I book or Powerbook
Planning to buy a 12" laptop for travelling-- my choice is either a 12", 1 GHz ibook with a 40 g hard driveor a 12" 1.33GHz powerbook--I'm planning 1 gig of extra RAM on each machine.
My question is:
Does it pay to pay the extra $300 for the Powerbook rather than the I book?
Thanks,
Sammick
My question is:
Does it pay to pay the extra $300 for the Powerbook rather than the I book?
Thanks,
Sammick
Comments
One of the vendors offers a free memory upgrade for a total 768 mgs of RAM-do you think I should forgo the free 512 and pay for the addititional 1 GB of memory? The memory alone is about $400.
Thanks again,
Sam
Originally posted by sammick
I am going to use the laptop for email and checking on stock prices-and for minimal portfolio management-I'm not using it for games or photoshop-so I think I will take your collective advice and go for a I book. Now another question:
One of the vendors offers a free memory upgrade for a total 768 mgs of RAM-do you think I should forgo the free 512 and pay for the addititional 1 GB of memory? The memory alone is about $400.
Thanks again,
Sam
For that kind of usage the 1GB is a waste. Adding 512 will get you up to 768 which will be enough for what you want to use it for (enough = plenty!!!). 256 is just not enough, you could settle for adding 512, but then again the 512 are not that expensive and will relly get your iBook going!
With the extra $400 buy yourself AppleCare. I really see that as a must if you're going to travel with a laptop.