15" powerbook for 1699 good price?

heggie

Hi is the previous gen powerbook (the one with 256 mb ram) good value new for 1699 ?

Maoltuile

heggie wrote:

Hi is the previous gen powerbook (the one with 256 mb ram) good value new for 1699 ?

Erm, can you give a few more details?

heggie

well its the g4 1.33, the previous one to the new ones out now, 256 ram, 60gb harddrive, combo drive, its brand new, with full warranty, wat u guys think ?

ZENER

heggie wrote:

well its the g4 1.33, the previous one to the new ones out now, 256 ram, 60gb harddrive, combo drive, its brand new, with full warranty, wat u guys think ?

You really need to provide more details. 1699 sounds reasonable for a 15" PB with a DVDR and Airport but without knowing these specifics it's difficult to comment.

Find out :

Screen Size: 12", 15" or 17"
DVD/CD-ROM: CDRW/DVD Combo or DVDRW Superdrive
Wireless: Airport Extreme and/or Bluetooth
OS/Software Bundle: OS X 10.3.x - iLife 04/05 etc.

These will all have a bearing on the price someone would be willing to pay. That said are there any more ??

ZEN

Chalk

ZENER wrote:

Screen Size: 12", 15" or 17"

theres a clue in the title

heggie

Zener, if you know anything about mac's, you'll know all the current and previous powerbooks for i dont know how long come with airpot + bluetooth, i really cant be any clearer. I have said its 256mb Ram, a COMBO drive , a FIFTEEN inch screen! anyway its sounds decent, just wonderin what you peeps thought.

Clank

The previous generation Powerbooks came with Airport and Bluetooth as standard.
The way I see it is that Powerbook is comparable power wise to the 12" combo at the moment which retails with more RAM(and possibly more CPU power, cant remember if combo 15"was 1.33Ghz or 1.5Ghz) for €1,549.01, so no its not worth it personally I wouldnt think about it till around €1300, you can get a brand new 12" with more power for new and cheaper so why buy a second hand just for a big screen.
Check here http://store.apple.com/Apple/WebObjects/irlstore.woa/91013/wo/TD9FZN2pOmFk3NR9DnM14WTa7NU/0.0.11.1.0.6.21.1.1.1.1.0.0.1.0 ....
the 12"superdrive is almost that price and that well out powers(RAM and HD(and again possibly CPU))the 15".

heggie

yeh i know what u mean, im still deciding on this or an iMac , but the screen needs to be atleast 15", btw its brand new boxed from a shop, they r selling the older models.

Clank

Why do you need the screen at least 15"?Heavy Final Cut Pro user?or just mildly blind?

heggie

graphic designer.

j26

You could always buy a larger monitor for your main use and then have the 12" Powerbook to go portable with.

Clank

Go the iMac route then(once its the G5iMac), you always get more 'bang for you buck' on desktops, and it is reasonably moveable from place to place aswell, all you need is a power socket, mouse and keyboard.