Education Prices
by
Pirogoeth
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· Score: 4, Interesting
If you're eligible, the Education Store has them for only $1499!
-- Happiness is like peeing yourself. Everybody can see it but only you can feel its warmth.
Upgrades pending?
by
Jeff+Kelly
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· Score: 5, Interesting
Seems to me like Apple is going to upgrade some of their Powerbooks in the near future. 15'' PBs are nearly sold out and are hard to get.
I have been waiting for a very long time now for Apple to upgrade the 15'' PB to an AI Model with Bluetooth and Airport Extreme. But now it won't probably be long until I get my PB and iPod. (My precious)
An extra $300 gets you video spanning, AltiVec core, DDR (extra 128 Mb), 802.11g port and Bluetooth... Oh and teh sheckshy Aluminium case.
Makes you wonder why the Combo Drive iBook is still $1,299 base...
-- I hate Grammar Nazi's
Re:How about the rest of the world.
by
questamor
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· Score: 4, Interesting
Holy crap there's a disparity there.
$1599US for a powerbook12 is $2451 australian, with a direct currency conversion - something that will always be under the real cost due to importing, our taxes etc.
Still, the Australian base powerbook12 is $3995. $1500+ difference.
bah!
Yellowdog Linux for your old Macs an option...
by
SYFer
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· Score: 4, Interesting
"What do us people with old powerbooks do?"
Well, one suggestion might be to give it a new, longer period of usefulness by loading Yellowdog Linux, but that strategy may well not suit your needs as you may require certain OS X apps.
In my case, I primarily use a current generation tower with OS-X loaded--this is needed for my work. I also happen to have an old G3 Firewire laptop laying around that is about to go Yellowdog. Since it only has 128 megs of RAM, its not really a good candidate for OS X (and I won't put any more money into it at this point).
It is currently doing duty as my "legacy" OS 9 machine and I use it to run the 2 or 3 remaining pesky OS 9 apps that I have not/can not upgrade to OS X. And I no longer even care to run "classic" on my main machine.
The minute those apps are no longer needed, that old laptop will get a new lease on life running Yellowdog which does very well with older Macs. Then I'll be able to run more meaningful apps like GIMP (and hopefully even filmGIMP).
This is a great solution because instead of becoming increasingly meaningless (OS 9) or redundant (and underpowered) as an OS X machine, it will now fulfill a unique and useful roll in my studio.
To find out more, visit hwww.yellowdoglinux.com of course.
-- "...all the labours of the ages, all the devotion, all the inspiration, all the noonday brightness..." yada yada
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If you're eligible, the Education Store has them for only $1499!
Happiness is like peeing yourself. Everybody can see it but only you can feel its warmth.
Seems to me like Apple is going to upgrade some of their Powerbooks in the near future. 15'' PBs are nearly sold out and are hard to get.
I have been waiting for a very long time now for Apple to upgrade the 15'' PB to an AI Model with Bluetooth and Airport Extreme. But now it won't probably be long until I get my PB and iPod. (My precious)
Regards
Christian
Makes you wonder why the Combo Drive iBook is still $1,299 base...
I hate Grammar Nazi's
Holy crap there's a disparity there.
$1599US for a powerbook12 is $2451 australian, with a direct currency conversion - something that will always be under the real cost due to importing, our taxes etc.
Still, the Australian base powerbook12 is $3995. $1500+ difference.
bah!
"What do us people with old powerbooks do?"
Well, one suggestion might be to give it a new, longer period of usefulness by loading Yellowdog Linux, but that strategy may well not suit your needs as you may require certain OS X apps.
In my case, I primarily use a current generation tower with OS-X loaded--this is needed for my work. I also happen to have an old G3 Firewire laptop laying around that is about to go Yellowdog. Since it only has 128 megs of RAM, its not really a good candidate for OS X (and I won't put any more money into it at this point).
It is currently doing duty as my "legacy" OS 9 machine and I use it to run the 2 or 3 remaining pesky OS 9 apps that I have not/can not upgrade to OS X. And I no longer even care to run "classic" on my main machine.
The minute those apps are no longer needed, that old laptop will get a new lease on life running Yellowdog which does very well with older Macs. Then I'll be able to run more meaningful apps like GIMP (and hopefully even filmGIMP).
This is a great solution because instead of becoming increasingly meaningless (OS 9) or redundant (and underpowered) as an OS X machine, it will now fulfill a unique and useful roll in my studio.
To find out more, visit hwww.yellowdoglinux.com of course.
"...all the labours of the ages, all the devotion, all the inspiration, all the noonday brightness..." yada yada