[P1] 12" PowerBook vs iBook Tests in Macworld

[Jerome Williams]

On 3/11/03 7:00 PM, "Jack Rodgers" <jackrodgers at earthlink.net> wrote:

> The April issue of MacWorld on page 32 compares the 12 inch Powerbook
> 867 and the iBook 800.
> 
> The Powerbook is rated almost twice as fast in the overall score. In
> the Photoshop suite it is 3 times faster. iMovie 2.1.2 rendering is 4
> times faster. iTunes mp3 encode is 3x faster. Almost twice as many
> frames in Quake III and Cinema 4D rendering is twice as fast.
> 
> Those extra $500 bucks deliver a little more in the performance
> department.
> 
> Maybe the review is online at macworld.
> 
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Yes, I do not doubt your facts.  However, the speed odometer on my car
registers up to 120 mphs, that does mean I can drive that fast.  No one
doubts the 12" PB is faster than the iBook.  The real question will you need
or even use that added performance.  For me, the $500 wasn't worth the added
performance, performance that I would never use.  I already own a G4 Cube
and never really tapped the true performance capabilities of the machine.
I'm sure I'm not alone.  The same argument can be made for those Intel users
who spout the MHZ numbers.  Average Joe computer users, surfs the web, does
email, does word processing and plays video games.  Does he really need a 3
GHZ machine.  Markerting reps says yes, but reality says no.

I bought the iBook not because I needed a faster machine, I just needed
mobile computing.  I was tired of being tied to one room of my house to surf
the net, check my email and write emails like this one.  Oh yeah, I wanted a
computer that was designed to take a little abuse.  The iBook was the
perfect, cost effective choice.

J