On Jan 11, 2006, at 5:15 PM, b3 <b3studios at gmail.com> wrote: > okay, so i'm finally ordering that laptop i've been posting about. > no intel iBooks today, and the MacBook is out of my price range at > the moment. > > i'm trying to decide between the new 12" iBook with the 100gig HD, or > the refurb 12" powerbook G4 with 80gig HD, superdrive, etc. > > both would be about the same price. i have a Lacie 160gig external > drive and a 16x DL DVD burner for use at the desktop (as well as a BT > keyboard and mouse)
Rick, The iBook has much better WiFi reception, you already have a DVD drive on your desktop, the clock speed difference isn't that noticeable, the iBook is more durable, and OS X works a LOT better with more RAM. Advantage iBook. OTOH (On The Other Hand), the monitor spanning is great on the PB. The iBook only does mirroring (same image on screen as on external monitor). You can have different stuff on your external monitor as on the LCD with the PB. It's like having a MUCH bigger screen. It's a tie. Depends on what you're going to do with it. Do you spend more of your time chained to a desktop, or hanging around WIFI access points? I guess it's up to the judges on this one. -- Jonathan Fletcher jfletch at newmediaconstco.com | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 24 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
