On Tue, 2005-05-24 at 21:21 -0600, Dave Smith wrote: > My brother was in the same boat 1.5 years ago for his poli-sci > undergrad. I recommended the Apple Powerbook (though iBook would be fine > too). That's turned out to be one of my best computer-related > recommendations of all time. He has had no complaints, and loves the > complimentary comments he gets from on-lookers. It'll cost you an extra > $200-500 for the Apple.
My 12" Powerbook was slightly cheaper than Evan McNabb's 12" Sony Vaio. Thus I think if you spec equivalent machines, the Apple is very competitive, often cheaper than Dell or IBM. This has been my experience. Michael -- Michael Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> .===================================. | This has been a P.L.U.G. mailing. | | Don't Fear the Penguin. | | IRC: #utah at irc.freenode.net | `==================================='
