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<blockquote data-quote="jgpippin" data-source="post: 14569">i've been a hard-core windows user for 7 years.&nbsp; my office recently upgraded to win xp, however, and the experience was so traumatizing that it drove me into a mac store.&nbsp; when i asked the sales rep why i should pay $1600 for a powerbook&nbsp; when i could get a comparable pc laptop for $800, he said, &quot;because it's not comparable.&nbsp; macs actually work.&quot;so, about two weeks worth of research later, i'm ready to pump $2000 into my first mac.i'm considering two computers:14&quot; ibook 1 Ghz640 mb ramcombo drive60 GB hard disk12&quot; powerbook 1 Ghz512 mb ramsuperdrive60 GB hard diskthe powerbook is, per my configurations, about $200 more.&nbsp; i could slice that off, i suppose, by getting a combo drive.the primary conflict is this:increased screen size and 128 GB more (ibook) ram or...increased performance, more expansion, superdrive (pbook)i realize this is a personal choice, but i wanted to know what you guys, the hard-core mac users, would buy.i do the following:-web design-digital photography (6.3 MP in TIFF using PS 7 and PS Elements 2.0)-internet, email, word processing, and other low-end apps-the sims (well, my fiance plays the sims, but i want it to work for her, too)-watch dvds-record tv on my laptop (using an input device)-other miscellanyany input would be greatly appreciated.&nbsp; i'm kinda lost in the mac world.&nbsp; if there are other factors i'm ignoring (such as durability, battery time, etc.) please let me know. thanks!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jgpippin, post: 14569"] i've been a hard-core windows user for 7 years. my office recently upgraded to win xp, however, and the experience was so traumatizing that it drove me into a mac store. when i asked the sales rep why i should pay $1600 for a powerbook when i could get a comparable pc laptop for $800, he said, "because it's not comparable. macs actually work." so, about two weeks worth of research later, i'm ready to pump $2000 into my first mac. i'm considering two computers: 14" ibook 1 Ghz 640 mb ram combo drive 60 GB hard disk 12" powerbook 1 Ghz 512 mb ram superdrive 60 GB hard disk the powerbook is, per my configurations, about $200 more. i could slice that off, i suppose, by getting a combo drive. the primary conflict is this: increased screen size and 128 GB more (ibook) ram or... increased performance, more expansion, superdrive (pbook) i realize this is a personal choice, but i wanted to know what you guys, the hard-core mac users, would buy. i do the following: -web design -digital photography (6.3 MP in TIFF using PS 7 and PS Elements 2.0) -internet, email, word processing, and other low-end apps -the sims (well, my fiance plays the sims, but i want it to work for her, too) -watch dvds -record tv on my laptop (using an input device) -other miscellany any input would be greatly appreciated. i'm kinda lost in the mac world. if there are other factors i'm ignoring (such as durability, battery time, etc.) please let me know. thanks! [/QUOTE]

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