Question for new iBook owners...
I just wanted to ask anyone who owns the new 700Mhz iBook (w/ 16 MB of VRAM) how well it handles games. I want a labtop and the iBook is very appealing with it's low price but how well can it handle games like Alice, Black and White, Return to Castle Wolfenstien, Medal of Honor, etc. Also, do you have to set the detail way down to run the smoothly? Thanks in advance.
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Brian
<strong>As a matter of fact... everything is slower on my iBook.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I'm afraid that's the sad truth. I would like to add an iBook to my existing Mac setup, but the speed issue under OS X is making me wonder if I shouldn't go PC for the laptop. If the PC switchers here had it to do over again, are the small size and extra battery life worth it?
iBook 700/384RAM/30GB HD/Combo/12.1"
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I haven't yet played any graphically intensive games yet - saving my money for Warcraft III (just three days!) - but Otto Matic runs like a charm, and is actually pretty fun.
By the way - since the new ATI driver update, I am able to pick resolutions and color bit depths for Otto, as well as enable TruForm and full-screen anti-aliasing. I haven't noticed TruForm doing much, but FSAA certainly works - though it hiccups a bit at high resolutions. However, the games I've played look great, especially when kept at the native 1024x768 resolution.
I'm curious, though - what is this Mox you speak of? An optimizer for OS X? Does it screw with your system? How much of a benefit might one see?
As for the topic of the thread... I think that iBook has finally started to come into its own - not as a gaming superpower, of course - but a plenty feisty Radeon fiefdom, isolated off in the far Sahara... ok, I'm rambling.
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*APPLE IS THE FUTURE OF COMPUTING* -well in my eyes it is <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />
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There is absolutely no reason IE should run faster on a pc than a mac...only Microsuck can answer that question for you. Things left off ...hmmmm...for speed sake or just plain Microsoft laziness sake?
Fellowship...every mac users knows OS X isn't at the same speed as OS 9 is or was. The next update is supposed to improve on it though. Apps launched faster in 9, but apple has been doing a good job optimizing it with each update.
If you love your Sony so much, then use it!!! Bottom line is....there is no PC that is as easy to use as a Mac. I loaded no drivers for my printer, none for my camera, and my buddies digital camcorder was automatic when plugged in using OS X.
I'm not saying it's perfect or the machines are lightning, but optimized apps help. In many cases it's not the hardware it's the badly written software thats slow.
<strong>As far as those who say their iBook is FAST what I must ask are they comparing it too? Their 5 year old antique mac?</strong><hr></blockquote>
I'll list the systems that i've ran recently and let you see for yourself what systems i'm comparing them to.
Self Built PC Tower with a AMD Athlon 900Mhz/384RAM/ATI Radeon 32MB/Pioneer Slot loading DVD/12x Plextor CDRW/Asus A7Ve
Self Built PC Tower with an AMD XP 2000/1GB RAM/CD ROM/ Asus MB
2 Self Built PC Towers with AMD Duron 800Mhz/256RAM/SoYo MB
Self Built PC Tower with 1.2Ghz/256RAM/Abit MB
Self Built PC Tower with 500Mhz PIII/256RAM/Abit MB
Dell Inspiron 2500 Laptop with an 800Mhz Intel Celeron/256RAM/DVD
Dell Inspiron 3800 Laptop with a 600Mhz Intel Celeron/128RAM/CD ROM
PowerBook 1400cs with a PowerPC 166Mhz CPU/64MB RAM/1.2GB Hard Drive
Now thats a few of the systems that I use, and that is what i'm basing my comparison on. I am giving an unbiased opinion because I have been using PC's for years. I've owned my iBook for a month today. The only other Mac i've used since the G3 arrived was an iMac CRT near the beginning of last year. THAT, my friend, was SLOW! I'm not saying that this iBook can out perform my other systems all over, but there are certain aspects that the PC just doesn't cut it. The iBook 700 IS FASTER at certain things, and in my experience does surpurbly on the net. I have sat behind a T1 or T3 for the past 4 years for my net use, and i'm now using cable access. I spend 50 - 70% of my time at work online, and choose to use my iBook over the 1.2Ghz PC to my left. (Which I listed above) If your system is really running that poorly, then maybe you need to have someone take a look at it. But when so many others are report such good results on theirs, I find it hard to believe that I REALLY the only one out there that is having good luck with the new iBook.
If you must have Netscape, use version 7.
If you want the software that Netscape is based upon, use Mozilla 1.1.
If you want the best OS X browsing experience, IE 5.2 or OmniWeb are your best bets.
If you are thinking about buying, got to CompUSA or an AppleStore/retailer and try it out in person.
I use both OfficeX and IE, so it was meant as a joke. I don't mind Microsoft at all, and have no problem using their apps that i feel are better than the alternatives.
I use mozilla, IE, chimera, and OmniWeb. I just find IE loads pages the best over-all at this point and time. I've tried Icab, and Opera too. I'm not here to insult you...so if i said something as you said 3rd grade like. Sorry