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14" iBook info?

Hi-

am considering buying a computer and looking into the 14" ibook

Have limited experience with apple - but people say it's easy!

anybody own this laptop(or similar) and have any plusses/minuses they'd want to share, or know of a better $1500 laptop?

thanks!

iBooks aren't sexy at all compared to the hotness that www.dynamism.com has. Check their shit out. Pricy as fuck but oh so hot.

HP

^Excuse me while I puke

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Originally posted by Stingray ^Excuse me while I puke

The Pavilion I'm writing this on has been thrown out of moving cars, stepped on, had drinks spilled on it and worse.

I'm completely pleased with HP, and believe me.. I'm a VERY picky consumer.

My next laptop will be an IBM X40 or the equivalent at the time. Laptops should be portable and small, not 9 pound 17" widescreen behemoths.

The Sony Vaio X505 is my current electronic lust object.

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Originally posted by VERTiG0 My next laptop will be an IBM X40 or the equivalent at the time. Laptops should be portable and small, not 9 pound 17" widescreen behemoths.

Hell yeah! I keep glancing at the X41T myself. I look at people buying those Future Shop special Dell/HP/COMPAQ behemoths and laugh. Silly large machines, what do they think they're doing.

Personally, I'd go for a Windows laptop over a Mac one any day. Unless you're in graphic design, but then why get a 14"er anyway?

I'm typing this on a HP ZV5410 that I'm quite happy with. It's a bit heavy for a laptop and the touchpad has it's 'off' days (when it works like crap), but other than that, it's a great desktop replacement that I can take with me to school when I need to.

Specs:
- 1.8 GHz Athlon 64 (waiting for warranty to expire before I can slap a 64-bit operating system on this thing )
- 512MB RAM
- 60GB HD
- 64MB Dedicated Nvidia video card
- 15.4" screen
- 7 lbs weight
- max 3 hours battery
- $1200

Re: 14" iBook info?

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Originally posted by simms327 Hi- am considering buying a computer and looking into the 14" ibook Have limited experience with apple - but people say it's easy! anybody own this laptop(or similar) and have any plusses/minuses they'd want to share, or know of a better $1500 laptop? thanks!

I'd get the 12" powerbook if I were you, thats what I own, next to the dual G5s that I use mostly

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Originally posted by Cosmic Fur - 7 lbs weight

Ouch.

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Originally posted by amb_ Ouch.

What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger

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Originally posted by Jer. I'm completely pleased with HP, and believe me.. I'm a VERY picky consumer.

Are you pleased with all the adware they come preloaded with?

Granted they make good units. You just gotta format them as soon as you open the box

check out the apple website...i try to stay away from it...theres soo much amazing stuff...it kills me everytime!!!

biggest mistake you'll ever make.

Definitely make the switch!

So I ended up buying a 14" IBook back in December and do not regret my decision one bit. I was definitely a "power" PC user and am even married to a techie (consultant ..not helpdesk type) who is pro-PC but after using it for a couple of weeks even he was convinced it was the right choice for me.

Pros:
-Beautiful OS! It's still fast after having loaded tons of programs on it.
-Software is easier to download than PC (i.e. pirated software). In my first week I got like 20 gigs of free software worth $1000s
-Multimedia software is unmatched!! I made a semi-pro DVD of my son!
-No Viruses
-Mac community is very helpful..post on certain forums and you have mac ppl give you real answers not BS ones that will end up screwing up ur PC.
-Ilife software alone trumps programs on Windows anyday.
-Many unique things that can only be done on Mac OS X. (i.e. unless you have Adobe Acrobat pro you can't print any file as a pdf...you can with Mac)
-Safari is a pretty cool browser..point on any word on hit a button and a dictionary with the definition pops up.
-WIDGETS!!!!! GOTTA LUV WIDGETS!!!

Cons:
-If you are a hardcore MS office user there is a lot of functionality that does not work very well, i.e. in excel you cannot make pivot table reports w/o first making a pivot table and even then the functionality is very limited. Same with Microsoft Word...limited!
-Learning curve for OS X is at least a couple of days..probably a week...it drove me up the wall when I first got it.
-some websites (very few..mostly financial/investment related) will not let you access their websites/software. Oh...can only play online poker at pokerroom.com ..nowhere else as it's all downloadable.

PM me if you want any other Q's answered!

^^ what about the resolution on the 14""-er i heard its not that great

also i heard the keyboard can be a little tough to use - true?

thanks for the info!

The Keyboard is actually nice and light which I love. Also, 2 finger scrolling is a nice to have as I barely have to lift my finger off the trackpad.

Resolution is the only thing that sucks as you cannot go higher than 1024x768 even on a 14" so that's why most ppl say get a pb instead (12" if u can't afford the bigger ones).

Personally the ibook gets enough looks from ppl so it's got the "adorable" factor too!

If you don't need portability and want a mac go for the Imac 20" or the Mac Mini. Remember software is SOOOO easy to get on a mac it's not even funny.

12" Powerbook with 1.25GB RAM. OSX is a fucking RAM hog like you wouldn't believe.

Laptops are made to be portable, not 15"+ behemoths.

Sony Vaio X505...

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