thoughts on g4 iBook?


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well, im about 50% sure im getting a iBook sometime in January (if everything goes well.) and i just wanted to know if this sounds like a good system

? 800MHz PowerPC G4

? 256K L2 cache @ 800MHz

? 12-inch TFT Display

? 1024x768 resolution

? Combo Drive

? ATI Mobility Radeon 9200

? 32MB DDR video memory

? 640MB DDR266 SDRAM (128MB built-in & 512MB SO-DIMM)

? 60GB Ultra ATA drive

? Combo Drive (DVD-ROM/CD-RW)

? AirPort Extreme Card

? Bluetooth Module

? Keyboard/Mac OS X - U.S. English

? iPod - 10GB

? 12-inch TFT XGA display

? 800MHz PowerPC G4

? ATI Mobility Radeon 9200 w/ 32MB DDR video memory

this will be my first mac, and im just wondering what everyone (who has one) thinks of the new g4 iBook.

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i'm typing this on a 14" 1GHz iBook now. umm.. what can i say... the only complain about this machine is that the trackpad button is a bit loud, it's pretty annoying if you use it often. :/

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I'm on an 800 MHz G3 iBook right now. I love it.

And the trackpad button on mine is much quieter than the one on my Dell Inspiron.

<edit>Also, if that's your first iPod, you'll love it.</edit>

Congrats on a great new laptop! :D

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Divi.. Nice Man! Likin that!

Aaron, Plz man, Don't get the 14" iBook, it looks oddly crap! :(

too bad i already bought it. :D this is for my sister though. :)

and i find this new iBook looks much better than the old G3 iBook.

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too bad i already bought it. :D this is for my sister though. :)

and i find this new iBook looks much better than the old G3 iBook.

Oh its for HER! Ah ok! I just hate them 14's against the 12's.. if there was a Resolution difference, fair enough but... :no:

:)

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i thought about a 14 inch model for a little bit, but my laptop now (p2 300) has a 12.1 and has a max res of 800x600 and is more than sufficant for my needs, plus i have a small desk.. i can barely fit my 17 inch monitor, direcTV box and all the other junk on my desk on it. :pinch:

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too bad i already bought it. :D this is for my sister though. :)

and i find this new iBook looks much better than the old G3 iBook.

its her christmas present?? i wish my family was like that. :laugh:

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Wow, almost the same stats as my iBook, an excellent little machine :D

Tho I have a 40 gig harddrive, 512 mb, 120 gig firewire drive and 20 gig iPod.

All that extra work was well worth it.

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quick quetion how does your ibook have 512mb of ram, it has 128 built in so you could only have 256 (128+ 128) 384 (128 + 256) or 640 (128 + 512) or 1152 (128+ 1024, yes i i have heard that the i book does support the 1gig pc2100 sticks)

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I've also heard of this ibook G4 ram hack, but never seen any hard evidence. Sounds sketchy to me. I hope it's true though, I plan on getting an ibook next year.

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look round the ibook section at macnn.com. i have seen some refrence there. i dont think it is a "hack" just apple didnt tell people that it supports the 1 gig sticks 1 bc they are expensive ~$400 and 2 to entice someone who would need that much to buy the powerbook

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