some advice for my wallet? (iBook)

asaph

I'm currently a student and looking to buy a new iBook as my next computer. I know I need portability (otherwise I'd be buying a dual G4 desktop) and I was just wondering which iBook would be best suited to my needs from the minds of people who own them. Here are my performance demands:



Studio MX (Flash, Dreamweaver, Freehand, Fireworks)

Photoshop

Unreal Tournament

Civ III



I dont play many games... and the two listed run fine on my iMac G3 500 w/ the Rage 128 graphics card. I'm a programmer, so I'll be taking the book with me to clieents as well as to class. So with durability in mind I naturally looked to the iBook. I guess I'm just looking for some insight as to what works great for my needs. Any and all heelp is appreciated! (1st post.. yaay!)



-Forrest

mcq

I'd say that the 12.1" with the combo drive is the sweet spot in terms of size, power and features. Bump up the ram to 384 (or 640 if you have the extra $50 or so), and it should be perfect. I don't play games on my 700 iBook, but if the games you listed run fine on Rage 128 graphics, then the Mobility Radeon should have no problem with them.



There's not much point in going with the 14", unless you like to see things a little bigger.

murbot

Think you can wait until tomorrow? Prices on iBooks are going to nosedive in about 9 hours.



Sorry to move your first thread here, but purchasing advice does belong in General Discussion. I'm moving it there...

der kopf

I own a 600 with a 14 inch screen, and I beg you: do yourself a big favor and try to get your hands on a Tibook 667 maybe, or even 800, which, according to various sources, are leaving shops at unprecedented prices. I mean, you can get a Ti, it seems, at the price of the top-end iBook a few months ago.

new

Civ is soo slow oin OSX, with an ibook I'd run it in os9 ...