Hey all,
I have a 12" 1.33ghz iBook G4 right now (my main rig is a 20" Aluminum iMac), but I've been getting antsy on getting something larger. I've had a 14" iBook before, and while I liked it, I think I want to go a big larger.
The main things I use my laptop for are the following: Internet, Mail, iChat, and WoW. WoW works decently on this iBook (surprisingly) even though it only has 32mb RAM, but I'm also looking for something that will run it a bit faster.
Budgetwise, I'm only looking to throw in a couple hundred dollars on top of the sale price of this computer. That puts me in the range of a first/second gen MacBook, or a last generation PowerBook.
I've read so many threads on this forum claiming people are 'stupid' for going with dead technology-- I can see that point, but for what I'd be using my laptop for, I think it wouldn't be a big problem. I don't see myself having this coming laptop for more than a year or two, but I'd just like to get some opinions on this. I truly don't care about running Windows, nor encoding rates or other such benchmarks.
I'm really looking at a 1.67 high-res PowerBook... I love the 15.4" screen, and I just don't have the cash for even a first gen MBP. A MacBook would just be too small for what I'm looking for... but I'm definitely open to opinions that would change my mind?
Thanks!
I have a 12" 1.33ghz iBook G4 right now (my main rig is a 20" Aluminum iMac), but I've been getting antsy on getting something larger. I've had a 14" iBook before, and while I liked it, I think I want to go a big larger.
The main things I use my laptop for are the following: Internet, Mail, iChat, and WoW. WoW works decently on this iBook (surprisingly) even though it only has 32mb RAM, but I'm also looking for something that will run it a bit faster.
Budgetwise, I'm only looking to throw in a couple hundred dollars on top of the sale price of this computer. That puts me in the range of a first/second gen MacBook, or a last generation PowerBook.
I've read so many threads on this forum claiming people are 'stupid' for going with dead technology-- I can see that point, but for what I'd be using my laptop for, I think it wouldn't be a big problem. I don't see myself having this coming laptop for more than a year or two, but I'd just like to get some opinions on this. I truly don't care about running Windows, nor encoding rates or other such benchmarks.
I'm really looking at a 1.67 high-res PowerBook... I love the 15.4" screen, and I just don't have the cash for even a first gen MBP. A MacBook would just be too small for what I'm looking for... but I'm definitely open to opinions that would change my mind?
Thanks!
