[H-GEN] Buying an Apple Powerbook...?????

[Harry Phillips]

On Thu, 2005-06-09 at 12:09 +1000, Gary Curtis wrote:
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> Hi People,
> 
> I was two weeks away from buying a 12" Powerbook.  Then Steve Jobs
> dropped his bombshell about Intel.  What is the general consensus out
> there??   Do I keep my $$$ in my pocket for a while, hoping that Apple
> will drop the prices?  Or do I just go out and buy a regular Intel notebook
> as I was intending to run Debian most of the time anyway.

It will take until June 2006 before the new Intel inside Apples start
appearing. Are you going to wait until then for the "Old stock
clearances" sales?

> If it was your $3000, what would you do...?

Go on a holiday.

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Regards,
Harry Phillips