<p>zante - i think we have the same lappie :D. yay! i agree it's very pretty</p>
<p>Yea I'm a sucker for a sexy machine. :p</p>
<p>Question:
How important (i.e., necessary to efficiency) do you think having a CD burner is within the computer?<br>
D has an ibook now with a CD play capacity but not burn capacity. She uses a tiny little gadget -- darn, I forget the name of that small part -- to transfer data sometimes from & to her laptop. (Possibly called a "flash drive"?) Also has a portable floppy drive she hooks up to the USB port.<br>
Weighing all this when debating using current ibook vs. buying P'ton's new.</p>
<p>Any help appreciated. Thanks much.</p>
<p>Well I used the burner a lot when I was listening to CDs, but after getting an ipod, I haven't used it all that much at all. I don't think it's absolutely necessary, especially since she can probably get a friend to burn her something if she really needed it.</p>
<p>Mea- I'm really depressed about my vaio. I was transferring some files to it yesterday and then it totally broke on me! It refuses to even power up. It's especially sad because it's so pretty, but I have to return it. :( </p>
<p>I ordered a powerbook from SCI instead.</p>
<p>Yeah, I've heard the Sony Vaios have some serious issues. I'm debating whether to get an Alienware Sentia or an Apple Powerbook.</p>
<p>ive decided im gonna go with that ibm tablet pc deal on facebook, soons they get the claimed specs on the official ibm site. it received 4.5/5 from pcmagazine (editor's choice).</p>
<p>the IBM X41 with 1.5 gHz is a real bargain for $1525.</p>
<p>Is it true that some Chinese company bought IBM and now a lot of their products are being shipped from Hong Kong? </p>
<p>Yea Bokonon, I had heard something about Vaios having problems but I got it anyway and it was a total mistake. Looking online, a forum has 55+ pages of people complaining of the same problem (can't start up). Good thing I bought it recently so I can just return it, although this fiasco's costing me $100 in shipping. The powerbook's like $500 more than the vaio but I think it'll be worth it.</p>
<p>Yeah, Lenovo bought the Thinkpad division of IBM, which is their laptops and notebooks. So its really a Lenovo/IBM X41.</p>
<p>Zante, one thing you might want to think about before getting the Powerbook is the Apple switch to Intel processors. So basically, after only one year you'll have an obsolete Apple.</p>
<p>It ****es me off how Apple doesn't disclose the dates of future upgrades too. I don't want to spend 2000 bucks on a Powerbook just to find out one day later that a new version has come out.</p>
<p>=(</p>
<p>There's been a lot of debate about the switch. Whether to wait, or whether prices will go down, etc. but I don't really care. I've given up trying to follow apple in all its updates. Like the ipod and every year there's a new generation. I was upset when I got the mini and then three months later they had the 20GB for only $50 more. </p>
<p>The point is, I need a computer NOW and as long as the apple continues to work I won't care what processor it has (seriously, I'm not tech-savvy enough to know the difference). Plus, SCI has a pretty nice deal since it has AppleCare and Microsoft Office included.</p>
<p>Btw, I just wanted to rant about how much taxes suck. Computers are expensive enough but I just had to pay $166 in taxes for my powerbook. The worst part is that when I was ordering it, they only gave me "estimated tax" which was 1/2 what it actually turned out to be. :mad:</p>
<p>ok, so im not going to princeton next year (MIT instead), but ive done a lot of research on notebooks and the best deal i found was from bestbuy.com. For $1200 you get a 1.73 GHz Pentium M processor, 100 GB hard drive, 128 MB integrated graphics card, 1 GB RAM, 15.4 WXGA TrueBrite Screen (? check actual name), DVD RW drive, plus a whole lot of installed software. Comes with XP Home, so might be a downside for those wanting XP Professional, but at that price you cant really complain. The computer and model number is HP Pavillion dv4170us, and is PC Magazine's Editor's Choice. Cheers!</p>
<p>Im actually on that same laptop right now (just got it a few days ago), and using it has been great.</p>
<p>wow thats an amazing deal</p>
<p>zante, did you order your Powerbook yet? I oredered mine on Tuesday and got confirmation from SCI, but none from Apple yet. Eeek! Have you heard from them?</p>
<p>Yea, I ordered mine on Thursday night and I got a confirmation from Apple on Friday. Maybe your email got marked as spam? Contact SCI come monday if you still haven't received a confirmation.</p>