[P1] Basic iBook? For WP +

[Paul Bernhardt]

The new $999 iBook may fit the bill perfectly (and you may get 
educational discount as faculty at a community college).

It is rich on power and features. Comes with Appleworks which includes 
an entirely adequate presentation package. I did a presentation for 
faculty and students at my school using exactly this package a few 
weeks back and it worked just fabulously. I had charts generated by 
hidden spreadsheets on display pages. Worked slick.

If you need real spreadsheet power, as opposed to occasional use to 
organize and do simple summaries, then you'll want Excel, maybe the 
entire office package. I occasionally do need such power, so I have 
MSOffice also, but I do most of my daily work on Appleworks.

Paul

On Thursday, December 5, 2002, at 06:22 PM, Jake Stickelmeyer wrote:

> I'm new to the list and have very basic computing needs. I'd like to 
> get a
> laptop system that will meet my simple needs, word processing and
> presentations (I'm a Community College educator). Don't need lots of
> graphical/video/audio sort of stuff(wouldn't know what to do with it 
> anyway,
> just something to provide me with the means to keep working on a 
> document or
> presentation without being tied to an office. Extremely limited 
> budget. Any
> ideas?