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I have a brand new macbook pro and it is the upgraded model 2499.00 in
the store. I am in Riverside Ca. and am willing to accept 1900.00
dollars for this and it is still sealed in the box. Never been opened.
2g along with all the rest of the best. My name is Ray Russo and you
can post here or e-mail my personal e-mail account
Showboat357@yahoo.com.
Stan Horwitz wrote:

In article <marc.heusser-28CABF.23205503042006@idnews.unizh.ch>,
Marc Heusser <marc.heusser@CHEERSheusser.comMERCIALSPAMMERS.invalid>
wrote:

In article <stan-7635F7.08405403042006@news.giganews.com>,
Stan Horwitz <stan@temple.edu> wrote:

In article <marc.heusser-9638F4.03092802042006@idnews.unizh.ch>,
Marc Heusser <marc.heusser@CHEERSheusser.comMERCIALSPAMMERS.invalid>
wrote:

After my 17" G4 Powerbook has been stolen, I need a replacement within one month latest (arriving) I should say.

Switching to Intel I'd loose Classic (FrameMaker), Final Cut Express (temporarily?) and Virtual PC (but there is dual boot - http://onmac.net/). And a smaller screen, and no Firewire 800.

I'd gain speed (eg Osirix, medical imaging).

I can get the MacBook Pro at considerably better price than other options (ca -20%) from the university.

Any other thoughts, experiences, recommendations or educated guesses of upcoming hardware that might influence my decision?

If you can hold out, I suspect Apple will offer a 17" MacBook Pro within the next few months, provided you can do without FrameMaker or find a package for OS X that does the same thing.

Thank you all for comments.
I decided to take the plunge and switch to Intel (not the least because
of the good prices from the university). If worst comes, I still have a G4/450 web server machine. I cannot wait more than one month.
As for FrameMaker currently I do assume it's dead on Mac OS X, Adobe
never produced a Mac OS X version even though the program started on
Unix machines back in 1988 - using Pages as a replacement (not for long
and complex documents, but it is close enough for dayly use - and surprisingly similar in many aspects).
As for the hardware - my 17" PB (Oct2005) went through repair 3 times already before being stolen - too bad I had it repaired for the thief
(had logic board, hard disk and DVD drive all replaced - nasty bus
errors that Apple support could not diagnose over the phone, nor Apple Hardware Test - in the end I had to start in single user mode and run
fsck on the disk to prove it - if not for my electrical engineering background and unix sysadmin days I'd probably still search for the software incompatibility, that's what Apple care said before I could
tell them the outcome of fsck).
For Virtual PC I'll try www.kberg.ch/q as per recommendation of Sander Tekelenburg.
I should get my MacBook Pro by 20 April and will report major issues
back here - hopefully there are none, then I'll happily report that as well.

I have a MacBook Pro and so does a friend. My friend's MBP is the 2Ghz
model and she had Apple max out the RAM. Mine is the 1.83Ghz model, but
its the stock model with the standard 80GB hard drive and 512MB RAM.
Both of us like our new MBPs a lot.

In fact, I just installed Apple's new Boot Camp utility and Windows XP
Pro SP2 on my MBP last night and its working out great. Now, I have the
best of both worlds in one light little machine!

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In article <1145155149.678680.67430@t31g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
showboat357 <showboat357@yahoo.com> wrote:

I have a brand new macbook pro and it is the upgraded model 2499.00 in
the store. I am in Riverside Ca. and am willing to accept 1900.00
dollars for this and it is still sealed in the box. Never been opened.
2g along with all the rest of the best. My name is Ray Russo and you
can post here or e-mail my personal e-mail account

And you're selling it for $600 under retail because?
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Because it was a gift to me a I don't care. You think $600 under retail
is not enough? I wish someone who was really interested post a reply!
It is not stolen so I won't sell it for half off. I don't even know
what it really looks like because I haven't opened the beautyfull sleek
black box that it comes in. I am in Riverside, Ca and my e-mail is showboat357@yahoo.com

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In article <1145214916.508644.103130@e56g2000cwe.googlegroups.com>,
showboat357 <showboat357@yahoo.com> wrote:

Because it was a gift to me a I don't care. You think $600 under retail
is not enough?

No, I think $600 under retail for a brand new never opened laptop
suggests it's stolen.
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Don't reply again Baldystone!!! You are wasting your own and my time.

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In article <1145216995.333131.24200@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
showboat357 <showboat357@yahoo.com> wrote:

Don't reply again Baldystone!!! You are wasting your own and my time.

You asked what I thought. I answered.

You're the one trying to flog a (possibly hot) laptop, not me.
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In <1145216995.333131.24200@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
showboat357 <showboat357@yahoo.com> wrote:

Don't reply again Baldystone!!! You are wasting your own and my time.

Funny how your name seems to change. Just a little while ago you were
selling "Digital Italia" for $550 in San Antonio ..... that's also over
$200 lower than the list. Another "gift" that fell off the back of a
truck?

<http://www.coffeegeek.com/forums/members/buysell/65820>

Balderstone's speculation that you're flogging an "hot" laptop seems
completely warranted, IMO.

AC
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In <RMy0g.3651$iB2.2456@bignews4.bellsouth.net>,
Aawara Chowdhury <aawara@FEMA-trailer.org> wrote:

In <1145216995.333131.24200@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
showboat357 <showboat357@yahoo.com> wrote:

Don't reply again Baldystone!!! You are wasting your own and my time.

Funny how your name seems to change.

Oops; forgot to add. For the "Digital Italia", your name was "Paul. Now
its "Ray Russo". Such changes are often associated with con artists or
fences.

Just a little while ago you were
selling "Digital Italia" for $550 in San Antonio ..... that's also over
$200 lower than the list. Another "gift" that fell off the back of a
truck?

<http://www.coffeegeek.com/forums/members/buysell/65820>

Balderstone's speculation that you're flogging an "hot" laptop seems completely warranted, IMO.

AC

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An "hot" laptop? Ha ha ha. Think what you want jerkoff. You are both
dumb people with a real paranoid mindset. You both should take a
couple of pills and hang out man. Maybe you will conjure up another
conspiracy theory. I would think people in this group would be better
than that!!!!

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In article <1145230880.431402.170590@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
showboat357 <showboat357@yahoo.com> wrote:

An "hot" laptop? Ha ha ha. Think what you want jerkoff.

Yeah, we're all going to rush right out and buy a "never used" laptop,
from some guy over the internet, who gets hostile when questioned about
the source of the product.

What you're selling doesn't make sense. Why wouldn't you return it to
the vendor where the gift was purchased? Any restocking fee would be
far less than the $600 loss you're taking.

So yeah, we're very skeptical.
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In article <1145216995.333131.24200@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
"showboat357" <showboat357@yahoo.com> wrote:

Don't reply again Baldystone!!! You are wasting your own and my time.

He hit too close to home to make you feel comfortable?

If you're going to be moving hot merchandise, you really need to get
used to it.
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In <1145230880.431402.170590@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
showboat357 <showboat357@yahoo.com> wrote:

An "hot" laptop? Ha ha ha. Think what you want jerkoff. You are both
dumb people with a real paranoid mindset. You both should take a
couple of pills and hang out man. Maybe you will conjure up another conspiracy theory. I would think people in this group would be better
than that!!!!

No conspiracy theory here. Just a simple premonition that someone who
sells a Digital Italia as "Paul Raul", and then a MacBook Pro as "Ray
Russo" is either a con-artist, a fence, or a thief. Your posting history doesn't conjure an image of reliability.

AC
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You are jerkoffs and I really don't know why I waste my time comming
back to this group just to see what has been posted next about this
damn topic. Don't call me a thief, scumbags. There just may be a
legitimate reason how two different people have used the same account
in order to post something that just may be useful to somebody. This
will be the last thing I have to say about this topic. Dumbasses!!!!!

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By the way, if I was a thief, I hope I would be selling alot more
merchandise than a damn coffee machine and a laptop within the 2 or 3
years that these posts have occured. Think about it, morons!!!

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In <1145242210.562059.130640@g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
showboat357 <showboat357@yahoo.com> wrote:

By the way, if I was a thief, I hope I would be selling alot more
merchandise than a damn coffee machine and a laptop within the 2 or 3
years that these posts have occured. Think about it, morons!!!

No, like most other con-artists, or fences, you'd recycle email addresses
every couple of years. I've no doubt you have a list of addresses.

AC
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In article <1145241970.672883.151780@e56g2000cwe.googlegroups.com>,
showboat357 <showboat357@yahoo.com> wrote:

You are jerkoffs and I really don't know why I waste my time comming
back to this group ...

Maybe try comp.sys.mac.forsale next time, where it's on-topic?

This will be the last thing I have to say about this topic.
Dumbasses!!!!!

Glad to hear it. Now run along Paul, Ray, or whatever your name is
this week.
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In article <1145241970.672883.151780@e56g2000cwe.googlegroups.com>,
showboat357 <showboat357@yahoo.com> wrote:

Don't call me a thief, scumbags. There just may be a
legitimate reason how two different people have used the same account
in order to post something that just may be useful to somebody. This
will be the last thing I have to say about this topic. Dumbasses!!!!!

Okay.

You're a scumbag, thief.
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If any of you were in front of me, I would show you just what kind of
thief I am. First, I would smack you in the fuck'n mouth, then I would
take everything you own. That is while all your family and friends
watch. Then, I would give each one of them a slap. Then, maybe I would
leave and go rob a subway sandwich shop for a little bite to eat. What
jerkoffs you all really are. Trust me and be happy nobody tried to meet
me to buy this fuck'n thing.

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In <1145244436.063621.322550@t31g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
showboat357 <showboat357@yahoo.com> wrote:

If any of you were in front of me, I would show you just what kind of
thief I am. First, I would smack you in the fuck'n mouth, then I would
take everything you own. That is while all your family and friends
watch. Then, I would give each one of them a slap. Then, maybe I would
leave and go rob a subway sandwich shop for a little bite to eat. What jerkoffs you all really are. Trust me and be happy nobody tried to meet
me to buy this fuck'n thing.

You really strive to inspire confidence in yourself, don't you? I'm
guessing that the showboat357 alias has outlived its usefulness, Paul,
or Ray or whatever your name is?

AC
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In article <1145241970.672883.151780@e56g2000cwe.googlegroups.com>,
"showboat357" <showboat357@yahoo.com> wrote:

You are jerkoffs and I really don't know why I waste my time comming
back to this group just to see what has been posted next about this
damn topic. Don't call me a thief, scumbags. There just may be a
legitimate reason how two different people have used the same account
in order to post something that just may be useful to somebody. This
will be the last thing I have to say about this topic. Dumbasses!!!!!

Translation: "Dang. I'll have to go somewhere else to find a mark..."
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In article <1145242210.562059.130640@g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
"showboat357" <showboat357@yahoo.com> wrote:

By the way, if I was a thief, I hope I would be selling alot more
merchandise than a damn coffee machine and a laptop within the 2 or 3
years that these posts have occured. Think about it, morons!!!

Translation: "I'm a *really* poor fence, and this isn't going to help my business."
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In article <1145244436.063621.322550@t31g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
"showboat357" <showboat357@yahoo.com> wrote:

If any of you were in front of me, I would show you just what kind of
thief I am. First, I would smack you in the fuck'n mouth, then I would
take everything you own. That is while all your family and friends
watch. Then, I would give each one of them a slap. Then, maybe I would
leave and go rob a subway sandwich shop for a little bite to eat. What jerkoffs you all really are. Trust me and be happy nobody tried to meet
me to buy this fuck'n thing.

Translation: "Ooh! If I wasn't living at home in Mom's basement, I'd
show you all a thing or two!"
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In article <1145244436.063621.322550@t31g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
"showboat357" <showboat357@yahoo.com> wrote:

If any of you were in front of me, I would show you just what kind of
thief I am. First, I would smack you in the fuck'n mouth, then I
would take everything you own. That is while all your family and
friends watch. Then, I would give each one of them a slap. Then,
maybe I would leave and go rob a subway sandwich shop for a little
bite to eat. What jerkoffs you all really are. Trust me and be happy
nobody tried to meet me to buy this fuck'n thing.

You try that on me and you'll wind up in the hospital with a concussion, lacerations, and singing soprano.

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On Sun, 16 Apr 2006 23:27:16 -0400, showboat357 wrote
(in article <1145244436.063621.322550@t31g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>):

If any of you were in front of me, I would show you just what kind of
thief I am. First, I would smack you in the fuck'n mouth, then I would
take everything you own. That is while all your family and friends
watch. Then, I would give each one of them a slap. Then, maybe I would
leave and go rob a subway sandwich shop for a little bite to eat. What jerkoffs you all really are. Trust me and be happy nobody tried to meet
me to buy this fuck'n thing.

Interesting. Where are you, exactly? This I've got to see.

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On Mon, 17 Apr 2006 02:34:20 -0400, Michelle Steiner wrote
(in article <michelle-02304B.23342016042006@news.west.cox.net>):

In article <1145244436.063621.322550@t31g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
"showboat357" <showboat357@yahoo.com> wrote:

If any of you were in front of me, I would show you just what kind of
thief I am. First, I would smack you in the fuck'n mouth, then I
would take everything you own. That is while all your family and
friends watch. Then, I would give each one of them a slap. Then,
maybe I would leave and go rob a subway sandwich shop for a little
bite to eat. What jerkoffs you all really are. Trust me and be happy
nobody tried to meet me to buy this fuck'n thing.

You try that on me and you'll wind up in the hospital with a concussion, lacerations, and singing soprano.

Geez, don't scare him off, this boy's one of the best comedians I've seen in weeks.

Oh. Wait. He was _serious_?! Damn, that's even funnier!

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