Paul Bradforth wrote: <A twelve inch iBook is even less, and is very well specified.>
I noticed that, Paul, but was under the impression that it's significantly slower. However, I've just been thumbing through an issue of Mac User (you can tell I'm becoming converted!) and there isn't a huge amount of difference now the ibook is 1 ghz. <I read the rants, and sympathised, but it was sheer bad luck. That sort of thing is NOT typical. Really.> Judging by the responses on the list, it could be a very vocal minority, I guess, amplified by the fact that this industry has a higher percentage of Mac users than other lines of business. <>and not all stuff is backward compatible. What stuff, as a matter of interest?> I don't actually know, it just seems that when OSX came out, followed by Jaguar, Panther, Tabby Cat etc there seemed to be lots of wailing from users trying to use scanners and other things that disappeared. A local Mac seller has kindly offered to loan me a 12" powerbook for a few days, so at least I'll be able to get my head around how it works. Stand by for a barrage of no-brainer questions, I guess :-) Thanks to all who posted, it's always useful to have opinions of users from a group like this one. Regards Neill Watson =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
