Hey,
So I've been looking for a laptop for a long time now. I have my desktop PC, which I love and I am not getting rid of. I want a laptop as a secondary computer and for vacations. Now I can pay for the laptop up front, but it would be MUCH easier for me to finance it, so I definitely want to go that route (I don't think I want the laptop if I have to pay full price up front). I am looking for a sub-5lbs laptop with a 12.1" screen, DVD/CD-RW drive, integrated modem and 10/100 Ethernet, wireless LAN, and basically all the standard stuff. I am essentially looking for a full-featured "thin-and-light" for under $1,500. As much as I dislike Apple and how I'd rather have a Windows notebook, the Apple iBook is just too convincing and here is my reasoning:
1.) The iBook is only $1,150 configured the way I want it. Nice educational discount, too that was easy to obtain.
2.) It was easiest to obtain Apple financing. I already filled out the form and those fools approved me instantly for up to $2,000. The Juniper Bank card is in the mail on its way here as I type this.
3.) Apple computers have really good resale value when it comes time to sell it off.
4.) If you ask around for how people feel about a laptop brand, everybody seems to hate every company they purchase a laptop from. Gateway, Dell, Toshiba, HP, etc. Just yesterday I was at Best Buy at Customer Service and this guy at the Geek Squad department (that's really the name, I'm not making a joke) was complaining to his co-worker how he has had to send in two or three laptops several times already to get them fixed for multiple problems and they still haven't been repaired yet. Or he pointed at the HP laptop how he sent it in to get the hard drive fixed, and they sent in back with the repaired hard drive but no more functioning backlight on the LCD! I never ever hear complains from Apple laptop owners/users and Apple is known for making quality laptops. I am an advanced PC user, but as you all know, it's almost impossible to repair a laptop yourself when something hardware-based goes wrong.
As you can tell, it's pretty much a green light for the iBook and I have seriously been doing research for months upon months, but I keep coming back to the iBook, so I think that is the right way to go. If anybody has some last-minute suggestions on a thin-and-light value notebook (sub-$1,500) from a company that will give me financing, or any "don't go with the iBook for a good reason" suggestions, I'm all ears before I "pull the trigger" so to speak. Although I have no problem going with an Apple machine, I'd rather go with a Windows PC for compatibility issues in the long run and the fact that I am so comfortable with and used to Windows but that doesn't seem to be an option due to the low price/high features I'm after.
Thanks,
MrElussive
So I've been looking for a laptop for a long time now. I have my desktop PC, which I love and I am not getting rid of. I want a laptop as a secondary computer and for vacations. Now I can pay for the laptop up front, but it would be MUCH easier for me to finance it, so I definitely want to go that route (I don't think I want the laptop if I have to pay full price up front). I am looking for a sub-5lbs laptop with a 12.1" screen, DVD/CD-RW drive, integrated modem and 10/100 Ethernet, wireless LAN, and basically all the standard stuff. I am essentially looking for a full-featured "thin-and-light" for under $1,500. As much as I dislike Apple and how I'd rather have a Windows notebook, the Apple iBook is just too convincing and here is my reasoning:
1.) The iBook is only $1,150 configured the way I want it. Nice educational discount, too that was easy to obtain.
2.) It was easiest to obtain Apple financing. I already filled out the form and those fools approved me instantly for up to $2,000. The Juniper Bank card is in the mail on its way here as I type this.
3.) Apple computers have really good resale value when it comes time to sell it off.
4.) If you ask around for how people feel about a laptop brand, everybody seems to hate every company they purchase a laptop from. Gateway, Dell, Toshiba, HP, etc. Just yesterday I was at Best Buy at Customer Service and this guy at the Geek Squad department (that's really the name, I'm not making a joke) was complaining to his co-worker how he has had to send in two or three laptops several times already to get them fixed for multiple problems and they still haven't been repaired yet. Or he pointed at the HP laptop how he sent it in to get the hard drive fixed, and they sent in back with the repaired hard drive but no more functioning backlight on the LCD! I never ever hear complains from Apple laptop owners/users and Apple is known for making quality laptops. I am an advanced PC user, but as you all know, it's almost impossible to repair a laptop yourself when something hardware-based goes wrong.
As you can tell, it's pretty much a green light for the iBook and I have seriously been doing research for months upon months, but I keep coming back to the iBook, so I think that is the right way to go. If anybody has some last-minute suggestions on a thin-and-light value notebook (sub-$1,500) from a company that will give me financing, or any "don't go with the iBook for a good reason" suggestions, I'm all ears before I "pull the trigger" so to speak. Although I have no problem going with an Apple machine, I'd rather go with a Windows PC for compatibility issues in the long run and the fact that I am so comfortable with and used to Windows but that doesn't seem to be an option due to the low price/high features I'm after.
Thanks,
MrElussive
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