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powerbook vs ibook

Lemon cheese cake
25-05-2005, 20:53
which is better? you decide!!!
UpwardThrust
25-05-2005, 20:54
which is better? you decide!!!
Neither … go PC hardware with a good copy of *nix
Shuko
25-05-2005, 21:07
which is better? you decide!!!
powerbook out of the 2 but i use pc
ibook :sniper:
East Coast Federation
25-05-2005, 21:08
iBooks are GREAT LAPTOPS! But if you HAVE THE MONEY go for a Power book!

I love how macs are so awsome.
Cannot think of a name
25-05-2005, 21:23
I bought a Powerbook because I edit film and do media design for the live stage. But I think nowadays the iBooks are about as powerful as my Powerbook...stupid curve...

Depends on what you need. I really like the bulletproofness of this computer. It has been highly abused and more or less shrugs it off. Plus, I can bump around in it's system without fear of irrevocably screwing something up in a way I can't fix, not something I could say when I was using PCs (where I had to make the rule that "No computer geeks can touch this computer, because you stupid freeks go in and 'customize' shit so I can't fucking use it anymore without lighting candles and sacraficing a chicken")
Lemon cheese cake
26-05-2005, 11:14
thanks for your help, it looks like i'll go for an ibook then
Helioterra
26-05-2005, 11:27
thanks for your help, it looks like i'll go for an ibook then
Wrong conclusion. Powerbook is the right choice.

(yeah right, never even used one...I'm the expert...but quite many of my nerdy friends want to get one. I trust them)
Czardas
26-05-2005, 13:23
I have a PowerBook G4 and it's doing a lot better than my old iBook G3. But then I don't have one of the new iBooks. This laptop comes with a lot of memory, a huge hard drive, a built-in AirPort Extreme card for connecting wirelessly to the internet, and a lot of other things—but not Microsoft Office, unfortunately. You'd have to do research to find out more, but I like the PowerBook and would recommend it if you have enough money to buy it.

~Czardas, Supreme Ruler of the Universe
The Nazz
26-05-2005, 13:54
I just went to an iBook G4 and love it, but CToaN is absolutely correct--it all depends on what you're doing with it. If you're editing film or music, go with the Powerbook. I'm a writer who spends a lot of time online, so I don't need the raw computing power, and the iBook is more than enough computer for me.