Comments on: My Laptop is on the Verge of Death

By: Kramer

Kramer — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:18:06 +0000

Van, I have Powerbook G3 I’d love to get rid of, if you’re interested.

Check the Apple Refurbished store as well. I bought my MacBook from it and haven’t had a problem. It looks like for MBP, you can either get $700 or $400 off, depending on which model you get.

By: vanlandw

vanlandw — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:59:31 +0000

I have my iMac that is still chugin I hardly use I need a laptop as I’m not really doing much work at my desk anymore. I was tossin around the idea of going iMac/iPhone but I don’t want to get attached to a telephone and I can play real games on a MBP while I’m not at home.

Thank you everybody for the assistance. Maybe I should just get a tablet

lol?

By: Vanberge

Vanberge — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 22:32:00 +0000

I’d probably get a power mac and iphone combo before buying a macbook pro. :-*

By: vanlandw

vanlandw — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:20:48 +0000

vanberge - if i went MBP route i would get a 15 inch. The 17 inch is just gigantic. If i needed more monitor real estate external LCD 22WC’s are pretty cheap now I would just buy one of those.

jja - i hate to agree with you over numba 4 but you are right. You are jja.

I don’t plan on pulling the plug any time soon but you guys have all offered good suggestions KEEP EM COMIN

brb

By: jeff

jeff — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 05:34:13 +0000

Vanbergay, there is truth in that. However of he got the 17″ he would complain about how big it is

By: Vanberge

Vanberge — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 02:24:14 +0000

jja - if he gets a 15 inch macbook, he will always say “i wish i had a 17 inch screen”.

vanbergs is right. vanberge is probably right.

Vanlandw, i wish you well and hope you find the best laptop for vanlandw; whatever that may be.

By: vanbergs

vanbergs — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:26:25 +0000

Who the fuck is ‘eric’?

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:32:50 +0000

Quit screwing around, and just get a 15″ MacBook Pro. If you get anything less you will obsess about it forever, just like you do with your iMac. Also, it is probably the only laptop that has a chance of lasting for your 8 year upgrade cycle.

Eric’s hp laptop cannot have comparable stats to the 17″ MacBook Pro, because of the differences in quality of the actual hardware. Getting laptops with comparable specs show that MBP’s are price competitively for what they offer.

By: vanbergs

vanbergs — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:09:04 +0000

I am sorry to learn of your laptop troubles, vanlandw.

The only good thing about that though, is really high-end laptops have probably never been cheaper than they are right now. You could probably get a really badass piece of hardware for far less than a grand. I hate to say it, but vanberge is probably right.

The only reason I’d recommend you get a Macbook is if they still toss in the free iPods along with them. That way you can kill two birds with one stone
Other than that, don’t get a Toshiba. While mine has been a pretty versatile workhorse, it euthanizes itself whenever it gets too warm. I guess overheating is a problem with a lot of the Toshibas.

Also, get a new tv.

brb.

By: Vanberge

Vanberge — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:34:36 +0000

personally, when i bought a laptop i couldn’t justify spending literally twice as much money for similarly specked hardware to buy a mac. the 17 inch powerbook is very similar in horsepower to my 17 inch hp; and costs 1400 dollars more.

clearly you should get an EEEpc and run teh linux.