Today I was ready to buy a Tivo. I'd call it breaking down if I wasn't fairly certain that it was actually a step up in the world. So I go to Circuit City this evening, ready for some good impulse purchasing, and they are OUT OF TIVO. Apparently someone ate the last slice of Tivo. Bastards. Working in retail myself, I understand how you run out of stuff, but still. I have a bone to pick with Circuit City anyway. I always have to attack a sales person in there. Tonight I had to go after the guy who was busy asking all the middle-aged men. Again, you don't do that. You never know who is going to buy, and the customers he was talking to seemed more interested in yaking than doing actual buying. Yes, I am a critic, but dammit, I didn't get my Tivo!!! Only now I came home and saw that MacMall has ibooks for $700. What do you think Brian? Seeing as how you are my audience anyway?
So yeah, I am a shopper with a moral dilema. In other news, I saw What a Girl Wants tonight and it was not as execrable as one may think. Apparently it was based on The Reluctant Debutante. Who decided that Amanda Bynes was today's Sandra Dee? I also watched the last two weeks of Arrested Development though I was really confused at first, cause it looked like they had skipped an episode. But I think Fox did one of those moving things out of order to get ratings things that they do all the time. You really need to show this in order though guys, each episode moves into the next. Actually, was it out of order? And where did Maybe's secret doppelganger thing come into this? I'm so confused.
Hmm, I'm really thinking about this G3 ibook now. If I got a memory upgrade to 256mgHZ then I should be able to run Final Cut, or at least Final Cut Express. It's sounding good. Feel free to weigh in.
Posted by minka at March 30, 2004 11:37 PMThe 12" iBook is a lovely, lovely little machine and I recommend it wholeheartedly. The MacMall deal is not a great one though. You will want at least 512mb of RAM or OS X will constantly give you the Spinning Rainbow Beachball of Death. And I would hold out for a combo drive (DVD player and CD burner) rather than just a CD-ROM. A 900mhz machine with a combo should be about $950 these days, plus maybe $100 for the extra RAM. If it's cost that worries you, you can get really good payment plans these days. Like $30 a month. That's less than it costs to feed an orphan in Africa! Also, I am expecting a PowerBook/iBook line update in the next three months, which will lead to a further price drop on older models, so you might want to wait for that. The rumor is that there will be a 13" widescreen-yet-mini-sized PowerBook, which I desire with the fiery passion of a thousand suns.
Posted by: brian w at March 31, 2004 07:36 AMAlso, Matthew commented on Arrested Development being a little screwy, too. He thought David Cross had already finished his little jail-experiment, but I couldn't remember. If you missed the Wednesday episode (the first one with Julia Louis Dreyfus) that would make the continuity even worse.
Posted by: brian w at March 31, 2004 07:38 AMOh, and finally: this page on LowEndMac.com is a good thing to bookmark to keep on eye on comparative pricing for iBooks.
Posted by: brian w at March 31, 2004 07:40 AMI'm fairly sure that all I need now is a powerbook to make my life complete.
Oh, and a tivo.
And some plaid retro luggage to match my hatbox.
And that chocolate covered boy.
And, oh nevermind. Let us know when you finally nab that tivo though. I need to know who I can live through living through tv personalities vicariously.
Posted by: Ll at April 2, 2004 03:29 PM