What to do?

i would keep it. i mean i bet that those new PBs in january aren't going to be so great that the PB you ordered will wet itself next to it, so i would stick with it, and wait for the next major revision IE. geeefive

 

If you are really in need of a machine now, I'd say keep your order. It should be very adequate for your needs. You will have the enjoyment of your PowerBook over the holidays. It seems that no matter when you purchase there is always something newer coming. There may not even be a major upgrade in January anyway. My thought is that sometimes you are better off waiting for the Rev. B or second generation model. That way any problems will be fixed.

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return it, get a 12" 1.2 iBook instead; that'll hold you off until MWSF, when new PowerBooks arrive. by then, too, those PB's will be 10-15% cheaper across the board.

 

Well with the new low power G5's I'd say they'll have G5's in PBs probably near May. Since you bought it now, enjoy it, and then when the G5's come out, sell it on here for about 3/4 or 7/8 of what you paid for it. You'll be surprised what people will pay for things like that. I say to keep the one you have now, then when new ones with G5's come out, sell that one and get a new one.

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As I said in another thread:

Ati just announced the x300 and x800 mobility. The x800 has even 256MB RAM. I'm hoping for those in the PBs.
My thoughts for MWSF and the PBs:

- x300/x800/GeF6200 GPU
- announced G4 2,0 GHz CPU or G5 mobile
- 100 GB HD
- 8x DVD-R/4x DVD-RW/2x Dual-Layer DVD-R

I would definitely wait if you have the use for those. But you ordered the 60GB HD so you won't have a need for the 100 GB HD. You need to know if you'd use the other upgrades. If you do not then keep it.
For me, if they manage to get all of the above in I will buy a new PB the second it appears in the store.

 

I'd say keep it. I have the 1.5 and its blazing fast. Plus having the very best obviously isn't super important to you, you ordered the 1.33. The only advantage of waiting is the cost. But if you have to pay to ship it back, your probably not looking at a huge difference. Tough call, but I'd just enjoy your new PB!

-quack

 

I would stick to the powerbook that you have ordered. While I do believe that the Powerbooks will get a new revision in January (simply because they are due one according to Apple's historical 9 month average life cycle for Powerbooks). Apple has now ironed out all the bugs in these PB's and are super reliable in my opinion. These powerbooks can handle just about anything that you throw at them, so unless you plan to do a lot of video editing, then I would stick to what you have and enjoy it. I would plan to upgrade the Powerbook when Apple release the 2nd Gen G5 Powerbook. I would only send back if you really don't need it until Feb next year. Also consider that even if Apple announce a new product in Jan, you might not actually get it for a couple of months, take a look at the 2.5 G5 shipping thread to see what I mean.

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=79590

 

Because of the resale value on apples in general (especially laptops) I say keep it, and sell it right before the new ones should be out. Now nobody knows when that will be, but we will try our best to anticipate it for you.

 

I agree. Then, when you buy your PowerBook, sell me your iBook at half the price.

 

I think that your nervous anticipation will be well rewarded. Let us know your thoughts on the new arrival. Hopefully the sleeeve will arrive sooner than expected.

Is this what you ordered? The descriptions sounds as though you should be OK.

http://shinza.com/product_info.php?products_id=46

 

the dirt is from the oils on your fingers staying on the keys and the keys rubbing against the screen. The aluminums are a bit better in this respect then the Ti's (I have had many) but i would still get something. I used to use a piece of felt the size of the keyboard but it was thick and the top didn't sit nice and flush ( not like any of the aluminums do). I ended up buying a leather one from smalldog.com but OWC has great stuff as well. either or will suffice.

Congrats on the new baby... I'm sure you are gonna love it.

 

You can open word docs in text edit but it is by no means equivelent.

 

Text edit... oh BOY.

Please do yourself a favor - don't bother. AppleWorks should be included... that's like Apple's equivalent to Word but I'll be frank with you, MS Office is a hell of a lot better.

 

TextEdit is a simple text editor but it does a good job, it even supports opening and saving Word documents. AppleWorks only comes with consumer Macs like the iBook and iMac. Microsoft makes a version of Office for Mac.