[iBook] Help me help a friend

[Tom Legare]

Is she sure she wants a laptop? A 20" Intel iMac costs $1700 before any
upgrades. Bringing it up to 1GB of memory equals a cost of $1800 plus tax
and free shipping. That would be a pretty sweet machine.
 
The other options are a 14" iBook (not bad) or a 12" Powerbook (screen may
be small for a newbie that isn't a road warrior). 
 
I would avoid a Windows machine unless she has someone babysitting the
machine for her.
 
Tom 
 
-------Original Message------- 
 
From: Jean-Paul Thuot 
Date: 02/28/06 23:19:27 
To: A place to discuss Apple's iBook computers. 
Subject: [iBook] Help me help a friend 
 
Hi List, 
 
A friend wants to buy a notebook. She's never used a Mac, and is 
something of a techno-idiot. She's strictly going to be 
email/web/word processing for the most part. 
 
She has about $1800 US for a computer. I think that's not enough for 
a Macbook Pro, but more than enough for a ramped up PPC iBook. Of 
course the question is, should she get a G4 iBook now? She can not 
afford to wait six months until the new Intel iBooks come out. I am 
moving in two months, so it needs to be soon so that I can spend some 
time getting her up to speed on it. Otherwise I think she's just 
going to go with a Windows machine. 
 
Of course it's her decision, but I really think that for someone who 
isn't very savvy (esp. with virii and adware etc.) a Mac is the best 
idea. How long will the PPC Macs be supported by Apple, does anyone 
know? 
 
What say you all? 
 
Thanks, 
 
Jean-Paul 
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