Hey gang.
I have been scrolling the Apple Canada web iste lately, and have a few
questions re the
14" iBook and
the 15" Powerbook.
If i upgrade the 14" with 1g memeory the hard drive to 80g ,Super Drive and add
the 3 year
extened
warranty, its a bout the same price as the 15" Powerbook,with out memory
upgrades,plus or
minus a
few $$'s.
Question is there much difference here.
(I would use it for travel, field storage of photos, PS editing and printing
and possibly
for someone to
look at a photo and accessing the web.)
I see some difference in speed, 14" is 1.42 GHz with 512 K L2 [EMAIL
PROTECTED](not sure what
that is)
with ATI Mobility RaDEON 9550,32M ddr vIDEO.
The 15" Powerbook is 1.52 GhZ ,with no mention of the L2cache , and same ati
only its 9700
at 64m.
At home i would want to plug the CRT monitor i have into it and do standard
file downloads
and PS
edits.
I know i can get usb splitter so i can add card reader etc as it looks like 2
usb and 1
firewall connection
on the 14".
Noiw do these units need an Apple extenal keyboard or as in the mini mac, just
use whats
available.
I cannot really tell from the web ad but i think there is MS Woks 2004 that
come with it.
I assume this is
Xcell and word programs. We use these at work, but in PC form.
I use AcDc and Vueprint as my normal slide show programsand thumbnail
printouts.Any idea
what can
work on the Apples.
One last question. It comes with built in wireless with airport express and
bluetooth.
What do i need
extra if i want to web wireledssly, any other devises. I'm clueless to wireless.
Any advice is appreciated, on or off list.
Dave
