I book or Power Book??????

[maxama10]

Im looking into getting an apple laptop but i cant decide which to get...

http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/71102/wo/axUxz3qkCFVU2knX4qaicyTfXV2/5.0.11.1.0.6.3

or

http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/71001/wo/M24b1wzt9slM2POJVNw8Ej7sIFX/13.0.11.1.0.6.3

any suggestions...and dont tell me to use windows or that mac sucks etc... i dont care
thanks...

[SAW]

They are both great machines. My father has an older IBook for photo editing, never had any problems.

[JrnyFan1985]

Im looking into getting an apple laptop but i cant decide which to get...

http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/71102/wo/axUxz3qkCFVU2knX4qaicyTfXV2/5.0.11.1.0.6.3

or

http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/71001/wo/M24b1wzt9slM2POJVNw8Ej7sIFX/13.0.11.1.0.6.3

any suggestions...and dont tell me to use windows or that mac sucks etc... i dont care
thanks...

neither, the G6 is coming out in one year 4GHZ system w/ cell processor chips. or you can wait for the G5 powerbook, it should be comin out in a couple of months.

[maxama10]

neither, the G6 is coming out in one year 4GHZ system w/ cell processor chips. or you can wait for the G5 powerbook, it should be comin out in a couple of months.

well i have to get the money first so itll take a cuple of months...
thanks...

[Kevmaster]

Powerbook

I Love those bad boys...and we have 10 of them

[maxama10]

Really? Thats awesome!10! cool
Thanks

[Kevmaster]

Yeah...

can't claim them as mine...but im the lead admin on them all...in addition to 6 G5s and a 25TB X-Serve RAID.

Now thats a fun toy

[SAW]

Sweet. Is that setup fast or what?

[steimway]

neither, the G6 is coming out in one year 4GHZ system w/ cell processor chips. or you can wait for the G5 powerbook, it should be comin out in a couple of months.

Careful who you get your information from, or else apple might sue you as well. Anyway, with the updated powerbooks having just come out, the G5's are probably on their way in the next revision(or at least that's what I'm praying for!), which would come out really late this year or next spring I would imagine. I would hope that apple would not go a full year without updating their top line of laptops, but they've done it before; I think with the AlBooks. Anyways, you should definitely go for the powerbook. Don't even think twice. Splurge on it. Mine has been a pleasure to use, and I don't think I could ever go back to an iBook.

[Bluestrike_2]

g5 Powebooks next Tuesday!!!!!!!!

Not really - It's an inside joke at MacRumors.

You will NOT see the G5 PB anytime soon. Even at WWDC in June....

Apple could release one though...

It would be three inches thick, last 20 minutes on a full battery, and be like putting a hot iron on your lap. That's not Apple though...

Don't worry however, the G5 will come out. For now, the G4 is perfect for the majority of tasks most people have. Save video and graphic professionals.

JrnyFan, don't count on a G6 in a year. The G5 still has plenty of life, and the entire lineup STILL has not been updated to the G5.

Now, what do you need to use if for? If it's iLife, word processing in Pages, an iBook is fine. If you need dual screen(NOT mirrored), then the iBook is out. Also,a student discount is available from the Apple Store. In fact, they were recently updated(Powebook). I might pick one up later this year hopefully in time for my trip out west this summer(Yosemite or Yellowstone).

Now, it is expected that dual core G4's will be available sometime this year. If that is the case, then you'd be better off with a single dual core processor (G4) over a G5. Sadly, the marketing morons would have a hard time convincing people that because people are so foolish as to think that a "number" means it is better. Oh, it's a G5. That's better than a DC G4.....

Check out http://www.macrumors.com for more help. They will help get you started.

[Kevmaster]

Sweet. Is that setup fast or what?

gigabit ethernet on everything...fiber channels on one g5 to the xserve.

yes...im transfering at rates of up to 50MB/sec

[Yudanja]

wow thats cool to hear Kev. Do you work for a school by chance?

I would definitely go the PowerBook route, and make sure to have enough money for AppleCare Protection Plan. I bought an iBook and didn't get app...it stinks not having coverage.

The new powerbooks are nice, the 15's and 17's can now run the 30inch display, which rocks. They have a HD park feature if the PowerBook vibrates too much or if it is dropped...so it has a higher chance of saving the HD for retaining critical data. It has 2 finger scrolling on the trackpad, that makes life easier.

I would definitely get the 15inch PowerBook, with the video card upgrade. Good luck, shoot me any questions if you would like.

[Hexis]

You need the upgraded videocard on the 15" pb to run the 30" display.

Honestly, unless you need the extra features on a PowerBook, I would suggest an iBook. It's cheaper. Dumping money into a laptop is a waste if you are not using all of the features.

[Kevmaster]

Duke Basketball office.

we do streaming HD video all across the building from the raid....its soooo nice

[whymillywhy]

Awesome Kev, I like Duke, you are such a lucky bastage, Get to play with all those nice MACs and work for Duke BBall