Another avenue to consider is the Refurb section of the Apple store:
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wa/RSLID?mco=MTE3NjY&nclm=CertifiedMac
which can save you some extra bucks. Ditto on the AppleCare, especially
if you go with a referb. Laptops just get banged and bumped more than
desktops so I always spring for the 3-year maintenance just in case.
CB
David Poehlman wrote:
I have something for you to consider. First, you can still get computers
with xp on them but even if you do go with a Mac, best buy is not your best
bet. You are better off going streight to apple and having it shipped for
free and customizing it to your liking. Buy the apple care plan right away
and while you are at it, hop on over to newegg.com and pick up a copy of xp
pro sp2 for $139.99. Reason? Leopard comes with bootcamp and you can
install windows and boot into it as though you were using a dedicated
windows system and this way, while you are getting up to speed on the Mac
and to do things we cannot yet do on the Mac that you may wish to do in
windows. Oh, yeah, you'll still have to lay out the bread for jaws if/when
you go with windows on your Mac but it'll be worth it or you could just use
your old copy of jaws since you won't have to run vista.
Getting a Mac and then another and another... was the best thing I ever did.
