i doubt that there will be that much of a problem with the new intel
mac's.
they are changing back to an intel chip from a powerpc chip after
changing from a intel chip.
hardware has been pretty compatible between mac and windows os
machines... ie hard drives, cd/dvd, keyboards, mice, ipods, etc.
the question arises when people go to use a windows os (xp, vista) on
the new intel macs... what sort of protection are they going to take
to prevent spyware/virus problems?
is that going to change between rev a and rev b? i don't know how it
could.
will i buy one during rev a? probably... i would like to see what
there is to offer between the ibook and powerbook when they are
released before i make a new purchase, since i do currently own an
aluminum powerbook. my daughter, my son, and wife all have g4 ibooks
and we have found them to be adequate.
i currently use a rev a pb12 aluminum since it was first released in
march '03. i have had no problems at all with it. i had no problems
with my lombard 333mhz or 400mhz when i bought them when they were
rev a's in may '99. i bought a rev a ipod, and of course, i also
bought a rev a 128k mac back in '84. talk about new technology
issues. oh yeah, it still runs. i did have to replace a power supply
about 2 years ago, but it works! even after i had updated it to a 1
meg mac, with a whop'n 10meg external hard drive. but my old
imagewriter died...
but if you look at different machines (apple and windows based) and
you will see that some have had problems with the equipment. look at
the current pb15, it has a monitor issue. other brand machines are
having battery issues among other problems.
its my opinion (as a long time mac user who also uses windows
machines heavily at work) is smart usage of windows if it is
installed on the new intel macs. by this i mean watch what you
download and how you protect the machine from virus/spyware issues as
well as normal network security.
depending on the needs of the original poster's daughter, the intel
ibook could be just fine for her. depending on the software she is
using, she could get along just fine with the software that comes
with the ibook. i wouldn't let the fact of it being a rev a model
bother you. i don't see apple releasing something that doesn't work
at all.
my thoughts and opinions.
srn
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