I had a Powerbook that was purchased just a couple weeks before the Intel processor came out that served me well up until right around Thanksgiving. The battery was only lasting about 20 mins back then and the HD was making some noise here and there. It just felt sick so I decided to look at new MBP's. I came here and decided to wait for the refresh.
I've been agonizing ever since. I've bought a Mini, Touch, Express, and a few accessories since then just to try to have a new toy to displace my lust for a new MBP. Anyway, a week from this past Saturday my Powerbook officially died. I was traveling on business Tuesday and needed a laptop for a presentation. I ended up buying an HP with an i5 processor.
The reason why I say you can thank me is because my buying a new machine is why the new MBP is now right around the corner. That's how my luck is! I told my wife it would happen, and sure enough the geekbench tests showed up like a day or so later.
I was smart though. I bought my new machine from Costco and kept all the packing materials. As many know costco has a 90 day return with ZERO restocking fee on all electronics, including laptops.
Yup, that's the reason why I bought it from Costco. To keep my options open. I did however figure if I liked it I would just hand it down to my wife when I got my new MBP. The only real gotcha that I'm ashamed to say is I actually kinda like this new Windows 7. This new taskbar works really well.
Oh, I did manage to crash this new machine in 1.5 days. I'm sure many won't be surprised when I tell them it was when watching flash full screen (watching Family Guy on Zulu).
Mike
I've been agonizing ever since. I've bought a Mini, Touch, Express, and a few accessories since then just to try to have a new toy to displace my lust for a new MBP. Anyway, a week from this past Saturday my Powerbook officially died. I was traveling on business Tuesday and needed a laptop for a presentation. I ended up buying an HP with an i5 processor.
The reason why I say you can thank me is because my buying a new machine is why the new MBP is now right around the corner. That's how my luck is! I told my wife it would happen, and sure enough the geekbench tests showed up like a day or so later.
I was smart though. I bought my new machine from Costco and kept all the packing materials. As many know costco has a 90 day return with ZERO restocking fee on all electronics, including laptops.
Yup, that's the reason why I bought it from Costco. To keep my options open. I did however figure if I liked it I would just hand it down to my wife when I got my new MBP. The only real gotcha that I'm ashamed to say is I actually kinda like this new Windows 7. This new taskbar works really well. Oh, I did manage to crash this new machine in 1.5 days. I'm sure many won't be surprised when I tell them it was when watching flash full screen (watching Family Guy on Zulu).
Mike
