...there'$ a lot of merit to your notion. My iBook 700MHz payed for it's self 100xx. The quality of display, higher resolution, and ability to dual display of the Powerbook might be a benefit to the "serious" graphics user, otherwise the iBook is the more durable choice. I'm still constantly toggling palettes?working at 100% in Photoshop on a 1680x1050 display?so I even wonder if screen resolution is such a big deal. The extra Systems Bus would be nice...jf
On Aug 7, 2005, at 4:10 PM, Jonathan Fletcher wrote: > As a long-time iBook user (for business) might I direct your > attention to door number 3 and the fabulous new iBooks Apple has > just speed-bumped: > > <http://www.apple.com/ibook/> > > For a cool grand you get 1.33 Ghz G4, half a gig of RAM, a combo > drive, Airport Extreme, Bluetooth, USB2, Firewire (and more) in a > neat, classy, durable package. Throw in an extra gig of RAM, an > external drive, an external monitor (for when you are chained to > the desk), and you can still put food on the table. And it'll still > cost you less than a bare bones 15-incher. > > I used to use InDesign, Photoshop and several other processor > hogging apps at the same time on a 600 Mhz G3 iBook and did fine. > I'm not saying the 1.2 ghz speed of my current iBook isn't > appreciated. It's just that you can make some money with something > less than the fastest while you continue to put food on the table > and move up later when you're wildly successful. > > If you can afford the 15" it's a great machine with a super screen > at a pretty good size. If you have to eat PB&J for a month to > afford it, you might consider an alternative. > > On the other hand if you're the only mouth to feed... -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/pkcs7-signature Size: 2102 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20050807/fba551a0/attachment.bin
