Fixing to purchase apple laptop need quick advice

[ToddW]

Okay so I am fixing to either purchase one of the following:

1Ghz ibook fully loaded
640Mb RAM
60Gb HD
AE
BT

or

refurbed 1.25Ghz 15" PB
512MB RAM
80Gb HD
AE
BT

I want to order today. What is everyones opinions about refurbished computers from Apple here in the US. Are the reliable, do they come with iLife 04, panther all the cables etc???


Hope folks are on the boards, I'm going to be a switcher baby yeah!!!

[CubeHacker]

Okay so I am fixing to either purchase one of the following:

1Ghz ibook fully loaded
640Mb RAM
60Gb HD
AE
BT

or

refurbed 1.25Ghz 15" PB
512MB RAM
80Gb HD
AE
BT

I want to order today. What is everyones opinions about refurbished computers from Apple here in the US. Are the reliable, do they come with iLife 04, panther all the cables etc???


Hope folks are on the boards, I'm going to be a switcher baby yeah!!!


I think just about everyone here would recommend a 15" Powerbook over a 14" iBook. Including me :) It looks far better, is faster, has a better video card, larger HD, etc.

[ToddW]

I'm just worried about it being a refurb

[johnnyjibbs]

I've never had a refurb but I've heard a lot of success stories. It's fully guaranteed by Apple so no worries if it is a dud, and you save a lot of money. I would definitely reccommend a 15" PB (espcially the 1.25 GHz version) over the 14" iBook. Plus, things like AirPort card and stuff are included in the PowerBook, including Superdrive and other goodies.

[ToddW]

Well I ordered it.

A 15" 1.25GHz PB
w/
Bluetooth
AE
80GB HD

I can't believe I did it. I am going to switch from Windows to a mac.

I will keep everyone updated.

[johnnyjibbs]

Well done and good luck with it! I'm sure it'll be great - these PowerBooks are really nice machines!

[discoforce]

Well I ordered it.

A 15" 1.25GHz PB
w/
Bluetooth
AE
80GB HD

I can't believe I did it. I am going to switch from Windows to a mac.

I will keep everyone updated.

Man you did need advice quick! :p

To provide reassurance while you wait for your new baby to arrive - I just got the exact same refurb from Smalldog, and I absolutely love it!!! :D

If it's not new, I can't tell. There are no scratches, dead pixels, or any other problems that I've come across in the past few days (and my wife can tell you I've been playing with everything on it!).

It came with panther - which I upgraded to 10.3.3
iLife 04 wasn't installed, but the DVD upgrade was included
All cables were in their original bags and even all of the little plastic caps were on the ends!

And it was $500 cheaper!!!

Yeah, I'm a little satisfied :D

[latergator116]

Apple refurbs are geat! They come with everything a new one comes with - cables, cd's, manuals, etc.

Also if you do have a problem with it or find out that it is missing something, no need to worry because it has the same exact warranty as all new computers.

I have a refurb iBook 700mhz and it is great. Good luck!

[edesignuk]

Looks good mate, enjoy it! If you have any money left over head to Crucial.com and pick yourself up another 512MB of RAM for it, it'll make all the difference :)

[ToddW]

Yeah definately going to pick up a stick of 512MB when it gets here. I am really excited about it. I have a ton of photos and stuff to organize. The PB is going to be the perfect accessory to my ipod.

[discoforce]

Yeah definately going to pick up a stick of 512MB when it gets here. I am really excited about it. I have a ton of photos and stuff to organize. The PB is going to be the perfect accessory to my ipod.

That's funny. After playing with itunes for the first time I was beginning to think an ipod would be the perfect accessory for my powerbook :p

[thirteen1031]

Let us know how you like your new powerbook when it arrives. Congrats on the purchase--you won't regret it.

[michaelrjohnson]

wow... too late to get in on this thread, but congratulations!

[ToddW]

when i originally ordered it. it was slated not to ship until at least the 12th. the shipping confirmation came last night. i also orderd a 160GB firewire/USB 2.0 drive for it. speaking of external drives, i need to copy photos and tunes over from my windows partition to this external harddrive. the questions i have are the following:

1. should i format the drive FAT32 in windows, i may be confused but macs can read FAT32 right?

2. is it possible to share this drive once it is plugged into my powerbook with my PC?


Thanks for answering all the questions I have had over the past couple of months regarding wanting to switch.

The really filled my order pretty quick, I thought that was rather odd?