I am pondering my next *Book purchase and the way I see it I have two choices (need vs. budget and all...)
I will be using this as my main Mac with an external 17" TFT in my study and then AirPort everywhere else in the house and garden.
New iBook 12"
or
A second hand AlBook 12" 1GHz that I have been offered. It was involved in an accident and has a small casing damage, but the motherboard was replaced (receipt).
= Slower CPU but larger drive 40 vs. 30GB (same spec. cache & bus) = VRAM, ports = + SuperDrive (combo in iBook) + DVI out (mini-VGA for the iBook) + Audio in on the PB (none on the iBook) - I can wait to buy an iBook that'll come with Tiger + I can repaint the PowerBook.
??? Video ATI Mobility Radeon 9200 (iBook) vs.
NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200 (PB G4)The PowerBook works out only marginally cheaper, bt may have more RAM.
Which *Book should I buy ???
Why ?
Larry
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