Ben - GASP! What kind of parent buys their child a Macintosh!?!
If you are serious about doing this to her, check with her school and find out if they have a Mac purchase program. I went to school on a Mac based campus and we had a deal set up with Apple to purchase computers at a cut rate (generally 20% cheaper than Apple's asking price for businesses). I think the bookstore ran the program at my college. Otherwise, I've noticed some good deals on iBooks on eBay where you can save a couple hundred dollars over the Mac store prices and get some games and software to boot (sorry, I don't share your thoughts on the Powerbook). The big thing to remember: MHz will not compare to a PC for the same price. M -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 6:50 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Dell vs. Mac hi gang Daughter in college is making noises about new 'puter. Her existing Dell is a PII-400 <creak, groan>. She mentioned the "M" word <eek> - some of her classmates have Macs and love them. Not sure if she wants desktop or notebook. She thinks notebook, if not too much more $$. Did a little comparing, found that there isn't much difference in price between comparably-equipped Dells and Macs. I know almost nothing about Mac. Know there are a lot of things to not like about the Wintel environment, but have lived with them for years. Her applications are mostly Photoshop, Office, web/email, music (ripping cd's to her pocket MP3 player), some video editing. Oh, and The Sims (which has a Mac version now). Notebooks being considered are Dell Inspiron 8200 and Powerbook G4. Can get a 10% discount on Dell and any upgrades through work. Are there discounts on Apple? Any comments? TIA. (Hate to say it, but the Powerbook looks like a sweet machine!) -Ben ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
