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Well, after yet another problem with my Dell laptop, the second in a year and a few months that I've had it, it is revealed that my motherboard is screwed. The price to fix it? A cool $500 as well as a trip for the laptop to Tennessee. It was decided that it's time for a new laptop, and the unreliable and sometimes unresponsive Dell would not be the provider of the new notebook. I decided on the Mac Powerbook G4, as well as Microsoft Works for Mac Student Edition. Does anyone out there have a Powerbook or Mac machine? What is your experience with them? I've heard nothing but phenomenal things about these machines, and I'm really excited to get to know Mac and Tiger (which comes with it, by the way).

not a Mac guy, but you really can't go wrong with those, and as long as your happy with what you get (upgradability isn't their best feature), and don't mind substituting current software for "compatable" versions (less true now than in the recent past) and waiting for games to come out for it (if at all, heh), then you should be ok.

and the "kicker" for me to stay PC? can you say "right-click"?

Not a gamer, so that isn't an issue. As for software, I'll be happy with Tiger definitely.

The Esmer wrote:and the "kicker" for me to stay PC? can you say "right-click"?

Amen Brutha! (And user-friendly.)

--A

werd up, --A! I remember my "first time" on a Mac (one that actually had a mouse, heh, the real first time was back in '82 at HS Vocational School on an Apple II ), I felt completely lost haha! Hate that dam keyboard, too, and I've "re-loaded" a couple of G4's and Powerbooks, and was quite a hassle to figure everything out. Once known, I'm sure it wouldn't be any more difficult than a PC in reality, I just take 20 yrs of PC exposure for granted and it all seems too easy for me, heh. all in all, *shrug*, meh, you can have 'em, I like ripping mine apart, and also procuring choice custom parts for mine to build one Kustom Machine!

Games are also critical for me, but dam, no right click? aaarrrggghh!

True, I've had a PC since I was 10, and only touched my first Mac at 25. Found it totally counter-intuitive though. And that context-sensitive right click is a boon.

People can say what they like, I'm never gonna be comfortable with a Mac. At least have a fair idea of how a PC works. (And I take mine apart so often, I've lost the cover screws. )

--A

I have a G4 imac. Runs great. If you use the Microsoft Office suite, get it for the Mac. I like Office for Mac much better than the Windows version. Its so much easier to use. From the office, I find myself emailing Word documents home to work on because I can get it done quicker at home.

yea, the keyboards type WAY faster on a Mac......

You noticed that too!!!!!

--A

I have a mac student edition... it runs fine and I have few problems with it. (I have a school laptop on loan until high school graduation...which is soon) But the only real problem is compatible software.....If you were to want to find certain program you would want ,chances are they may not be compatible for mac other than that their fine......(BTW the keyboards can break easy).

If you get one of the new Intel based Macs you can install Boot Camp on it and have both Tiger and XP installed, so compatibility problems are a thing of the past for new Mac users. Apparently XP runs fabulously well on these new machines.

Nice to know! Thanks!

Why anyone would go back to XP from Tiger, beyond compatability issues, is beyond me. I find Tiger far superior.