Sold my Mac... withdrawal

[Deleted member 651465]

Hey all,

Just before the WWDC I decided to go and sell my iMac G5 on ebay as I knew Steve Jobs was going to announce the Core 2 Duo iMac, and seeing as there were already Intel-iMacs out I couldn't risk it being "3rd Generations Behind".

Anyway, I managed to get £900 for it which was pretty incredible for a 12 month old machine, and decided to put it towards the purchase of a nice new shiny Mac Pro or Macbook Pro (pending what happened in WWDC).

Anyway... I saved up a good month's wages + my iMac money and decided to plump for a Mac Pro later that month after I'd watched the WWDC announcement and saw the spec for the Mac Pro.

However, As I was adding all the bits n' pieces in to my basket @ the Apple store I could see the cost going up and up and I began to second-guess myself. Did I really wanna spend ALL that money on a Mac and only use it for work/email/web browsing ? It seems like a lot of money to lay out in one go? (you can see where it was going )...I talked myself out of it

That's where the little voice inside my head steps in.. "why don't you visit OcUK and see what kick-ass machine you could get for the same price?"... Ok, so I thought. I visited the store, whacked all the top spec components in a cart and shockingly enough it came to the same total (give or take ~£50).

So now I was faced with a) Top-end gaming rig or b) Sexy Mac Pro. Baring in mind I had a tonne of unplayed games on my shelf I decided to go with the top spec gaming rig BIG MISTAKE!! Don't get me wrong, I love the machine (it's fast as hell) but every time I see a Mac on TV, or I come on here and look at the Mac threads I think to myself "DOH" and really really just want to sell the PC and go back to the Mac.

However, with the pending release of Leopard (Early Q2 2007?) and the Intel Roadmap being so hectic, there seems like little reason for me to go buying one now. I keep thinking to myself "would I be gutted months down the line when they update? Probably."

To get to the problem.. I can't stop thinking bout getting a Mac, I want a Mac ready for when I move (aesethically nicer) but I can't just go selling everything then come to the same crossroads all over again. I honestly think I've got withdrawal or something because I feel like I really messed up when I sold my last one.

Anyone else gone to "the darkside" then regretted it.. or am I just crazy?





Sorry for mega-post!

 

[Deleted member 651465]

Cheers dude.

I am in the position to sell off my current PC hardware, so that's not a problem.. the only problem is the value I will get back after I sell the pieces.

I estimate that if I sold everything on a modest "50% of what its currently worth new" policy I'd get £1500. That's good because I know i'd get roughly 70% of what the hardware is worth in reality but I'm not really looking to buy another iMac after I sell the PC and the Mac Pro would require a bit of saving (probably a month), so my main concern is selling the PC and being left in Limbo without a machine at all while I save for a nice Mac.

On the other hand, I could keep the PC and save until mid-November and sell then, but I risk a lower price for the hardware

Decisions decisions

 

[Deleted member 651465]

Yeah, I was thinking of just waiting until Macworld '07 because I'm thinking that even if they only revise the Mac Pro with something small (e.g. chip speed bump) I can use the 3 months extra saving time to possibly get the 30" Display too

The only problem is the more I use Windows the more I just want to go back to OS X. It seems like a Fan Boy statement to say it in such a blunt way but truthfully I miss the worry-free mindset (more than anything) that comes with OS X. For example, if you wanna try out different apps you can just drag n drop them in to Applications and you're done..you don't have to worry about uninstalling, defragmenting or screwing the registry up.

Also, it's beginning to get on my nerves that no matter how hard you try, trying to make a PC blend in to the surroundings in a new house (with minmalistic design in mind) is next to impossible. Even with a Shuttle SFF PC that I have now it's very blatant.. and I am someone who is fussy on these sorts of things; so the emphasis on getting the Mac Pro for design and style is somewhat exaggerated in this case. Perhaps to the point where I want people to notice it, but I don't want it to stick out like "OMG *** BIG SCREENZ PCZ LOLZ"

@ DreederOcUK: You got any pictures of the Mac Pro setup? Might help with the withdrawal lol

 

[Deleted member 651465]

Yes, I suppose but that's £399 off my savings for the Mac Pro

Kind of starting to regret buying the PC now..

 

[Deleted member 651465]

About the CS3 thing..

That's one of the main reasons I decided against a Mac Pro when I had the cash ; I didn't fancy buying one and running CS2 in Rosetta and waiting aaaaaaaages for CS3; Because obviously by the time it comes out there'll be something better out

I've made my mind up now anyway.. officially saving for the 2x 3GHz Mac Pro with a 30 inch LCD. Hopefully sometime after January so I can catch any announcements regarding new products.

Funny, I thought I was the only one who'd sold a Mac and regretted it. Seems like there are a fair few users who've done the same - I feel less like a fool now

About the Blackbook... STAY AWAY from BLACK.

I used my friends one, and aside from looking nice it was prone to constant smudging and the "greasy keys syndrome" commonly found on laptops with black keys. I'd take the white anyday.. same as the iPod really.

 

[Deleted member 651465]

My mini is up on the 'bay. I hope to get a shiny Mac Pro for Xmas... so I will have to leave OS X for a little while and go back to Windows XP.

I'd hold out till January and get the rumoured 8-core Mac Pro