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Dude, you’re getting a G5

I woke up Sunday morning and thought to myself “Hm, I wonder if I’d qualify for an Apple loan today?”*. So I filled out the online approval form, and wonder of wonders, I was approved. So my next thought was, “Hm. Now that Apple has given me all of this money to spend, I should probably buy something!”. So I went to the Apple site and started looking around as if it had been my first visit to the site. Things look a lot different when you actually have a chance of buying them! I skimmed past the iMacs, as they aren’t much faster than the eMac I have now, plus there will be a new one coming out in September. I already have a Powerbook, so the Powerbooks and iBooks were out. I already had the eMac and it’s too slow. So, that left me with the G5! My credit line was for $2,000, so that was also my budget. The cheapest new G5 is currently $1,999 for a dual 1.8ghz G5 with only 256mb of RAM and a 80gb hard drive. That is just silly for a machine of that speed. 256mb of RAM for a dual processor G5? How silly!

So I next set my eyes on the Apple refurbished store, where they feature computers that have been returned, or damaged and later repaired. They have all of the same warranties as a brand new machine, and they are eligible for Apple Care as well. And some say you actually have a better chance of getting a good machine because you know they have been personally inspected, whereas brand new machines coming off the line may only be checked for quality every 10 or so machines. (that number is a guess, I have no idea how the quality control process works) The refurbished store showed me a shiny new dual G5 1.8ghz machine with 512mb RAM and a 160gb hard drive. It’s twice the machine as the brand new one, and for only $1,799! I think this is because it is a “Revision B” machine, whereas the new 1.8ghz machine is a “Revision C” machine.

I added the machine to my shopping cart quickly because while I was shopping around on the Apple store, the 1.6ghz G5 disappeared! I didn’t want my machine to disappear before I could buy it, so I went ahead and added it to the cart. But when I did, it said that it would be shipping in 30 days! This was obviously not acceptable, because I am not a patient person when it comes to waiting for new Macs to arrive at my house. So I called the Apple store and spoke with Eric, who assured me that it would ship on Monday! I went ahead and completed the order through Eric at the Apple store, because he said he got a commission and begged me to let him place the order for me. After he looked up my loan number, he gave me my order number, and sent my new beast of a Mac right to my door!

It should be shipping out today, and will arrive on Friday, as it’s coming ground from Sacramento.

I will be plugging it into my new 19” Mitsubishi CRT monitor, which I’ve been using as a second-monitor for my Powerbook. I’ll post pictures of “the Opening” for the 2 of you that would like to see it.

So, now that I have the King of All Computers on the way, I will be putting my eMac up for sale. I’ll post it here to see if there is any interest before throwing it up on eBay for the masses. I’ll post details and pictures of the eMac soon, but in case there is any early interest, it’s a 1ghz G4 with 256mb of RAM, 80gb hard drive, CD-RW, all original cables, the original box, manuals, etc. It’s in perfect condition. I’ll throw in iLife ‘04 as well (the boxed version). I’d like to get $675 out of it, but if someone makes a reasonable offer it won’t necessarily be refused.

*Actually, my wife and I were talking about selling my iPod and buying a 40gb one because my music won’t fit on my 10gb one anymore, and she suggested I try to apply for an Apple loan. I didn’t think I would be approved, because I wasn’t approved the last time I tried, but I did anyway because I always do what she says. :) So, thanks honey! Hope you don’t regret making the suggestion!

hells yeah man…congratulations!

At work, we’re running a few 1.8 duals with between 1.5 & 2gbs of memory in them, and they’re sweet machines. Makes me really want one for home.

Trust me, you’ll like ‘em.

well, you could always try and pick it up and run…very quickly. aha.

G5s are beasts, but I think I’ll stick to my overclocked P4 for now(4.6ghz, booyah).

Where are my pictures fool?!?!

Thats awesome. I hope to get a desktop that is apple next year.

Bullcrap you just went straight to the G5!! =D