I’m writing this post on my PowerBook G4, which I got shortly before freshman year. It is still going strong, and I love it – it is a wonderful computer to use. This school year, it is going to be my main computer, since the beast has issues. So far, it has been absolutely incredible.
There are some small quirks about it that set it apart from the newer Macbook Pros (little things like the behaviour of the laptop and the placement of keys). I really do prefer mine (though I would like a build-in iSight), not just out of habit, but out of functionality. They really thought the PowerBooks through, and the fact that I can still use it for everything I need three years later is really testament to that.
When I got the PowerBook, as part of a promotion I got a iPod mini as well, which was great for a while. Then, one summer, I left it in a car sitting in the sun, and it got fried. For a long time, it didn’t work, and just lay around my room. This weekend, I saw it, and got the notion to give it a try. I managed to reset it, and get it working again – and I found that all the music I had added was still there. All this great classic rock that I haven’t heard in a while.
So now I have my iPod back, and lots of cool tunes. Though, I don’t really have a use for an iPod, its good to have (with our stereo setup downstairs).