[wplug] Seeking advice (possibly OT)

[Moshe Katz-Hyman]

I also love my iBook, i've got a 800 MHz G4, and with the monitor 
spanning hack, it's great.  It is a little slow in places, but not 
unbearable.  That being said, they just came out with like 1.25GHz G4 
iBooks, so they are (as they say in Mac circles) teh Snappay!  As it is 
with most things, more RAM is better, get at least a 512 Meg stick in 
there, though it can take a Gig (expensive and not really necessary).

Whatever you do, get the AppleCare Protection plan within a year of 
getting it, as extended warranties on complicated things like laptops 
are essential.  It also adds to the resale value of the machine, since 
AppleCare is transferable.  Apple also have a high resale value in 
general, too, so that is something to think about.

The one downside to the iBooks (and Powerbooks these days) is that 
accessing the HD is a pain in the ass (plus it voids the warranty), so 
get the biggest HD you can afford from the get go.


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On Oct 27, 2004, at 10:03 AM, Karlos Abel wrote:

> Not to play the Tim Allen 'more power' card, cliched though it may be,
> but are ibooks respectable when it comes to performance?  I'm not 
> saying
> I need a machine that can compile X in <3 minutes while serving as a
> portable render farm, but I'd like to have some sort of decent engine
> under the hood.  A sort of 'that thing got a hemi?', if you will.
>
> Is ibook upgradability/support good?
>
> Again, sorry if OT.  CNet reviews and the like are good, actual people
> are better, IMHO.
>
> On Tue, 2004-10-26 at 23:39, joe wrote:
>> A lot of the debian hackers are going with the Thinkpad x40. I've 
>> never
>> looked at the specs for it though. I personally love my 12" iBook and
>> would not trade it in for any other notebook in the world!
>>
>> -Joe
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