madmaxmedia said:I know the specs of the 12" iBook and PB are almost the same, but I did notice playing with both at a store that the PB seems to launch apps faster and feels slightly snappier. Both models had stock RAM and I made sure to close all running apps when testing. Does anyone have an explanation? Maybe I was enchanted by the aluminum...
The weird thing is that this was at Rev. C PB, which I believe has 4200 RPM hard drives. Could the slightly faster CPU, slightly faster RAM, and slightly faster bus speed add up to a perceived speed increase? (I'm not talking benchmarks, besides maybe how dock bounces to launch an app.)
It would be nice if the entire PB line had 7200 RPM drives, or at least as a BTO option. That should result in noticeably better performance than the 4200 RPM iBooks. I think Hitachi is the only one making a 7200 2.5" drive, maybe that has something to do with it.
XIII said:Sorry mate, I want an Apple.
I have been thinking, and one of my questions: Any chance of an iBook speedbump and core image compatible card being released before/with Tiger?
madmaxmedia said:At least the new PB's have 5400 RPM drives...
Mechcozmo said:PowerBooks have the optical in port, which IIRC is best if you do music.
iBooks have an analog in, IIRC.
I'm not sure on the above, but I do know that I have an optical something to do with music on my PowerBook 12"
ldburroughs said:The graphics card in the ibook will not support core imaging that is utilized by Tiger. Don't get me wrong, you can still run Tiger from an ibook but if you like the ripple effect on the widget screen you may want to consider the powerbook unless an updated ibook is released anytime soon.
Mechcozmo said:PowerBooks have the optical in port, which IIRC is best if you do music.
iBooks have an analog in, IIRC.
I'm not sure on the above, but I do know that I have an optical something to do with music on my PowerBook 12"
Bern said:I don't know if you have iLife '05 yet, but one of the transitions it has is infact the ripple effect and it works perfectly fine on my iBook. Core Imaging is yet to be taken up by software developers and is unlikely to be supported by the current line of iBooks, but the ripple effect in Tiger will certainly work.I apologize if I made a specific reference to the ripple effect and it works with the ibook. I've just been reading various discussion about Tiger and the ibook and some say the graphics card does not support some of the eye candy features others will enjoy. Tiger will certainly work but some of its features will not be available because of the graphics card.
I'm only a recent convert to mac after spending all of my life trapped in Windows. It's been equated to the Quartz Engine with Panther in some of the other forums. So, I am glad I was wrong about the ripple effect. I will be installing iLife '05 shortly and will take a look. I was just going on what some of the others were saying about the ibook's inadequate video card. Apparently the PowerBooks won't have this same problem because their card is already compatible.