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corywoolf said:
As I have said in another post, I am getting $2,000 from my grandma as a graduation gift and will get between $1000-$1200 from items I will be selling either on eBay or hopefully here. My family is not well off and this is a very rare circumstance for me. I always told myself I would be smart with my money and not greedy when I get an opportunity like this. So I have been thinking a lot about what I am going to get computer hardware wise and still can't make up my mind. I first wanted to get the 17" iMac Core Duo with a dell 20" monitor and a 30 GB iPod. I then wanted to get the 20" iMac Core Duo with a 19" dell monitor and the 60 GB iPod. After that, a few days ago I really was heading towards the 1.83 Ghz Mac Book Pro with a 20" Dell monitor and 1 GB shuffle. I am now thinking about getting a 1 Ghz 17" Powerbook (with 2 GB RAM) with a 20" Dell monitor and a 1 GB shuffle. The main problem is I do a lot of work in FCP, CS2, After Effects and FCP wont even run on a Intel Mac for a while. I have a 800 Mhz iMac G4 with 768 MB RAM and wonder if 200 Mhz will make a big difference along with the 2 GB RAM? I plan on selling the Powerbook when everything I use is universal. This setup would cost me around $2000 (w/ monitor and accessories) and I would keep the monitor when I upgrade to the MBP. So what would you do in my situation?

Dude, I myself am 16 years old, so I know what you're on about. I personally have no problems feeding myself, neither do I have to sleep under a bridge, this is why my parents, in their extreme kindness grant me the right to use their money to have extra stuff, such as a new macbook on the way for example. Dude, if you've got too much money, plz dont rag on about it, and do keep in mind that you have not earned this money. It's like this guy on the forums who was being proud of having the first macbook in afghanistan... There is nothing to be proud of, it's not YOUR money. Your parents were nice to have paid your education, so were mine.
Let this be a nice reminder that even if you think everyone here is rich (i'm not poor) because he or she uses a computer to browse this topic, therefore he or she can be displayed somebody that can't even know what to do with $3000, then you're wrong. But it is perfectly natural to think that. When I tell myself why the hell do I order something on the Apple Store while people are starving, it makes me sick. Duality of man ---> that's why charity actions are here for. If you have everything you need, then spend half of it on a high end mac mini that will come out tomorrow, and spend the other half on charity, you'll be happy.

Sorry for disturbing.
 
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