Hi and iBook G4 musings

[Rory Prior]

Hi folks,

First a quick introduction seeing as I'm new to this list. I'm a 
university grad just starting out in the big scary world, I run 
ThinkMac Software (http://www.thinkmac.co.uk) as a hobby and I do 
various bits of web design and so on to pass time while I try and find 
a job.

I've been a Mac user for a few years now, my first Mac was an blueberry 
clamshell iBook, from that I've transitioned to a G4 800 Quicksilver 
tower and a PowerBook G3 400 (Pismo). The reason I'm here today is 
because I've decided to sell these two trusty workhorses and 
consolidate down to one computer. After a lot of soul-searching and 
Googling I've decided that one of those shiny new iBook G4 933s has my 
name on it. I chose this model because it's better value for money than 
the 1GHz model (£200 more for 20GB more disk space and 66MHz more CPU 
power?!). Initially I was tempted by the 1GHz 12" PowerBook but I 
decided the marginal performance increase and smaller screen were just 
not worth the £300 more than the 933 iBook. I can use that saved money 
to buy extra RAM, Bluetooth and a big FireWire hard-drive :)

Anyway to finally get to the point of this e-mail, I'd love to hear 
from anyone who has brought one of the new G4 iBooks, what I've read so 
far on Accelerate Your Mac seems positive and I hope to use the 
firmware hack to get dual monitor support so I can run my 19" CRT at a 
pleasant resolution.

If anyone on this list is in the UK and is in the market for a used 
PowerBook G3 or PowerMac G4 800 please contact me and I'll give you the 
full specs and what I'd like to get from their sale.

Cheers,

Rory
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ThinkMac Software