On Jun 26, 2005, at 5:24 PM, jim justen wrote:
Hi All!
I asked this question a few days ago but phrased it rather badly---
Im looking at used PBS at places like Baucom and Wegener....whats
surprising
me is that the price for Pismos and titaniums are about the same,
despite
the much greater speed of Titaniums (not to mention screen size).
It is surprising, but I think its more of a function of the price of
the Titaniums going down faster, and there being a definite basement
to pricing in places like that. These are systems that still run the
latest OS, and so are quite salable.
On places like e-bay and the swap list, TiBooks do sell for more than
Pismos in general.
Ive been rather out of touch with the Mac world (spent some time on
the dark
side) and I wonder if Id be making a mistake buying the titanium.
There must
be a reason the Pismos/Lombards hold their value so well...are they
that
much better built?
You'll get people claiming so, but in my experience, this hasn't
proven the case. There are three main drawbacks to the titanium over
the Pismo:
1) Airport range is shorter. The titanium case limits the airport
range of the titanium, and some have a habit of having loose antenna
wires which really shortens it. This is fixable in a variety of
ways..the cheapest is dangling an external antenna out the side or
back. I've also seen neater solutions using antennae from external
cards.
2)The case picks up and shows dings and scratches a lot more.
3)No removable drive modules. Not really an issue unless you can't
find the appropriate drive in an external USB version.
One of the reasons I abandoned the Mac PB line was because all six
of my PBs
developed AC connector wobble. I resoldered many of these (lets see--a
PB190, a 5300, and a 3400) myself...but I got sick of that and
decided mac
was not really standing behind their products, and bailed.
Well, the AC connectors on the later series are significantly better
than those.
But I really want to run OSX so, I'd like to dive back in to macs!
Would it
be a mistake to buy a titanium?
Not in my opinion.
--
Bruce Johnson
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