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Joel Beason

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Jan 21, 2007
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My girlfriend want a new computer she has a 12" powerbook, but for some reason doesn't want a macbook (why, "everyone has them" wow.) Anyway, I know that intel is going to be lower there prices on the quad cores (266$ for the lowest model yay!) and I was wondering if she should get one now or towards the end of the summer time, will there be any changes, that she should wait for, I know the new OS will be out, but do you think that it will be out by then? Thanks!!
 

psycoswimmer

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Well if you want to consider this thread / rumor to have truth... then wait.

Santa Rosa could possibly be incorporated into an iMac.
 

Zwhaler

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My girlfriend want a new computer she has a 12" powerbook, but for some reason doesn't want a macbook (why, "everyone has them" wow.) Anyway, I know that intel is going to be lower there prices on the quad cores (266$ for the lowest model yay!) and I was wondering if she should get one now or towards the end of the summer time, will there be any changes, that she should wait for, I know the new OS will be out, but do you think that it will be out by then? Thanks!!

Ok, so you are saying that instead of a MacBook, she wants an iMac? I don't think we will see quad core in the next revision... perhaps by the time penryn is out (maybe later) we can realistically expect quad core in consumer desktops. I still don't see why she doesn't want a MacBook, everyone having one (which is not true anyway) is not a very good reason. I think she should wait for the whole line of Apple computers to be revamped, and then she should rethink weather or not she wants a desktop. But don't get your hopes up for quad core.
 

iBunny

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Now is deffinatly the worst time to buy... updates are pending... very very soon.
 

Joel Beason

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Jan 21, 2007
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I agree with the macbook, I'm not trying to get one, I have explained it to her 1000 times and she still doesn't want it, I figured that the quad cores wouldn't be for a while (I hope to make a new PC with one though sometime) She says she will keep her laptop until june, Ill give he my old desktop till the end of summer, so waiting is never a bad thing, Ill repost then to make sure nothing else is coming out, Thanks
 
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