[P1] iBook Dilemma

[Gabriel A Grieser]

I have a 12" iBook G4, and I'm very happy with it. The DVD/CDRW combo 
is now standard, and it's nice to have now that Apple's iLife suite, 
for example, comes on a DVD-ROM and more software packages may follow, 
so that's a good investment to make. iLife and Panther come with the 
new models, and the performance is great. The G4 Powerbooks are nice, 
but there is big price difference, so I'd really only recommend those 
if you'd be likely to want to burn DVDs too. I have Airport Extreme on 
mine as well. I recommend the 12 inch model because the 14 inch screen 
has the same resolution and that small amount of extra size makes it a 
little less convenient. I went with the standard lowest 30 GB hard 
drive and 256 MB RAM, which is fine. RAM is cheap, so upgrading at any 
time shouldn't be a problem, and if the hard drive fills up, those will 
probably be cheaper at that time than they are now. I'd recommend 
investing the $100 on Airport Extreme rather than a big hard drive or 
more RAM because so many places have free Wifi, and it's amazing how 
easily it works. I just bought the Airport Extreme at the Apple store, 
followed the instructions, turned the machine on, and it just started 
working without installing any additional software. When you're in the 
area of a Network, it just appears in the menu bar.
On Mar 17, 2004, at 2:21 PM, May Hall wrote:

>> I have a 14 inch G4 iBook with a Combo Drive and Airport Extreme,
> and I
>> think the machine is great.
>
> Hi, Mike,
>
> Thank you for your thoughts. Mine are leaning in the same direction.
> My son would do the installation to the tangerine (he's a mac tech),
> but I would still have an *old* iBook. As for getting a G3, I was
> amazed at how antique my tangerine felt after about a year, so i
> wouldn't want to start right out behind the curve.  As you can tell, I
> tend to keep them for awhile.
> I have been wondering about the combo drive.....thinking that I
> wouldn't need the dvd part. do you see installation, etc. dVds in the
> future.
> About hard drive size and processor speeds, what are your thoughts
> and what did you get?
>
> May
>
>
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