IMHO you need the RAM. However, in very short order, you'll be needing the disk space, too; ...so, get them both!
I've seen LaCie drives cheaper, but they're with a USB interface. If you are going to use it for a non-intensive storage function where speed is not critical, a USB LaCie drive of the capacity you want can be had from a number of places (MacMall, etc.), and the LaCie site may have them as clearance or even a refurb. unit or two. :-) Regards, Russ Preston On Jan 27, 2006, at 7:56 PM, b3 wrote: > My birthday is next week, and between my fiance and myself, I have > decided to splurge a bit and buy yet another computer related gadget. > That is where you guys (and gals) come in. > > I've decided to spend ~$120 and have narrowed my choices down to > about three things, and would like some input as to what you think > would be the best investment, long term. > > 1. a gig stick of ram for the new Powerbook. that would raise me > from my current 768mb to 1.2GHz (and freeing up a 512mb stick to > put in my fiances iBook, raising her from 512mb to 768). > > 2. an airport express. we have both been wanting this for a while, > but just never justified spending the money. it would be nice to > play our music in different rooms of the house, and with the iTunes > update that lets you stream to multiple AEs and use your computers > speakers, this became more attractive. (plus, it would be nice if > we could print wirelessly. I know that the Epson R200 has some > issues printing for some people, but it's worth a shot...) > > 3. another 160GB lacie firewire drive. I currently have a 160GB > one partitioned in half, with 80GB for backing up the Powerbooks > HD, and 80gb for storage. With my growing music/movie/pictures > collection, and those large iMovie and iDVD projects, it might be > nice to have the extra space, even if I don't need it now. (as of > this writing, I have ~22GB free on the laptop and ~18GB free on the > "storage" volume. > > so, any suggestions? > or anything else you would rec. looking into? > > rick (loves buying senseless computer stuff.... hey, it's the only > wasteful thing I do...) > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 24 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
