David Russell

I’ve been hunting for a mobile computing solution for awhile. It’s been a casual hunt and I really haven’t jumped on anything, even though a few decent deals have passed by. I love craigslist. We use it to buy and sell just about everything. Last week, I stumbled on a PowerBook for sale. The price was about average, but I emailed the seller anyway because the machine was in great shape—it had recently been refurbished with a new screen, keyboard, trackpad, mainboard and upgraded RAM. The seller didn’t really want to come down much, so I let it go. He emailed this week with a counter-offer that made the deal good, so I checked it out and ultimately purchased it. It’s the 15-inch 1.67 Ghz G4 with 2GB of RAM. I’m not planning on doing a ton of heavy lifting with it, so it’s ideal for surfing, coding, light photo editing and some web design work.

I haven’t had a solid portable solution (other than my smartphone) for a couple of years. It’s really quite handy to be able to take my work anywhere and not be tethered to a desktop. I was a little concerned that this PowerBook may not quite have enough horsepower or features for what I’d need to do. Now that I have taken it around the digital block a few times, I think it’s going to be perfect! And hundreds of dollars cheaper than a new MacBook Pro. :)

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