Major decision point

[ceagle]

Why do these things always happen when money is tight?

You may have read about my macMiseries lately.. with the audio and now the video freeze problems. :<
I haven't been able to do much at all online the last few days, because even with the minimum ram and no airport, I'm still getting the system freezes consistently a few minutes after startup now... *sigh*
Thank goodness I was able to get this older backup machine last year from yasha_taur ... *whew.. hugs thanksthanks*

But the dilemma is this:
I already went through the logic board recall in December last year, and Apple is telling me that the warranty on that is Only 3 Months... then it's $300 every time it breaks again... which could be Every 3 Months! ;P
I could get a whole NEW (used) laptop for that!

So now the question is:
a) pay $50 to bench-test to be absolutely sure it's the problem
b) skip that and just buy another machine, either a
c) used mac, or a
d) used windows machine

Whichever one, this will have a to a speed boost... probably to 800 or 900 minimum, since if I get a mac powerbook, I really want to get one of the last ones with the ability to boot in 9. (Any thoughts Yasha? email me?) :>

But even a used win machine would be okay.... though maybe I'm just thinking that right now because I'm so pissed at the moment with Apple only backing their hardware for 90 measly days...

grr!

Comments

[kaysho.livejournal.com]

I can't swear to anything on the Mac side, never having bought a Mac laptop; but on the Wintel side of things, there's a big price war going on right now in the laptop market as the low-end price point makes its slide from $700 - $800 (last Christmas) to $500 - $600. Best Buy has an off-again, on-again sale ("while supplies last", basically) on a Toshiba Satellite notebook for just $499. It's not a kick-ass notebook, but it's got good basics (15" screen, 40GB HD, 256MB RAM, b/g wireless, CD burner) ... and it's essentially the notebook I bought for myself at Christmas for $699. :)

Or if you want a Dell, you're welcome to use my employee discount (such little as it is), but if you can catch one of the Toshibas it's probably a better value.

that's sum helpful shtuff!

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

*wags*
Thanks for the tips... and I'll look forward to mebbe tryin' one o' them options soon!
Chat with ya after a week of da kine hula luau... ;D