notebook versus the Apple PowerBook 15" that I priced out... on the plus side is OS/X and its awesome Unix BSD rock-solid, way less worms/viruses, security built in from the git-go OS... ILIFE 04 with GarageBand, the .MAC subscription making it very easy to build my very first Web site, a faster HD, and the awesome beauty of the PowerBook, and its way_kewl backlit keys and auto-dimming display... also, an extra FW port (at faster 800 speed), and gigabit ethernet (pretty sure the Dell has 100Mbit ethernet built-in on this model)... and I also would get Quicken 2004 with mine... on the negative side, I would be getting a slower DVD burner... so the PowerBook compares up pretty darn good when compared to a Dell... not sure why I need to do that, but it makes me feel better to do the research before taking the plunge... later - gotta study up for a Bourne Shell programming quiz tomorrow!, SouthSide [/QUOTE]
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