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Apple Powerbooks
lazarus18:
I don't know if I'd describe the $130 ($80 if you're a student) of upgrading the OS in such negatively graphic terms, but hey, whatever.
Right now I would have to agree that the iBook is just an amazing value when compared to a PB. True you can't max out the RAM as highly, and there are some other differences in the cache and whatnot, but I couldn't justify the price difference. I love my iBook, and until a G5 PB comes out I see precious little reason to buy one.
If I needed a new laptop for school I'd get an iBook now, and if a G5 PB does indeed come out soon you'd be in pretty good shape for selling your iBook since it's not in the same category as the PB and isn't therefore instantly obsolete. I got nearly $500 for my Pismo PB on eBay, which is about 1/3 of what I paid for it what, 5, 6 years ago? As far as computers go that's pretty darn good.
-Rob
jeph:
The G5 powerbook will also function as a hot-plate, doubling its usefulness for starving college students.
(my G4 PB gets warm like a KILN if I do anything graphics intensive.)
RandyWang:
--- Quote from: jeph ---The G5 powerbook will also function as a hot-plate, doubling its usefulness for starving college students.
(my G4 PB gets warm like a KILN if I do anything graphics intensive.)
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Unfortunately, it wouldn't work as a portable hotplate, what with that 20minute battery life...
--- Quote ---Also, if you're going to buy a Mac, wait for them to upgrade OS X before you buy. So, y'know, you don't pay up the ass for another version.
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1) Some people like that kind of thing ;-)
2) It's more than worth it
3) ...um, despite that, you have a point. Unless you're desperate for your hit.
--- Quote ---my PB 1.5ghz is much faster than the 1.3ghz ibook, mainly because the RAM and HD are much faster
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You should probably take into account the fact that the 1.5Ghz PBook comes with an ATI Radeon 9700 Mobility, whereas the iBook only has a 9200 Mobility, with have the video memory and considerably less "oomph".
--- Quote ---I had thought that even CS did not utilize 64bit
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CS doesn't take advantage of the 64-bit G5 - it can only edit files of up to 2Gb in size, which is a little silly. I'm not sure if that means the most RAM it will ever allocate itself is 2Gb, although it certainly seems so.
Deacon:
Nobody listen to Randy. He is, as they say in Europe, crazy.
RandyWang:
--- Quote from: Deacon ---Nobody listen to Randy. He is, as they say in Europe, crazy.
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Deacon! How did you find me here?!
...oh, wait, I found you. Right. My bad. Erm... carry on.
*twitch*
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