Which is better for me: powerbook/ibook

ichiban_jayichiban_jay
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
Ok, I will be going to college soon, and options are starting to open so which of the following do you think is the best value, I think I will be using the laptop for: watching movie files, Playing Warcraft III (let's say), word processing, e-mail, internet, and IM. ok so here is the setups I am thinking of:



12" ibook with:

-664 MB RAM

-40GB HD

-Airport Extreme

-800MHz PowerPC G4

-256K L2 cache @ 800MHz

-Combo Drive

-ATI Mobility Radeon 9200

32MB DDR video memory

For $1,245.00



OR a 12" powerbook with:

-256MB RAM

-Airport extreme

-1GHz PowerPC G4

-512K L2 cache

-40GB Ultra ATA/100

-NVIDIA GeForce FX

-Go 5200 (32MB DDR)

-Mini-DVI out

For $1,488.00

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 10
    pensievepensieve Posts: 661member
    You should be more than happy with the iBook. The RAM is really the deciding factor there. And you save a couple hundred $$.
  • Reply 2 of 10
    t9000t9000 Posts: 34member
    Get the PB. I need one for all of the same reasons you do and I decided on the PB 15". My friend has an ibook, that is what got me interested in Mac.
  • Reply 3 of 10
    ichiban_jayichiban_jay Posts: 660member
    ack, conflicting info... so which matters more, RAM, CPU speed, or cache size?
  • Reply 4 of 10
    greggwsmithgreggwsmith Posts: 523member
    How about a 3 month old 12inch Powerbook 867MHz G4 640Mg RAM and 40 Gig with Superdrive Airport Extreme for $1200.00 obo?
  • Reply 5 of 10
    resres Posts: 711member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Ichiban_jay

    ack, conflicting info... so which matters more, RAM, CPU speed, or cache size?



    You cannot increase the CPU speed or the size of the cache, but you can always add RAM a month or two later when you have more money...
  • Reply 6 of 10
    pensievepensieve Posts: 661member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Ichiban_jay

    ack, conflicting info... so which matters more, RAM, CPU speed, or cache size?



    RAM. Seriously save the couple hundred bucks and get something nice for yourself. The iBook is perfect for what you need. I play WCIII on my powerbook (867 mhz) with maxed out ram and it plays great.
  • Reply 7 of 10
    ichiban_jayichiban_jay Posts: 660member
    can you buy the airport card later at the apple store and add it onto your powerbook? I think I will get a powerbook (want that 2 ghz extra ) and then later buy more RAM and an airport card. The monitor VGA port is an extra I like . Also, can any RAM work that has the same DDR speed and so on?
  • Reply 8 of 10
    pensievepensieve Posts: 661member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Ichiban_jay

    can you buy the airport card later at the apple store and add it onto your powerbook? I think I will get a powerbook (want that 2 ghz extra ) and then later buy more RAM and an airport card. The monitor VGA port is an extra I like . Also, can any RAM work that has the same DDR speed and so on?



    You can add the airport card later. Both the iBook and Powerbook have ports for external monitors.
  • Reply 9 of 10
    stevesteve Posts: 523member
    The keyboard on the PB12 is worth its purchase alone.
  • Reply 10 of 10
    phenixrebornphenixreborn Posts: 33member
    get the iBook and drop the excess RAM. You can use the difference to buy an iPod
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