[P1] Worst iBook review to date?

[Joe Jones]

Having read it I have to agree.

I picked up a copy of MacWorld at the cornershop when they didn't have 
any of my usual fare MacFormat in stock. I read it but I was somewhat 
underwhelmed and I couldn't put my finger on why exactly. This article 
made me revisit that wayward purchase and I realised why I buy 
MacFormat exclusively.

I doubt that reviewer has ever used an iBook. I have a 600Mhz version 
with 8Mb graphics and it not only performs well in Photoshop, but I can 
play Quake III Arena and still beat my friend on his high powered PC.

The keys sound fine, and if they're a bit springy you can turn the 
little screw between the F5 and F6 key that secures the keyboard more 
firmly. I can't say that I've noticed it though.

Basically, I think the reviewer is spoiled using the PowerBook and has 
something of an elitist "the G3 sucks" thing going on, dismissing it 
without actually understanding that the G3 and G4 are almost equal in 
power and processing until Altivec optimised code is used that the G4 
can take advantage of.

Joe

On Thursday, Aug 7, 2003, at 16:37 Europe/London, Jack Rodgers wrote:

>
> On Wednesday, August 6, 2003, at 11:31  PM, NIKON'S WORLD wrote:
>
>> Reviews like that are why I recently canceled my subscription to 
>> Macworld.
>
> A review should discuss pros and cons but MacWorld reviewers have 
> historically injected their own emotional downers into the reviews. I 
> also stopped reading the software reviews years ago when they became 
> less and less useful and more of a personality platform for the 
> writers. Almost every software review had to end with some poisoned 
> paragraph. I think we need the good and the bad to make intelligent 
> selections, just as we might ask a waiter for opinions on the various 
> dishes but do we want him to comment after he delivers the meal, the 
> apple pie really sucks.
>
> ---
> I just happened to remember that I have a problem remembering things 
> and I am a procrastinator. So I decided to create an automated system 
> to remind and force me to follow up. I'll probably start on it 
> tomorrow.
>
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