maverick808 said:I think the original poster has decided to keep it but I would definitely have sold it simply because you are going to lose more money on this than you would normally buying a mac.
Say in a year's time you are selling this iBook and at that point every single machine Apple is selling is now an Intel. How much do you think people will be willing to pay for something they know is obsolete and, at that point, not going to be supported much in the near future?
If this was one year ago and you had an iBook then you'd know that in a year's time you would still have good resale value. If you waited a week or so and got an Intel iBook you would know that in a year's time your machine would have good resell value. However, buying right now is silly because...
1) It's almost certain that there will be a MUCH better machine within a month.
2) You're throwing money away when it comes to reselling.
Since when do you buy a computer based on its future resale value? If you buy a computer knowing that you're going to sell it in a year, isn't that a bad investment? Shouldn't you be looking into something a little more permanent than that?
If you're happy with your purchase now, and don't mind having a perfectly functioning computer that might not be the cream of the crop in a week or month's time (but what is these days? new computers are churned out all the time), I say stick with your impulsiveness.