I used a tiBook myself, DVI 667mhz -- wow, had no idea Leopard could support the 802.11b Airport card; should have figured it would..
Just wondering, why not use an g cardbus card with your tiBook?? I use of the cards that Airport can operate with - Bufallo WLI-CB-54G.? It does take up the cardbus slot of course... --------------- As far as "children w/ laptops," my 14-year old son and?9 year old daughter both have G3 iBooks; about to move them up to G4s.? (my 5 year old daughter rocks the limey Clamshell w/ a matching limey?bag for it -- so kewl!)???? :'-) Ahem! Anyway.... Daddy's still uses ancient stuff, so I guess it follows they do to, but I would think a g4 Powerbook or iBook would be fine.? And, I would personally feel alot better if an iBook was "left in the library accidentally" or "got wet when Mikey skipped his soda" than a MacBook! ;-) Craig W. -----Original Message----- From: Bruce Johnson <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: g-books group <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, Aug 25, 2009 1:08 pm Subject: Re: PowerBook vs. MacBook On Aug 25, 2009, at 9:42 AM, [email protected] wrote: > My 11 year old niece wants a laptop. They have a G5 iMac for a > desktop. They can only budget about $500-600 for the laptop. I've > been checking out Apple's refurbished MacBooks, but they are out of > the budget. > > What do you think of just getting her a PowerBook? It's not the > latest and greatest, but it is a solid laptop. Will it run 10.5? > Comments and opinions, please? My laptop is a 1GHz TiBook running 10.5 and I'm quite pleased with it's performance. It's starting to show its age, though, particularly since it only has the old original Airport in it. An Al Powerbook would suit them quite well, since they're faster, have faster buses, and have the Airport Express for WiFi. You should be able to find lots of 'em in that price range. Also, as someone else mentioned, look on Fleabay: Core Duo MacBooks (the originals) are coming down to that price range as well...those would be a lot more future-proof than a Powerbook. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
