667DVI Please read

babarbabar
Posted:
in General Discussion edited January 2014
Ok, this is not my first message about this but i'm making the buying decision tomorrow. I am a student which has many UNIX skills already and want to run a good UNIX all the time (MacOS X). I need the PCMCIA slot on the TiBOOK (no Ibook for me). My only real concern remaining is will it last 3 years? I mean, I'm still hooked up by those 1.7ghz PC notebooks (Satellite 5100) and i see 667mhz here. I KNOW IT'S NOT THE SAME THING.. but those PC marketing zealots really did their job well, i'm still a bit unsure.



I get a good deal on it (ADC Price).. but it is still a big investissement.



DOn't tell me to wait till the next rev. I can't and I found the current one to be very attractive.



Anyway.. please post your advices.. fast.. thanks

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 10
    keyboardf12keyboardf12 Posts: 1,379member
    buy it. its the best laptop apple has made.





    ps. nothing in the comp biz last 3 years. (ok it may last but you will be complaining about it just like everything else on either platform.)
  • Reply 2 of 10
    alcimedesalcimedes Posts: 5,486member
    how big of a price difference is there between the 800 and 667? depending on what that is i'd look at the 800. if you're worried about it lasting a long time, processor speed is the one thing you can't upgrade.
  • Reply 3 of 10
    babarbabar Posts: 28member
    The 800 in Canada is way out of price.. about 600-700$ more for 133mhz.. not worth it..
  • Reply 4 of 10
    keyboardf12keyboardf12 Posts: 1,379member
    since i had an airport card the diff between the 667 and the 800 was even less. saved the money and bought more software.
  • Reply 5 of 10
    alcimedesalcimedes Posts: 5,486member
    actually, it should be $600-700 for



    additional 256MB of ram

    extra 10GB of HD space

    Airport Card

    133Mhz processor speed.



    not sure how much those add up to with ADC pricing but i believe it would be approx. $350 for the parts alone, not including what the processor speed is.



    also keep in mind, that at 667, an 800 Mhz processor is 20% faster. that's nothing to sneeze at.
  • Reply 6 of 10
    flashgordonflashgordon Posts: 284member
    if you dont get it then you never will!! PCs dont suck because they are slower(eventhough a 1.7ghz will be slower than the 800mhz Mac)...They suck because they run windows. Every time you run windows you will wish you had gotten Mac OS. That is the difference, you wont care when you are running your Linux stuff, it wont really matter then(unless you care that the tibook is really good looking just sitting there), it will matter when you are using all the well designed and integrated iApps instead of the thrown together Windows programs, or when you can actually use the computer because some random virus hasnt crashed it for the second time in a month. I got a PC because I thought it was faster and cheaper and after a week or two I missed my Mac...the PC experience just sucks it doesn't compare. Get a mac and don't look back.



    I think I just gave Apple a new marketing slogan. I guess i am a poet and I didnt know it. <img src="graemlins/oyvey.gif" border="0" alt="[No]" />
  • Reply 7 of 10
    popzpopz Posts: 12member
    $500 is nothing to sneeze at either!
  • Reply 8 of 10
    robsterrobster Posts: 256member
    If it helps....

    I bit the bullet and bought a 667 DVI G4 PB,

    and I *LOVE* it, it's way faster than the 550 it replaced (fell down stairs!) the bus is faster, it's less searingly hot and the cd burner works better.

    I admin a mac/pc network and it's better then the Vaio's and Thinkpads so it's gonna be a lot better than hp or dell. don't bother with the iBook still too slow, buy the 667 and you won't regret it.
  • Reply 9 of 10
    donnydonny Posts: 231member
    Will it be good enough for your needs? Will it last you three years?



    I believe we need to know what you plan to do with this PowerBook. You mentioned the Unix aspect is important to you, but otherwise, you have said little about your needs for the PowerBook.



    If you plan only to use the Unix and do nothing "high-powered" like high end graphical work, then you will be fine with the lowerend PowerBook. It could last your needs beyond 3 years. Of course, it will not be the top-of-the-line sceamer of a current market machine. However, the point is addressing if the machine will meet your needs over 3 years or so.



    I can say from my own experience that a Mac will last longer than a comparable PC machine. The 667 PowerBook is a great, fast machine. This rendition of PowerBook has the best specs of any portable Apple has released by a long shot. I think you'll find yourself very happy with it.



    Of course, you'll always wish you bought a top-of-the-line machine if speed and power comparisons bother you more than economical concerns. If so, you should go for the top machine, but the other PowerBook should suit your needs over the years unless you are into high level, processor intensive task on your computer.



    Hope my rambling has helped your decision...
  • Reply 10 of 10
    pyr3pyr3 Posts: 946member
    I'm a mostly PC guy. And I'm getting the 667DVI. I've run a windows free box ( Slackware and then debian ) on and off. I like linux/unix but my problem is that the desktop isn't there yet. This is why OS X suits me. It is more graphical and has support for the apps that I use, like Photoshop (GIMP doens't do it for me). My only Apple complaint (other than lack of a driver for my scanner) is that they make crappy keyboards and mice, in my opinion.



    You should be fine with the 667DVI unless you plan on doing high-end rendering and/or gaming. In years I'm sure that the latest and greatest games will surely surpass the current TiBooks. If you are just planning on using it as a development platform like me, it will last you. (just make sure that you don't develop non-apple software on that TiBook, if you read the terms and conditions of ADC you agree that hardware purchased with the ADC Hardware Purchase program can be used to develop mac-compatible software. Didn't say Mac-only. It just says that you have to plan on releasing it on Mac or that it has to run on Mac or something like that. Not that they can break down your door for developing non-Apple software on it, if you don't tell them b/c they won't know. disclaimer: I do not promote the breaching of the ADC Terms and Conditions.)
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