Laptop Question

[Agentbolt]

Now that my desktop rig is done, I need a laptop to use for trips home, coffee shops, that sort of thing. I figured since I want to learn to use Mac OSX and I don't need this laptop to do very much, I could just get a Mac notebook. All I need from it is:

A) Internal wireless (I believe it's called Airport, just nothing with one of those big ugly PCMCIA cards sticking out)
B) Enough gaming horsepower to play Starcraft

The computer I was originally looking at was a Dell C610. What would be roughly the mac equivalent to something with those specs (1.0 GHZ PIII, 512 RAM, Radeon Mobility 7500, 20 gig hard drive) and about how much would it cost? Where's the cheapest place I'd be likely to be find one?

Thanks!

 

[Atheus]

Originally posted by: Agentbolt
Now that my desktop rig is done, I need a laptop to use for trips home, coffee shops, that sort of thing. I figured since I want to learn to use Mac OSX and I don't need this laptop to do very much, I could just get a Mac notebook. All I need from it is:

A) Internal wireless (I believe it's called Airport, just nothing with one of those big ugly PCMCIA cards sticking out)
B) Enough gaming horsepower to play Starcraft

The computer I was originally looking at was a Dell C610. What would be roughly the mac equivalent to something with those specs (1.0 GHZ PIII, 512 RAM, Radeon Mobility 7500, 20 gig hard drive) and about how much would it cost? Where's the cheapest place I'd be likely to be find one?

Thanks!

You want to buy a new mac? I don't think they make them with processors that slow, they all have c2d in them now - worth the money IMO.

If you want second hand I really would just buy the PC.

 

[Agentbolt]

No no no, absolutely not new, looking for used, I figured that'd be obvious.

I guess I could just get the C610 and install OSX off it off a bittorrent image. I'd been looking for a real one, however. I figured E-Bay was my best bet but I wasn't sure what model to be looking for.

 

[VWhed]

G4 (800mhz or so) Powerbook would be a good choice, but IMO they are a little overpriced, considering they are like 2 generations old.

 

[SoundTheSurrender]

Get a Macbook, I got a brand spanking new one for 800 bucks and popped in 2 gigs of ram and a new hard drive. Its amazing.

 

[bigsnyder]

The ibook with G4s are also good. The wireless reception are amazing, better than the powerbook if that is important.
I have the last G4 model made, 1.42Ghz. It has built in Radeon 9550 graphics with dedicated 32MB. Not great, but better
than shared/integrated chipsets.