I've been thinking of getting a new computer for a while...
I've convinced myself it has to be a laptop so that I can use it on BART on my way to work, and other places while I'm out and about...
So I'm thinking to myself, "Mac or PC?". I've never owned a Mac. (wayyyyyy back when I had an Apple //c and Apple ][ + but never and Apple IIe or an Apple IIGS)...
A lot of things about a Mac Book Pro laptop looks great (can run windows, can run UNIX / Mac OS X, etc) BUT... only 2 (not 4) USB ports, 7200 RPM drive optional (not standard), and no button mouse (i'm not a big mousepad fan) **AND** a (relatively) huge price tag ($2000+ AND $300 for applecare). That's WAY expensive compared to *many* PC laptops selling for at least half of that!!!
(AND BOY AM I GLAD I DIDN'T GET A MAC LAPTOP WITH 802G BUILT IN... They just started rolling them out with 802N, and from talking to someone at an Apple store, apparently it might not be easy for someone with 802G to upgrade to N later down the road)
Don't get me wrong, a Mac seems to have a lot more soul than a PC (and running a more stable OS than windows), but 2k USD + for a machine with essentially wintel type hardware? Something doesn't make sense.... Sure there's cheaper Mac Books out there (used, smaller screens, etc), but when you're using a program like Live, you want all the horsepower and screen space you can get...
Ok, there's probably going to be a cheaper regular 15 inch mac book, but are prices going to drop on everything else too??? It's also perplexing considering that the iMac prices are relatively more reasonable compared to PC prices.
I really hope MacBook Pro prices drop a lot!!! (i.e. from "starting at $2000" to say, starting at "$1000"), otherwise, I can see myself doing a bunch of homework, getting a PC laptop with a built in webcam and an extra HD to do some OS swapping, and buying and loading Mac OS X on it myself (think OSx86). I just wonder what the guy at the Apple genius bar is going to think when he sees a *PC* running Mac OS X!
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