I am interested in purchasing a laptop for my 14 year old daughter and am
looking for recommendations related to either the PB 1400 or 3400. While I
am sure that she would prefer an Indigo iBook 366 or a G3 Wallstreet system,
these systems are not in my budget.
I have seen the 1400c (or cs) 166 listed on lowendmac.com as a good choice
and appreciate the ability to upgrade to a G3/333 or 400 at a relatively low
cost. The negatives I see are the lack of an Ethernet card, limited (64MB)
RAM capacity and 33.6 modem.
The 3400 is attractive largely due to the 200 or 240Mhz speed, built-in
Ethernet and higher RAM capacity.
I expect that whatever I buy will be used largely for school work (mostly MS
Word using Office 98), web surfring with IE 5.0 and IMing her friends.
While I have considered a desktop Mac, we already have two and a laptop
seems like the best idea. I have also thought about a Wintel machine, but
would prefer to stay with Apple. My budget is around $500, but would go
higher for the right system. I have seen 3400s on eBay for $450-600 and
1400s for $300-500.
If I decided to wait and buy an iBook, when do you think that the 366 models
will be available for under $800? The only thing that may lead me to wait
is the availability of USB and Firewire on these machines.
Thanks in advance,
TJ Kozikowski
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