Hello all, this is my first time posting on this board.
I will most likely be in the market for a laptop within the next 6-8 months, and i would like some opionions on what i should buy. I would be mainly be using it for website and unix style work. I would also be having large collections (5-10 gig) of files on the system. I am not really going to need super portibility but anything would be better then the 1:30h battery life i currently get with a Thinkpad (BTW: i dont own the thinkpad)
I am 99% sure i would choose between a ibook or a pbook becuse i need the power of UNIX but somthing with ease of use.
(BTW: I could use FreeBSD on a intel laptop if I needed to but would much rather use somthing that already comes with a GUI, but it is always an option to buy intel and use FreeBSD+XFree86)
I will be doing some very lite graphics work also. I have heard some people say that the G4 is a very bad processor and would never buy them but would reccomend a G3. I am very confused because some say that the G3 is SUPER SLOW.
I would want somthing that wolnt be obsolete in 2 months (probaby not possible .....LOL)
Will it be better to buy later on .... say after Christmas?? My price range is up to $2000 but not much higher..... i am a highschool student after all.
If i would get this i would be ONE HAPPY SWITCHER (never owned a mac before)
Please give me some help......
Thanks,
Jon
I will most likely be in the market for a laptop within the next 6-8 months, and i would like some opionions on what i should buy. I would be mainly be using it for website and unix style work. I would also be having large collections (5-10 gig) of files on the system. I am not really going to need super portibility but anything would be better then the 1:30h battery life i currently get with a Thinkpad (BTW: i dont own the thinkpad)
I am 99% sure i would choose between a ibook or a pbook becuse i need the power of UNIX but somthing with ease of use.
(BTW: I could use FreeBSD on a intel laptop if I needed to but would much rather use somthing that already comes with a GUI, but it is always an option to buy intel and use FreeBSD+XFree86)
I will be doing some very lite graphics work also. I have heard some people say that the G4 is a very bad processor and would never buy them but would reccomend a G3. I am very confused because some say that the G3 is SUPER SLOW.
I would want somthing that wolnt be obsolete in 2 months (probaby not possible .....LOL)
Will it be better to buy later on .... say after Christmas?? My price range is up to $2000 but not much higher..... i am a highschool student after all.
If i would get this i would be ONE HAPPY SWITCHER (never owned a mac before)
Please give me some help......
Thanks,
Jon