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taking another loan out to get a 17" Powerbook i've been dying to get one of these for ages, and I've been working things out money-wise.....I think I might be able to get a financial loan with Apple to get one. The trouble is, I've already still got a 4 year loan on the go from my iBook, and I'm not sure if I'll be able to take out another loan. I've got a 100% credit rating because I've never ever missed payments on my contracted mobile phone, my loan, or my contracted broadband, so technically they should let me have one right? Anyways...I really do want one of the newer 17" ones.....and you can have a 128MB graphics card added as extra too (which is what i'll do if i get one)! |
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what's wrong with the ibook? |
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nothing terribly bad with it specs: 900MHz G3 640MB RAM (upgraded to the max) 40GB HDD 24x CD Burner and DVD reader drive i have speed issues rewiring Reason and Cubase and having some VSTi's open, and I can't run AvP2 or Tron 2.0 on this machine........and if i get a new powerbook i'll be able to play DOOM3 (which i absolutley MUST do!) i'm a huge DOOM fan you see |
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Get a PC |
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if playing doom3 is worth the loan: buy it, but if i were you i'd sell the ibook first |
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pogo don't like how PC's crash so often i could build one myself, but i don't have enough room in my bedroom :( -crazone well, yeh it is :) my iBook will be given to my girlfriend if I get the Powerbook - she needs a decent machine for her Music Tech course |
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I would be carefull with taking another loan. maybe save up for a while. |
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i can't save up.........by the time i had the money for it, it'd be like 3 years away i'm sorry, but i'm not waiting 3 years to play DOOM3, or do some serious stuff with Cubase and Reason and stuff. |
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I was in your shoes this time last year, osc. I ended up picking up an alienware area51-m laptop. Its a beast, to be sure. Stick with the mac though, because I wanted to get a refund on this laptop for a powerbook. But i just found out their warranty doesnt offer a refund after 90 days. boohoo |
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How long have you got left on your ibook payments? and how long till they stick a g5 in a powerbook? |
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brokephones i've heard those laptops are THE BOMB, especially for games.......they're the guys that do all the bright coloured laptops right? anyways, out of PC laptops id have, AlienWare is one of them! along with Sony, and Toshiba warphex my iBook payments are until 2007 :( and the powerbook one will probably be 4 years too it'll be a VERY long time before we see G5 laptops - Apple are having problems keeping the CPU cool enough to be used in a portable, and anyways, have you seen the size of the G5?? It's humongous.......well for a CPU anyway's.....but I wouldn't want a G5......not yet anyway, because you can't run Virtual PC on them because they're 64bit and VPC is 32bit |
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Well when I got it in sept. the best video card in the unit was 64meg, which is already getting outdated |
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BE CAREFUL! To loan money is to strap more weight and more chains to yourself. Get a better job, you've proven your a hard worker now try for a job with more pay, cut down on the buying things. |
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Good words, DoctorMO. I'd save up oscillik. |
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brokephones yeah, but still a 64MB card is good........this iBook only has 32, and i wish i had a better card..........that's why if i go for this powerbook, i'm going for the 128 add-on DoctorMO i can't get another Job, i'm not employable remember? and i can't save |
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Ah thats a bit long to be paying finance for me, i fell into the trap , ive got 6 months left on my 11g loan ive been paying for 4 years and since i took out my loan ive bought my own house , ive really struggled but soon i can get my life back :) will you be living at your folks house untill all this is paid off ? |
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most probably i don't know i am hoping to get a place in Burton on Trent, but it's hard because to live there you need a job there, and to get a job there you need to live there it's a pain in the arse but yeah, i'll most probably still be living at home |
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You are employable, personally I'd take some evening courses to help build confidence. one of the things that holds you back osc is what you think of yourself. God I can't wait to get rid of my loan, I shortened it's time to a year instead of 3, £390 a month, very heavy repayments probably more than I should be able to afford but I want it gone so I'm not chained to nothing incase I want to move anywhere (you know like boston maybe) |
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i'm not employable because everyone wants either experience, or qualifications........i have neither you're planning on emigrating??? that's the bomb!!!! i hope all works out for you mate :) |
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who said anything about planning or emigrating, still half american half british and not planning anything, but you know just incase. I think you put yourself down too much man, think about it you go to get a job so you get money, they get you and your abilities, so your not a graduate of law you can still get into many many areas of not only IT but engineering and the service sector. |
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i'd double check on stuff like that man, but either way, it's the bomb if you can get over there DocMO, i don't put myself down without good reason - I went through about 16 interviews before I got this job I'm in now, and every one of them didn't want me. I'm not an employable guy. I dunno if it's the way I look, the way I talk, or my capabilities....but it can't be my capabilities because I know shitloads about computers, Music Tech and the like.....it's not like i'm not capable of doing stuff. |
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Prove yourself to them, you need to go into interviews with the attitude that this job is yours and you want it and you can do it better than anyone else. employers are more willing these days to consider more than qualifications so I'm thinking it's just attitude. and you do look better now than you did before I know it's horrible to consider but conforming to get in the door is sometimes easier than fighting it. |
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update i've been accepted for the loan, and here is what i'm getting: 17" PowerBook 1.5GHz G4 1 GB DDR RAM (2 modules) 80GB 54000rpm Hard Drive 128MB ATI Radeon 9700 Mobility Graphics Card SuperDrive (burns DVDs at 4x) AirPort Extreme Base Station (without Modem) AppleCare 3 year extended warranty Professional Backpack case by Brenthaven The only problem is that the estimated shipping date is "on or before 31/05/2004" and I visit my girlfriend for the week beginning the 24/05/2004 knowing my luck it wont get here before I go :( Well, at least I was approved for the loan anyways! |
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oh i forgot...... Extra Battery for 17" PowerBook also in the order |
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not a bad idea. i just hope for your sake you make good on your payments, because having bad credit has ruined some people's financial states. |
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well i should be able to make the payments So far i've had a contracted mobile phone for nearly two years now, never missed a payment i've had a loan for my iBook which is coming up to a year, and i've never missed a payment and i've had broadband for a few months, never missed a payment not bad for someone who's 21 in October, eh? ;) oh and btw, my mobile phone bills averaged at about £80 a month, topping out at £140 |
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ok, this is kinda weird can anyone shed some light on this? the other day, the shipping method for my items was something like "express" or something in the same context. now it says "Merge In Transit" (see attached pic) what does that mean? the computer is being built somewhere, then the computer gets sent to another place to be put with the rest of my items and then its forwarded onto me? |
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