> > On May 6, 2005, at 1:14 PM, Mark Guertin wrote: > >> if it starts with "i" it's consumer ... iBook, iMac (except for e > >> which is also consumer -- eMac). Also the color gives it away... if > >> it's white its a consumer machine (at least right now anyway). > > [...] > > For what its worth: I do all my development on my ibook. 800Mhz G3. I > > love it. Years of work. dawn to dusk. great machine! No problems. Ever. > > The most negative point I can make about the current iBooks is that, > since they so closely resemble their four year old predecessors, they > are a bit boring today.
... they're slower, have cheaper feeling keyboards, trackpads and cases, and I can't stand the mouse button. But, if you can get over that, I'm sure they're fine for a lot of people. I just have seen too many people have less than satisfactory experiences that I advise people to get the pro machines *if they can afford to*. If the difference between $800 and $1000 is enough to break the bank (for a high school student, or a *really* strapped university student for e.g.) then the consumer machines are more than adequate. If you have enough money to *waste* on a car (and that is a waste... & if you have an SUV you have serious ethical problems to deal with (unless you're transporting 4 full size police officers with gear all the time... otherwise, a minivan is a much more environmentally & socially responsible vehicle (though, no vehicle is a much more ethical situation anyway) & money is the least of your problems ;-), then you should definitely get the pro machine (or re-examine your ethical compass). I've recommended different things to different people over the years. If someone's budget conscious I've suggested iCraps (ONLY with AppleCare... they're too unreliable to trust without) & iBooks, for another I suggested nothing other than a PowerBook (they were willing to waste money buying a new car... sucker) & I also regularly recommend that someone stay away from Mac. Virtual PC is good but it ain't a great solution -- Mac gaming sucks & stats software on Mac is fading and fading fast (those are the two main reasons I've recommended against Mac). Of course, I did once convince someone to do the sensible thing and spend $200 on an awesome game machine (an XBox) and to buy an iBook for their computer work. They're very happy now that their laptop isn't utterly destroyed by heavy duty gaming on a machine that's a pure waste of money for gaming (this person had replaced two laptops already b/c of it). Eric. _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com'
