Just for laughs, and to see how much I will need to save for, I went and priced a Mac Book Pro and the new iMacs in case I can’t somehow get the Mac Book. I was a little shocked at the prices but I wasn’t really expecing anything less than paying $4 grand for a Mac Book or $3 grand for a new iMac. At least that was what I expected. Here was the final tallies of what I priced out at apple.com:
Mac Book Pro 17″ Widescreen Glossy – $4,177
* 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
* 4GB 667 DDR2 – 2x2GB SO-DIMMs
* 250GB Serial ATA Drive @ 4200 rpm
* SuperDrive 8x (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
* MacBook Pro 17-inch High-Resolution Glossy Widescreen Display
* Backlit Keyboard/Mac OS – U.S. English
* iWork ’08 preinstalled
* AppleCare Protection Plan for MacBook Pro (w/or w/o Display) – Auto-enroll
iMac 24″ Glossy – $3,747
* 2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Extreme
* 4GB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM – 2x2GB
* 1TB Serial ATA Drive
* SuperDrive 8x (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
* Apple wireless Mighty Mouse
* Apple Wireless Keyboard (English) + Mac OS X
* iWork ’08 preinstalled
* AppleCare Protection Plan for iMac – Auto-enroll
* Accessory kit
* ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO with 256MB memory
* 24-inch glossy widescreen LCD
* AirPort Extreme
* Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR
While the comparable iMac is a few hundred cheaper, I can’t take it anywhere with me (at least not conveniently). So I think I’ll do the Mac Book route as soon as I get the $4k to buy it. Although I am not really site I need iLife ’08 preinstalled… What the heck is that anyway? Is it like Office or something?
Oh well. I’ll ponder how to come up with the scratch later. Back to work with me.
-Cheers