Lamenting my dead PB G4 but looking for options

[zevinboots]

Gizmodo just published this cool article called The Truth About The Apple Tax.

I am seriously considering buying a last-gen Macbook Pro to replace my Powerbook G4. I'd get a matte screen instead of the glossy mirror that the new ones come with, I'd get a keyboard I'm used to instead of a new-fangled keypad, and I'd get so much more bang for my

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[sir_lone_wolf]

What happened to the Acer Hackbook project?

[zevinboots]

It's ongoing, but is taking longer than I'd anticipated. A part I ordered from NY got lost in the mail, and I can't find the Torrent anywhere. Plus, I'm going to need to borrow a DVD/CD drive from which I can boot.

It'll happen. It's just more of a project laptop than a works-rightaway laptop.