the evn show Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 Nuka_t: <5lbs. < 1.5" thick > 802.11g Durable Somewhat stylish Ships from the factory with a *NIX OS guaranteed to work with all hardware and features cd-rw/dvd-rom, 802.11g, one or two usb/firewire pots and maybe the ability to run photoshop/office natively (preferably without rebooting) Those are pretty much the only requirements I have for notebook. The ibook does those things extremely well for only $1100. Fact of the matter is I'm not sure any x86 notebook manufacturer can do the same thing for that price (though you're free to post a link). I paid a little more for a powerbook, but I went back and picked up an ibook too for exactly the kind of things he described a few weeks later. When the tibook is uncomfortable (ie: when I'm in the kitchen, or lazing about in the sun) then I use an ibook and I've got no real complaints except that maybe i don't need $8,000cdn worth of portable computer littering my house (bough the tibook before the insane pricecuts that drop it down to <$3000) but that's all good. Just because your requirements are to have a bazillion ghz, and a petabyte of drive space, and you're willing to pay the price in size, weight, and live tied to the wall for all but two hours a day doesn't mean he is. Read the guys requirements, he said nothing that would make you suspect that an iBook wouldn't be acceptable. If i were in the OPs position I'd probably pick up a 12" ibook, add some memory, and use the extra cash to buy office ($150), Dreamweaver ($99 as a student) and fireworks ($99). If there was still some change then an iPod, and maybe an external bluetooth mouse would round out the package really nicely.[GOOGLE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilsbury Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 Emmmm, isn't the iBook a laptop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary_Player Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 Emmmm, isn't the iBook a laptop? Yes it is I went and checked them out at CompUSA and I have to say the ibook keyboard feels kinda cheap to me and the 14inch ones seem kinda clunky...I'm going for a powerbook myself :yes: cant decide 12 or 15 but oh well :blink: You can debate mac vs pc till you're blue in the face...its just like arguing ati or nvidia or amd or intel...I've been a dedicated PC user for a long time now but I'm bored with them so i'm going to try a mac on for size. I'll probably switch back when longhorn ships but until then OSX me baby! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thumpergts Posted April 5, 2004 Share Posted April 5, 2004 buying a laptop for gaming is silly imho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threetonesun Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 buying a laptop for gaming is silly imho I was wondering if anyone was going to say that. Buying a laptop with over a 15' screen is silly too, but to each their own. I'd be much happier with a 1ghz 512MB 12' laptop for a couple hundred and a decent desktop for a couple hundred than a 2ghz 1GB 17' with a ATI mobility for a few thousand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AltecXP Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 i replaced my 17in monitor,32mb ati vid card, soundblaster Live!, 1.6GHz P4, 60GB, 384mb pc133 ram, 16xCD-RW, dell desktop, with a HP Pavilion 15in screen, 128MB ati vid card, 40GB, AMD Athlon2500+ mobile(1.89GHz), 630?(cant think off the top of my head) 2100ram, 24x cd-rw/DVD, and integrated sound. It was the best thing i ever did, i use it for WebDevelopment, configuring cisco routers, programming, video games, music, movies, office work, class reports, everything. and it was only $700 + the price of a 512mb ram upgrade i got. i use Fireworks, dreamweaver, Visiual studio, office xp, windows XP i LOVE it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AltecXP Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 and i get 3hrs -+20min battery life :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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