I currently own an iBook 500. This was my very first Mac, it was the first computer I bought myself (previously had a PC the folks gave me for college). I love this 'book, but she's up for sale on eBay. Am I upgrading? Actually, I'm downgrading.
I am selling my iBook 500 (with 640 megs of ram, MS Office 2001 and Norton) for *hopefully* $1,200. I am also going to sell my external 20 gig portable FW harddrive. With those two gone a a ton of cash in hand, I'm going to get myself an iBook SE 466. The graphite one with a DVD rom. I'm also going to get an iPod and a 30 gig 9.5mm hard drive. Really strange, I know, but I think I'll be happier in the long run.
The 466 is pretty close to a 500. I don't think I'll be able to tell much a difference in speed. But because this 'book is most likely out of warranty I will be able to upgrade the internal HD w/o a guilty concience. And, the biggie, I'll have an iPod.
This was probably a meaningless post, but I guess I want some reassurance that what I'm not really kicking myself in the nads, I'm getting what I really want out my Mac.
I am selling my iBook 500 (with 640 megs of ram, MS Office 2001 and Norton) for *hopefully* $1,200. I am also going to sell my external 20 gig portable FW harddrive. With those two gone a a ton of cash in hand, I'm going to get myself an iBook SE 466. The graphite one with a DVD rom. I'm also going to get an iPod and a 30 gig 9.5mm hard drive. Really strange, I know, but I think I'll be happier in the long run.
The 466 is pretty close to a 500. I don't think I'll be able to tell much a difference in speed. But because this 'book is most likely out of warranty I will be able to upgrade the internal HD w/o a guilty concience. And, the biggie, I'll have an iPod.
This was probably a meaningless post, but I guess I want some reassurance that what I'm not really kicking myself in the nads, I'm getting what I really want out my Mac.