 New I-book, ibook vs powerbook |
  Thu 13 May 2004, 01:19
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I'm just about to buy a MAC notebook and I'm still trying to decide whether to go for an ibook or a powerbook. If I were going for the Ibook. It would be the new 1.2 GHz G4 with 512MB and a superdrive.
The alternative is a 15" Powerbook, but this works out at least 600 EUR more even if I just go for an upgraded 15" Combo (512MB RAM, superdrive). I know the backlit keyboard is nice (and also extra) but I basically seem to be paying an extra 33% for a slightly faster processor (1.33 GHz vs 1.2 GHz) and a faster type of RAM and system bus. I know there used to be quite a difference between ibooks and powerbooks, but it seems to me (though undoubtably a newcomer to MACs) that with the recently launched models the difference has now become quite slim. Any opinions? Should I go for an even higher RAM spec (I plan to use it for basic digital recording and as a synth/sampler/noise looper)? |
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Sun 26 Sep 2004, 22:15
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 26-Sep 04 From: Brooklyn - US Member No.: 51,864 |
If the MBox USB is decent (even if there's only 1 USB port I won't be recording audio and using my USB Edirol keyboard at the same time) and I can use one of my LaCie 80 FW HDs I think it would probably be cool to buy a refurbished 12" PowerBook...I am trying to avoid cracking the $2K mark as this is just a secondary system. Is adding RAM to a PowerBook pretty easy? I was thinking 768 total for now should be cool, no? Do the refurbished machines have any drawbacks?
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14Angel New I-book Thu 13 May 2004, 01:19
dixiechicken The slightly faster processor will not mean very m... Fri 14 May 2004, 15:15 14Angel Thanks Dixiechicken. I went for the 1.2GHz ibook i... Thu 27 May 2004, 21:13 jofferman Hey 14Angel! Since I'm sort of pondering a... Sat 28 Aug 2004, 08:21 14Angel Hi Jofferman. Apart from some initial teething pro... Sat 28 Aug 2004, 20:14 jofferman Hey!
Thanks for the info! Glad to hear yo... Sun 29 Aug 2004, 07:49 lushbudget Hey there - I just gotta say that there are some M... Sun 29 Aug 2004, 17:23 jofferman It seems lushbudget is right... that is, after plo... Tue 31 Aug 2004, 10:41 bubbledave I am actually going through a similar debate right... Sun 26 Sep 2004, 15:59 lushbudget Assuming that your iBook is a G4 model you should ... Sun 26 Sep 2004, 21:42
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