On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Al Poulin <[email protected]> wrote: > > On May 30, 5:56 pm, Alexander MacLeod <[email protected]> wrote: > >> What about the basic $999 White MacBook? It's the only MacBook that >> still has a firewire port, which is very important, to me at least. >> >> I think that buying any PPC-based Mac at this point is of dubious >> value. Once Snow Leopard comes out, Apple is officially leaving PPC >> architecture behind. Also, you can run Windows on the Intel-based Macs >> (if you must), and boot from USB 2.0 devices as well. >> >> I'd go with the White MacBook. Just my $.02. > > And the early 2009 2.0 GHz model which includes both Firewire and > Superdrive is now in closeout at Smalldog Electronics for $899.99. > Likely other vendors will be doing the same thing. Apple just made a > speed bump on this entry level machine. > http://www.smalldog.com/product/73058
The thing is that the recent speed bump is well worth the extra $100. It includes a better processor, but more importantly the Nvidia 9400M integrated graphics, which is far superior to the previous Intel graphics engine. It's got a bigger hard drive, and a faster system bus, too. Alex --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
