Which would you keep, which would you sell, and why?
This kind of question might not be totally appropriate for this forum, but here goes anyhow. If it's really off-topic, I suppose the mods can delete it, but I am really having a hard time with this decision.
I am thinking of selling off a couple of laptops for a newer (refurbished) 15-inch AlBook. I am selling an iBook for sure. Also, one of the following will go to my wife, and one will get sold to help raise cash for the newer AlBook:
1. TiBook, 15", 1GHz, 1GB RAM, 100GB hard drive, Superdrive, Airport
2. AlBook 12", 867MHz, 1.12GB RAM, 60GB hard drive, Combo drive, Airport Extreme, Bluetooth
Which one would you sell, which one would you keep, and why? I have my own ideas, but I am really on the fence as to a final decision. I need some other opinions from people who know TiBooks better than I do.
Thanks. By the way, I'm really not this indecisive in real life. Now for my next question: Given the choice between pancakes and sausage or eggs and bacon for breakfast, which would you choose and why?
IMHO no Powerbook as been as fine as a Titanium and as you have the 1GHz SD Ti I would defintely keep that. For the following reasons:
Far more comfortable screen to use. (1280x854 versus XGA)
DVI connection (instant connection to projectors/lcd monitors no need for adaptors like the Al 12)
PCMCIA slot
64Mb versus 32Mb Graphics Memory
Style - it's slimer(2.5cm Ti versus 3cm Al) and I prefer the look.
All ports convieniently on the back and under a cover to keep dust etc out.
Shed load of replacement parts available on eBay (not had to use this yet though)
and specfically because of what you list:
100Gb HDD versus 60Gb
Superdrive versus Combo
Processor Speed
You can soon add BT, 802.11g, card reader or USB 2 (or any future technology) to a Ti via the PCMCIA but even though the Al has AE and BT you can't add FW800 or whatever else crops up to the Al 12.
The negatives of the Ti would be - battery is most likely to critically fail shortly and the slower memory speed on the Ti.
I love my Ti, even though it's three years old now (still 2.5hrs charge!) new Al books are not at all tempting - tell me what else I could achieve witha new Al over the Ti?
regards
mrtotes
P.S. Pancakes for breakfast - absolutely bonkers! I tried it once on my Honeymoon to Canada - it won't catch on. Eggs and bacon is the way ahead, but a Full English would be preferable...
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Why, after reading that, would you post benchmarks that tell me the 8800 is better for gaming and the 1900 is better for core image. I don't really understand...
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