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To: Marc Newman who wrote (31765)	1/11/2002 3:42:00 AM
From: tcmay	Respond to of 213182

I bought a G4 Titanium, 550/256/20 today. "The more I think about it the happier I am with how this quarter is shaping up. I expect very little from the PB line and unless the pro line gets bumped up in time to ship the units same with them. But the iBook should have a good quarter and the iMac a great one, especially since the top-end machine is now $1800 freaking dollars. That helps revenues a lot and profits. Retailers must love it too because there's almost no margin on $799 or even $999 iMacs." Now that MacWorld announcements are in the bag, I went out today to look at the new 14.1-inch iBook to see if it's a good alternative to the G4 PowerBooks. The screen was bright (both turned up to maximum), but I decided that the 550 MHz G4 PB was a better deal for just a few hundred dollars more than the new 14.1-inch iBook. So I bought one of the 550 MHz G4s at my local ComputerWare dealer. (I could have saved a little by buying mail-order, in sales tax, but I prefer to support the dealer I shop at for small stuff regularly. I've bought my last four Macs at this dealer, or some ownership variant thereof.) The new iMac with the Superdrive looks to be a real winner. The Superdrive and Apple DVD authoring software is worth quite a bit. But I have to question the price point for the new 14.1-inch iBook. Why would anyone pay $1800 for a G3-based iBook when a G4-based Titanium PB can be gotten for about the same price (older G4s) and for just a few hundred more for the newer design of the 550 MHz version? (Both versions with Combo drives...) BTW, I'm happy with my TiBook. I debated getting the "no compromises" 667/512/48 GB configuration, but decided the slightly slower version was enough for now. Buying the "bleeding edge" is not always the best idea. With the money I saved, I can feel better about buying the Big Announcement of 2003. -Tim May