Should I buy the current PowerBook G4?

[generik]

and the next line will completely blow them out of the water in terms of performance, [strikethrough]function, and quality [/strikethrough](hopefully addressing all of the horizontal lines/hard drive/superdrive issues).

Yeap, I believe you are partly right.

With one less firewire port, and more and more costs being cut in the manufacture of these things I can only see the next PBs being closer to Dells.

i strongly third

You guys own AAPL shares?

 

[ZorPrime]

I strongly 5th!

I strongly 6th. If you need it now/yesturday by all means.

just my 2¢

 

[QCassidy352]

I say no. This is a really bad time to buy a powerbook.

The 12" is woefully underpowered. It has less on board RAM than the ibook, a weaker (and truly pitiful) video card (though more VRAM), and a sub-par screen.

The 15" has a well known and VERY widespread screen problem.

The 17" has an uneven backlighting problem. And I just hate the 17" but that's just me.

Apple needs to update the 12" and get some serious quality control on the 15".

The ibook is a much, much better choice right now. Though I do wish they'd upgrade the screen there, too.

 

[asherman13]

You guys own AAPL shares?

why do you ask?

 

[OutThere]

Go for it. I just got a 12" Powerbook (I needed it now, no exceptions), and I love it. If you put it off to MWSF and nothing comes out you'll just be disappointed.

It comes down to this: if you need it now, get it. If you want it now, but are fine without it, wait and see.

Just FYI, the 14" iBook monitor is really not good, I wouldn't suggest it at all. It's dim, rough and prone to white spots, whereas the 12" Powerbook monitor is significantly brighter and sharper. So far I love it.

If you have such a complex with having the fastest computer around, you should build your own computer, not stand on your toes waiting for Apple to release something faster.