any hopes for a powerbook price drop soon?

don't add the ram from apple. order with one DIMM 256 and just buy a stick of 512 MB afterwards from a 3rd party. (crucial, i recommend personally.) for the same $100 extra, you'll end up with 768 instead of 512 MB.

otherwise, looks good, though i don't know much about potential price drops. it may happen, it may not. who knows... it's probably due for one, but i know you probably wouldn't want to wait.

also, ipod mini won't be shipping until mid-feb, fyi.

Al 15" (as opposed to Ti) would be pc2700.

installing the ram is no more difficult than for the desktop.

check the price for your university. they may offer a little bit better deal. for example, i know for a fact Univ. of Michigan (where i work) has a deal for the 15" for its students.

you can check the apple website for detailed instructions in pdf format of how to change your ram.

http://www.dealram.com
http://www.crucial.com
for ram, i go for crucial, more expensive but they have great quality and warranty

as for the price drops, im sure almost every mac officiando is wating to know. so your in the same boat as us. they are due for an upgrade, but unless its to a g5 spending on a g4 seems just silly

if MSU = michigan state and you could deal with 60 GB HD (i.e. "stock" 1 GHz 15"), then the quickest way is to go to Novi, MI apple store. that's 30 min. drive from lansing and you'll get your edu. discount right there.

if you are at mississippi state, then i can't help you. order online... should take maybe two weeks, at most? it's BTO with 80 GB HD so, i'm not sure.

Originally posted by lazyboy922
yes, its michigan state, but dont worry, I like u of m too yeah i guess i could deal with the 60 gig hard drive, I would probably get an external hard drive anyway. Thanks!

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OT: yeah, i'm an U of M alum, but have no problems with people actually affiliated with MSU hating U of M. what i can't stand is a random Michiganite, who just happen to pick MSU (instead of U of M) as their favorite, hating/mocking U of M. they have no stake in it!

enjoy your computer!

Wait!

You should definitely wait. There have been a lot of rumors that there will be a price drop on Monday or Tuesday. Good luck.