yes those have scored really well in a couple of tests i have seen published.
theres an ibook 12 or something like that, with a 12 inch screen i believe. (most of the x86 lappies you buy these days have 14-15 inches). it featured in the under $2.5k pcworld feature this/last month. On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 10:52:16 +1200 Hamish McBrearty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If long battery life (up to 6 hours!!) and bells and whistles is what > you're after I could suggest an Apple iBook. If you know a secondary > school teacher you can get the basic G4 model for $2150. They are lovely > to look at, have everything you need bar wireless (an Airport card is > worth about $150) and the ppc linux distros run very well due to the very > narrow range of Apple hardware. Plus Mac OS X is based on BSD so there's > quite a bit of OSS available, eg Safari which uses the KHTML engine. > > Just a thought from someone with 6 of these puppies on his desk :o) > > ------------------------------------------------- > Hamish McBrearty MCSE MCSA > Network Engineer > Rangi Ruru Girls' School > 59 Hewitts Road > Christchurch > NEW ZEALAND > Ph 03 355-6099 > Fax 03 355-6027 > CELL 021 999770 > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -------------------------------------------------- > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
