I've just bought a 12inch G4 powerbook, and I have to say, so far I'm extremely impressed. I /was/ going to go for the 17 inch model, but decided I couldn't justify the extra grand or so. Personally, I think £1300 (got a slight discount on mine) is extremely reasonable for a laptop of this quality.
One of my main concerns was the size of the screen (only 12 inch, and 1024x768), but I have to say, I've had no problems with it -- partly I suspect because of MacOS X's universal anti-aliasing and alpha-blending (Quartz rocks) approach.
Now all I want is for apple to write a full office suite to rival Office, and we'll be away (apple's prices seem much more reasonable than microsoft's as far as I can see).
Paul
On Thursday, June 12, 2003, at 11:28 pm, Wayne Stallwood wrote:
On Thursday 12 June 2003 12:29, Robert Tillyard wrote:
If you're about to buy some hardware it may be worth while waiting for the WWDC (World Wide developers Conference) to pass as it's widely expected new 64bit PowerMacs to be announced which may have an effect on the pricing for 32bit equipment, if not you haven't lost anything (apart from two weeks of heaven).
This is a good point and especially the G3 ibooks should due to hit the end of production soon enough. I for one don't think Apple will be announcing any Powerbooks based on the PPC970 at the WWDC (despite what I keep reading on certain MacRumor sites).
But any new processor technology announced by Apple (even in a Desktop machine) will have a knock on effect on the pricing of all the lower spec models and I wouldn't be surprised if Apple actually announce price drops on certainly the G3 machines and possibly the G4's at (or just after) the WWDC.
There is a chance that they may wait to MacWorld Expo (which is about two months away) before announcing anything.
Personally I wouldn't buy an ibook, I'd save up some more money and go for a Powerbook. I know it's quite a financial leap but after using OSX on both G3 and G4 machines I'd have to conclude that it is a far better experience on a G4. Besides which the G3 is getting pretty long in the tooth now (even the bottom end eMac uses a G4)
I must admit I keep thinking about getting a Powerbook myself, Who'd have thought it...
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