Shameless abuse of my flist.

[cherry]

If anyone could offer up some advice, that would be amazing.

I am looking at purchasing an external HD for my computer. I have an iBook G3, 30GB, which I keep filling up. Right now, I have 3.63 GB free, for example.

The thing is, I might be getting a new computer in the fall. I'm a Mac girl, though and through, so I'm not really looking at picking up a PC. I'm trying to decide between:

- A new laptop (probably a MacBook, unless I come across some crazy deal for the Pro), or
- A desktop, probably an Intel iMac, and a wireless card for my poor little G3.

- I have found a limited number of LaCie 250GB externals available for $170. Mac/PC compatible, but they are, however, USB 2.0 only.

Would the external still be a wise purchase, given that I might be picking up a new computer? Does anyone have any advice as to which path to follow?

Comments

Re: GET A MACBOOK!

[cherryice.livejournal.com]

I think this is possibly more of 'I am doing this as soon as humanly possible' thing, but thanks for the offer!

I was going to go with the 1.83GHz, but then I discovered that you can only get the DVD burner in the 2.0GHz. It looks like we're going to have perfectly matching computers! I've upgraded my own RAM before, but that sort of led to my first total computer crash -- the stuff we bought was bad, and killed my computer.

It seems to me that you are incredibly happy with yours -- are there any modifications you'd make, though?

(Personally, I prefer the white to the black anyway.)

Re: GET A MACBOOK!

[acjohns.livejournal.com]

I am supremely happy with my computer. I don't think I'd go with any less than what I got, and I'm not missing the extra memory (yet anyway). I hear the DVD burning capability thing, it was a bit of a must. That's also why I didn't bother with the additional space because I figured if I needed to make room, I'd just burn a data DVD!

It works well, so yeah, no complaints whatsoever.