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Summary: Not impressed
Review: The ibook is very nice-looking, but doesn't include a floppy disk drive. Whoever heard of a computer without a floppy disk drive? There are less expensive laptops out there that have both a floppy disk drive and a CD-Rom drive. Also, be warned that the 500-MHz ibook DOES NOT play DVD's or burn cd's. Only the models that have 600-MHz and above come complete with these features.Even though Mac OS X is a great improvement from Mac OS 9, it still doesn't beat Windows XP in performance and convenience. The word processing program in Mac OS X is inadequate and can not even zoom to full-screen size. Overall, the ibook is just a big disappointment.
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Summary: Fast, beautiful and light
Review: The latest iBooks are pretty much the opposite of the very first Blueberry and Tangerine iBooks. They have a faster system bus, much more RAM, much bigger hard drives and they've lost the garish colors. Perhaps most importantly, they've trimmed all the fat off making the iBook almost a sub-notebook. Despite this, they're loaded with features and are the perfect laptops for student or business person wanting to travel light.
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Summary: iBooks are amazing!
Review: This iBook is simply amazing -- it is easy to use, can use both
OS 9/OS X. I had never really used a MAC before and I learned how to use this iBook very quicky. It's light to carry in my backpack for university.You can hook it into data projectors so you can give presentations. It never crashes and it's easy to install RAM and new software for it. I love my iBook. It's the best computer I ever bought! Most importantly, the design is really cool.
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Summary: Beautiful, Spectacular, Sexy
Review: This is by far the best toy I have ever bought. It's absolutely beautiful, both the hardware and the operating system (OS X). I bought it primarily to edit digital video of my new baby. It's elegantly simple to download the video into iMovie and extremely intuitive to edit the video. I upgraded the hard drive to 30 gigs and the RAM to 256 Megs in order to give myself some head room. I thought I might not like the small screen but it seems not much less viewing area than my 17" desktop monitor. I bought the iBook instead of the Titanium PowerBook because the PowerBook does not offer the DVD/CD-RW combo drive. I wanted to be able to burn the videos I made to CD as well as backup and archive files on my hard drive. I bought a mouse (Apple's optical mouse) beacuse I generally don't like trackpads. The single complaint I have is that the USB port is on the left side of the machine and I have to run the cord for the mouse under the computer to use it with my right hand. Otherwise I am extremely satisfied with my purchase.
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Summary: My Favorite Computer!
Review: This is my first laptop, although mine specificly has the dvd/cdrw combo and the 20 gig drive. I bought it to replace my then 6yo 9500, which died of burned out motherboard. The iBook was supposed to be a temporary fix, until a G5 desktop came out. Now that I have used this model for almost 9 months I think my next Mac will be an iBook. I do graphics, and the 12" screen is not hard to deal with. The extra cable, from Apple, lets me hook up to a TV, stereo, or projector. The included monitor adapter lets me hook up to a monitor for a dual screen. I hope the next iBook I get will let me have an additional screen, instead of mirroring. The only things I would want for my next model would be the Superdrive, to burn CDs & DVDs, a longer life battery, and a G5 cpu (ha!). Right now, in OS X, I can get about 3 hours of battery, unless I play a game. Illustrator, GoLive, & LiveMotion all work fine in X. Hopefully I will find out how Photoshop 7 works on Monday! I have used several desktop models, including a G4 at work, and the quaint, quiet iBook has out-charmed them all. One other thing: at home I use a full size keyboard & mouse, and external speakers. HTH!
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Summary: iBooks are amazing!
Review: This is simply the best computer I've owned. I've owned PC's and Macs. No doubt, Macs are by far superior. I wish I could afford another [$$$] for a G4 powerbook, but since I can't, I got this one. I can't believe the power, versatility, and the attention from others. As someone who writes software, and attends school full time as a law student, this computer does it all. My only complaint, hard-drive is small, so I bought an external firewire drive to store non-essential data. Dang, firewire is fast. Also, I have an iPod. It is of no "Practical" use, but try and take it from me and ....well.... the won't let me say it here. Let's just say, I love it.
BUY and APPLE, if you can afford a G4 powerbook, get one. If not, trust another developer the G3 is still kick - a**.
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Summary: A Developer's Dream
Review: This is simply the best computer I've owned. I've owned PC's and Macs. No doubt, Macs are by far superior. I wish I could afford another [$$$] for a G4 powerbook, but since I can't, I got this one. I can't believe the power, versatility, and the attention from others. As someone who writes software, and attends school full time as a law student, this computer does it all. My only complaint, hard-drive is small, so I bought an external firewire drive to store non-essential data. Dang, firewire is fast. Also, I have an iPod. It is of no "Practical" use, but try and take it from me and ....well.... the won't let me say it here. Let's just say, I love it.
BUY and APPLE, if you can afford a G4 powerbook, get one. If not, trust another developer the G3 is still kick - a**.
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Summary: I WANT THIS!
Review: This thing is the best, I checked one out latly...IT ROCKS!
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Summary: Super-Solid Laptop for Anyone on a Budget
Review: To put it simply, Apple's new iBook is an engineering marvel. The design is sleek and elegant, yet the case can stand up to a good beating. The iBook comes with an awesome set of features--pretty much everything you might need is already part of the package, including FireWire, CD-RW drive, and 10/100 Ethernet. Despite having a relatively small screen (12.1" diagonal) compared to some PC laptops, it still supports a full 1024 x 768 resolution at millions of colors. The screen is very bright, and the battery, while not quite the 5-hour powerhouse that Apple advertises, still manages about three hours doing normal operations. The 500-MHz G3 processor is spritely and gets things done quickly, although it doesn't have quite enough power to do a large amount of movie editing or graphics work. A few drawbacks are as follows:
The internal CD burner is only 8x at this time, which is markedly slower than the 16x and 20x external FireWire burners available now. The iBook comes with only 128 mb of RAM, which is just barely enough for most things. I would strongly encourage upgrading to at least 256 mb total, as RAM is very inexpensive these days. The video memory in the iBook is only 8 mb, with a weak graphics controller as compared to what goes into the G4 desktops. As such, the iBook is only mediocre at gaming. The 10GB hard drive is already pre-loaded with almost 5GB of software and sample mp3's, so I would highly recommend upgrading to at least a 20 GB drive. In conclusion, the iBook is a solid purchase for anyone who wants many of the features of a desktop machine, but in a portable package. The drawbacks listed above are mostly forgiveable, as sacrifices had to be made somewhere to make this such a reasonably-priced machine. The new iBook no longer has a built-in carrying handle, but Apple has managed to trim quite a bit of weight and bulk, making it a joy to use on a daily basis.
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Summary: Great Computer
Review: Until I got the Apple iBook, I had been a diehard Windows user. But finally, I'd had enough of the Windows anti-trust and not to mention the problems with the actual Windows OS. So finally, I decided that I'd get a Mac. The perfect choice for me was the Apple iBook. Since I got it, I've discovered that my choice was a good one. The only problem I've had is that AOL seems to crash a bit. Otherwise, the Apple iBook is basically the greatest computer I've ever used. I realize I haven't put a lot of info on the iBook in, but trust me, the iBook is quite simply the greatest choice for a laptop computer. Actually, for a computer period.
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