On May 23, 2005, at 11:40 PM, DJA wrote:
o Because battery life on a PPC-powered slab is vastly superior to any comparably equipped x86.
I tend to get about 2.5 hours or so on my 1.5GHz 15" PowerBook.
o I know that I won't have to screw around trying to find working drivers for non-M$ OS's (or even that M$ OS).
amusingly, even hardware that's sold as "windows only" (the no-name USB Serial adapter I got) turned out to have OS X drivers available when I searched for the chipset on google. Of course, I think it just worked out of the box with Linux.
o The supplied OS beats the crap out of any practical alternatives in terms of usability, consistency, performance, and reliability. So, okay, it'll cost me money to upgrade to the next major version, but how's that different from the alternatives?
o I *know* I can run Linux on it if I so wish (and probably will), and have everything work.
So long as you don't want AirPort wireless, you're golden.
o I don't have to pay the Microsoft tax. o It's not an x86. My only gripes are that1) I can't get a modern Nvidia graphics chip. In fact, unless I get a slightly anemic 12" iBook, I can't get any Nvidia graphics chip.
If you run OS X, it completely doesn't matter. ATI support in Linux has gotten rather hostile in my personal experience, though.
2) HDD sizes are limited and on the small size, especially in the iBooks.
Got the 80GB 5200 RPM drive in my Powerbook, and I had to work hard to fill it. :)
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