14" iBook.
Sorry style weenies, but after seeing my first 14" iBook in the flesh, I have to say it doesn't look nearly as bad as some people say or as it does with the whitish cast it gets from web pictures. It's not worth the extra cash Apple charges over the 12, but it looks quite nice and is definitely not fugly. The surface detail around the keyboard is nice and neat and I really don't see what people are complaining about. Price as no object, I'd rather have the 14, and the extra battery life. The weight makes no difference to me, both are light enough for a fit person. Some of you waifs may disagree.
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Like in a plane, the 14 inch doesnt fit well on the trays. The 12incher is perfect.
The 14inch screen is really nice and bright. Am very happy with it.
I just wish I could have gotten the 16MB vram version that came out months later. Damn them.
However, 14" really is the new entry level laptop screen.
Maybe it's time to split the line into three and put some better feature into the 14" -- mebbe a G4, mebbe support for higher external resolutions, certainly more max RAM -- while co-developing the 12" to be lighter still, more efficient, that is emphasize its smallness.
IF it didn't cost so much more, the 14" would be a no brainer as far as I'm concerned.
[ 10-01-2002: Message edited by: Matsu ]</p>
<strong>IF it didn't cost so much more, the 14" would be a no brainer as far as I'm concerned.
[ 10-01-2002: Message edited by: Matsu ]</strong><hr></blockquote>
Well, i guess that's you. Money wasn't really an object for me and I chose the 12.
u definately have to increase its ram.
<a href="http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/computing/5ad3.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/computing/5ad3.shtml</a>
I'd sure rather have a nice flat surface to use that on than unneeded style lines. It shows it working on a TiBook, so it should work on an iBook, but you could always put a sticker on. The flatness of the case is still key.
Edit: Inches, feet, whatever.
[ 10-02-2002: Message edited by: AllenChristopher ]</p>
1 hour and two inches in exchange for a pound of weight and 300 dollars more cost makes the choice a little sticky. But as a miserably myopic bastard, the difference between 12 and 14 matters. While the 12 is also highly viewable, I wouldn't want it as my only machine. 5 lbs or 6 ? I know I wouldn't notice. But 2399 to 2899? That I would notice, that's 500 bucks I could put towards Office and a few other key apps.
We'll see what the next round of updates brings.
Maybe I'll sell this iBook in a few months, buy a PC (for my gaming crack habits) and get either a 12inch iBook or a 17inch iMac
<strong>Just an additional point to note, the 12' ibook is nearly unuseable with 128mb of ram,
u definately have to increase its ram.</strong><hr></blockquote>
That's the first thing most people do. Too bad though on the 14" that Apple FORCES you to take RAM in the ONLY free slot. You can either buy it with a 128 MB chip and upgrade yourself, after which you'll have to unload that 128 MB chip somewhere - or you can pay them their ridiculous rates and upgrade it to a 256 or 512 chip.
I'm surprised Matsu hasn't jumped all over this one.
Yes, that's a cock-up for sure, why not just solder a 256 into the factory slot? I dunno.
Question:
While I observed my first 14" iBook, and also the last time I viewed a 12 in store, the contrast seemed off. Can it be adjusted? Brightness, sure, but what about contrast?
I'm so ready to buy an iBook...when Apple simply does any of the following:
1) drop the 12" G3 iBook to $999
2) introduce a G4 model
3) make iBooks have desktop spanning
Is this asking too much? I think not.