I recently got an itch to take hold of an iBook.
I don't really _need_ an iBook at all. I have a dual-head DP G4 800 + GeForce 3 at home. I am in front of a dual-head P4 for the day job. Commute on the metro is when I get my reading in--so there's no "standard" window during the day where I'd need a iBook.
Still...the thought of setting up wireless IP for occasional browsing in the den (vs. 3rd floor computer room) is appealing. As is the notion of having OS X with me, in case I want to touch it. Just seems it would be "cool" to have such a unit. It'd be great on the new more-frequent trips "home" to visit the folks, etc. The iBooks should have gone through a bump before I'd grab one later in the summer, hopefully bringing 100MHz bus to the low end, maybe better video, etc.
But for the same ~$1100 or so that the iBook would cost, I could sell my DP G4 800 and snag the high-end PowerMac that will be coming out at MWNY (almost certainly), which will prob be dual 1.2GHz G4's at least w/ DDR, ATA-100, GeForce 4Ti, etc. But when I think about it...how much faster do I really need right now. I am quite pleased with the responsiveness of OS X on this machine presently. And Quartz Extreme is on its way. Having Quake 3, Giants, Alice, etc. any faster would be hard to notice (tho I'd happily take some drivers for the GF3 that allow FSAA, I must say...). Maybe it'd be better to let this less-than-a-year-old machine run another year or two and grab the new iBook toy.
Thoughts here? $1100 is not so much. I can produce most of the $$$ as disposable money (trickle of web ad revenue, birthday $$ from the folks, sale of an unneeded hardware item or two, etc.) so it's not as though I'm putting myself out monetarily.
What do you folks think?
blakespot
I don't really _need_ an iBook at all. I have a dual-head DP G4 800 + GeForce 3 at home. I am in front of a dual-head P4 for the day job. Commute on the metro is when I get my reading in--so there's no "standard" window during the day where I'd need a iBook.
Still...the thought of setting up wireless IP for occasional browsing in the den (vs. 3rd floor computer room) is appealing. As is the notion of having OS X with me, in case I want to touch it. Just seems it would be "cool" to have such a unit. It'd be great on the new more-frequent trips "home" to visit the folks, etc. The iBooks should have gone through a bump before I'd grab one later in the summer, hopefully bringing 100MHz bus to the low end, maybe better video, etc.
But for the same ~$1100 or so that the iBook would cost, I could sell my DP G4 800 and snag the high-end PowerMac that will be coming out at MWNY (almost certainly), which will prob be dual 1.2GHz G4's at least w/ DDR, ATA-100, GeForce 4Ti, etc. But when I think about it...how much faster do I really need right now. I am quite pleased with the responsiveness of OS X on this machine presently. And Quartz Extreme is on its way. Having Quake 3, Giants, Alice, etc. any faster would be hard to notice (tho I'd happily take some drivers for the GF3 that allow FSAA, I must say...). Maybe it'd be better to let this less-than-a-year-old machine run another year or two and grab the new iBook toy.
Thoughts here? $1100 is not so much. I can produce most of the $$$ as disposable money (trickle of web ad revenue, birthday $$ from the folks, sale of an unneeded hardware item or two, etc.) so it's not as though I'm putting myself out monetarily.
What do you folks think?
blakespot
) The iBook is fantastic as an oversized PDA or a powerful miniture laptop. I would save up and get both!
