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Is this a good offer

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  • 02-04-2006 1:49pm
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    mikemac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,986 ✭✭✭✭


    Been looking for a new laptop and decided to go with a mac. I've never used one before but I've always wanted to try one.
    I won't be carrying it around so weight isn't a huge issue.

    I'd be interested to know why mac users in this forum find them better than a Dell for example.

    Is the below a good deal? I wouldn't mind flying over to London to collect.(could visit the sister also) and see this laptop before I bought it.

    Its £450 cheaper than the Apple Uk store. The Irish Apple store is slighty more expensive than the Uk store and I guessing this is due to 17.5% VAT.

    Any opinions please?

    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Apple-PowerBook-G4-1-67GHz-512MB-120GB-SuperDrive-17_W0QQitemZ8787372793QQcategoryZ4606QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


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    #2
    uncle_sam_ie
    Registered Users Posts: 3,191 ✭✭✭uncle_sam_ie


    It's OS X that sold me fours years ago. The great hardware is just the icing. To tell you the truth I was very much against getting a Mac back then. My wife really liked the G4 lamp style iMacs and had to have one. I continued to use my windows box until it finally died months later. I didn't care for OS X at first when I had to use it, because it was so different and because I couldn't use a lot of my favorite windows apps. Soon though, OS X grew on me and when I found alternatives to the windows apps, OS X completely won me over. I would never go back to a windows pc now.

    If it was me and I was prepared to fly to get a Mac laptop I'd go to the US. You'll get a much better deal there then you would in the UK. And,all Apple Laptops come with world wide warranties. I'm hoping to get a new Macbook this summer when I go over.

    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk........ I don't trust this link at all mimclo. cgi?


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    Chardee MacDennis
    Registered Users Posts: 9,225 ✭✭✭Chardee MacDennis


    uncle_sam_ie wrote:
    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk........ I don't trust this link at all mimclo. cgi?

    sigh.. the link is fine dont worry. anyway powerbook is great cant go wrong with it and osx tiger is amazing. not a bad price well worth it.


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    #4
    uncle_sam_ie
    Registered Users Posts: 3,191 ✭✭✭uncle_sam_ie


    Ya, sorry, it's legit. I don't use e-bay.:o


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