I'm the opposite, and will ALMOST ALWAYS choose the small and light notebook over the large and heavy. In fact, if Apple made an even smaller machine than the 12" PB, without any built-in optical drive and weighing 3lbs or so, I'd buy one immediately. If it had an 11" 1024X768 screen instead of a 12" (and a correspondingly smaller and lighter case) then so much the better.
Andrew --- John Slavin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm surprise no one has mentioned screen size. I'm > assuming the ibook > has a 12" screen and I'm assuming that the pismo has > a 14" screen. I > can tell you that from first hand experience that > for ordinary web > browsing, when I'm sitting on the couch at home with > our ibook on one > table and the old wallstreet on another, I'll grab > the wallstreet every > time, just for the 14" screen. When you hit those > mid 40's the eyes > go, and it does make a difference. So whoever first > posted this > question should consider this as well. > > John Slavin > > On Tuesday, September 21, 2004, at 06:26 AM, Mikael > Bystr�m wrote: > > > Kyle Hansen said: > > > >>> The bus speed is the same 100mhz. > >>> > >>> Actually is is 66mhz and not 50mhz! > >>> http://www.lowendmac.com/pb2/ibook3.html > >> > >> The system bus speed on a Pismo (powerbook > FW2000) is most definitely > >> 100MHz. You are incorrect. > > > > But it was the iBook 500 that was said to have a > bus speed of 50Mhz, > > not > > the pismo. The iBook 500 seem to have, as already > have been stated, a > > 66Mhz bus. So the Pismo have faster bus. > > > > I'm surprised noone mentioned the measly 256k > Level 2 Cache that runs > > at > > 500Mhz in the iBook and compared that to the 1MB > that runs at 250Mhz in > > the Pismo (implying the 500 model). While slower, > the extra 768K makes > > the Pismo potentially faster. > > > > Why don't you guys request a speed test at > appropriate sites? Would be > > interesting. I'd do it, but I'm waiting for other > tests first. > > > > > > -- > > G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> > and... > > > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com > | Refurbished > > Drives | > > -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks > | & CDRWs on Sale! > > | > > > > Support Low End Mac > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > > > G-Books list info: > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> > > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > > Send list messages to: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To unsubscribe, email: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For digest mode, email: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subscription questions: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > >> The Think Different Store > > http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > John Slavin > Kirksville, MO > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> > and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | > Refurbished Drives | > -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | > & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > G-Books list info: > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > >The Think Different Store > http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
