My 12' iBook G4 just arrived!

[coachingguy]

New iBooks rock!

I gotta join the littany here. I still have a 3 year old G3 900 ibook running solidly for my wife. I bought a PB 15" 1.5 Superdrive yada,yada , yada. It died after 3 months "something about catastrophic failure". I really like the appearance of the PB, but honestly after having my new 12" iBook 1.33, 1.5gig Ram, I cannont get over how fast this thing is. It easily keeps up with the day to day tasks I do. Battery life is honestly about six hours! The screen is much better than on my G3 iBook; bright, crisp, clear! They updated the keyboard too, quieter more pb like. For iPhoto and CS work, I cannot tell a difference between this and the PB. I got this thing refurb'd for $799 and thats' roughly a GRAND less than the PB! Nothing on the PB, as far as I'm concerned right now is worth a $1000 difference. iBooks Rock!

 

[cocozz]

Mine too ! I have it !!!!

Man u were right, this laptop is fantastic

I like the keyboard
I like the touchpad
I like the screen (Really,You will not use this laptop to watch a film with ur mates so this screen is splendide when u are in front of it, I like the colours ;-D )
I live tiger (coming from gnu/linux)

There are the photos !!

http://homepage.mac.com/cocozz/PhotoAlbum1.html

Yahouuu !

 

[generik]

I gotta join the littany here. I still have a 3 year old G3 900 ibook running solidly for my wife. I bought a PB 15" 1.5 Superdrive yada,yada , yada. It died after 3 months "something about catastrophic failure".

You are starting to make me more and more edgy about my PB purchase.. I'm expecting it either tomorrow or the day after

 

[YS2003]

I also like my 12" iBook 1.33 GHz which I bought this summer. The price was good ($999) and at this price, I am more comfortable taking it out with me on the road (as I am not comfortable lugging around my PBs as they are more expensive and have shiny aluminum case). I can run CS2 with this iBook so that I can work on the marketing materials on the road. It is easy to pick up from the bag compared to PB (I just feel PB will slip from my grips because of relatively slippery casing). Nice screen (I set its brightnes at 20% or 30% most of the time). Very portable with good battery life (I have not yet tested its battery, though). Well built construction of the unit.

 

[rosalindavenue]

I am tossing the idea of throwing another 512MB of RAM into my iBook G4 (bringing the total up to 1GB). I would probably buy a 512MB dimm from crucial.com for about $60.

Let us know if you do that. Given the problems with airport reception that are experienced by those who put in a 1 gig stick (for a total of 1.5 MB), a 512MB stick seems to be the best option, especially for a non-power user like me who thinks his machine is plenty fast enough with the preinstalled 512.

 

[cocozz]

Im also thinking about adding a new 512mb memory stick to do Tiger fly !

I just tried the MAC Battlelfield 1942 demo on my ibook, its playable !!! OMG !

Even if I didnt thought to play in this laptop it is possible, im loving it a bit more each minute

 

[FFTT]

I just dropped by the Tyson's Corner Apple Store yesterday to re-assure myself on the wisdom of purchasing my daughter's new 12" iBook refurb.

I gotta tell you, I'm really impressed with the iBook more than I thought
I would be and actually prefer the form factor to the 12" PB.
In fact knowing my daughter, the iBook will certainly be more durable
knocking around in her book bag.

I also noticed that the store demos all were running with 1 GB RAM installed.


Of course I wish the iBooks had the better 64 MB VRAM and the DVI out, and at least a 60 GB hard drive, but it's very difficult to justify $500 more for the 12" PB over the iBook's $799 refurb price.

I'll be checking Crucial, OWC and Datamem for RAM prices.

Now if only I could afford to get one for myself.