On Sat, 2 Nov 2002, Lee Larson wrote:
> I ended up with an iBook 700/14.1 because it weighs under six pounds > and has a battery life of around six hours. (It really does; I've tried > it.) I chose the iBook over the TiBook because it didn't seem as though > I was getting that much more for at least another $500. I'm very happy > with my choice--so far. I have a TiBook, my wife has an iBook. Both 20G drives, mine 256M, hers 128M memory, hers is a cd r/w-dvd, mine just a dvd. Her airport a few shades more responsive than mine. When it comes down to it, the only real difference tween the two laptops is the screen. The TiBook screen is expansive and wonderful. So unless you've a great need for the screen [and to be honest, with hindsight I don't have that need], I'd go with the iBook. Look to increase the hard-drive size, mp3's and video quickly fill it, though an iPod helps with the mp3's :) 128M memory has been more than enough for her and she hits it quite hard with movie-making etc. Airport [wireless network] cards are easier to fit in an iBook. [THey're a bit of a pain with a TiBook.] Weight wise they're about the same [surprisingly] and battery life is probably similar [we never really test]. I've been looking for a good Wintel laptop that I could run Windows XP/Linux on for a while now, but can't find anything that looks good enough [the curse of being lured to a Mac]. Hen The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be November 26 For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
