[P1] Newbie

[Joost van de Griek]

On 2003-06-04 16:12, Parkblue at gmx.net wrote:

> I'm a newbie on this list, but a long-time Duo/2400-list subscriber, owned
> various Powerbooks (a 100, a 165, a 270, a 280, a 2300 and currently a 2400).
> Located in Fort Lauderdale/FL and Munich/Germany, motorcycle rider, ready to
> switch to an iBook.
> 
> Coming from a stock 2400, anything will seem fast, so any reason I should
> avoid 500mhz/combo units?

I would avoid the 500 MHz model for two reasons: the 66 MHz bus speed and
the Rage128 GPU.

66 MHz is a pretty anaemic bus speed in today's world of 333 MHz (DDR)
buses, and the Rage128 is yesterday's graphics chip. Coming from a PowerBook
2400, of course you will think it's all speedy as heck, but the iBook is
getting long in the tooth as it is, no need to limit yourself too much by
going for the slowest model there is.

I'd advise looking for the third revision 600 MHz model at least (the one
with Radeon graphics).

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