i'm a total noob to mixing and i just wanted to know why many dj's use the apple ibooks?

i'm getting a G3 off of ebay for a really good price, just because i want a laptop, but i noticed as well that djs use them as well, why is this?

and secondly, is a g3 good enough to serve that purpose?

here are the specs
Item Specifics - Apple Laptops
Product Family: iBook
Hard Drive Capacity: 20 GB
Processor Type: PowerPC G3
Operating System: Mac OS 9
Processor Speed: 600 MHz
Screen Size: 12 inches
Memory (RAM): 384 MB

Cause Macs are the whip. Although G3s are old, I wouldn't get that one if I were you. At least get a G4 iBook.

hard drive wont last you long

need more ram

processor speed isnt the greatest. the amount you would pay upgrading it would be the cost of a new pc.

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ok cool, i've been outbid now anyway.. :\

ill surf around for a g4

thanks..

I wouldn't get a G4 either, unless you can get it REALLY cheap (like $200-300)...

SERIOUSLY old tecnology at this point. Can you save up for the entry level macbook ($1000)? It's a HUGE jump in speed.

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Originally posted by Batman84 ok cool, i've been outbid now anyway.. :\ ill surf around for a g4 thanks..

The reason that people like Apple laptops is their reliability. It takes a lot to crash a mac and once you buy a mac, you usually won't have any problems with it. The security of knowing that your laptop won't randomly shutdown in the middle of a mix is important.

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Originally posted by Polt The reason that people like Apple laptops is their reliability. It takes a lot to crash a mac and once you buy a mac, you usually won't have any problems with it. The security of knowing that your laptop won't randomly shutdown in the middle of a mix is important.

That's exactly why I like mine. It handles multiple programs/processes far better than my PC, and it's never crashed on me.

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and once you buy a mac....

you never go back.

my lenovo lappy never crashed either...I don't understand this hype about macs being far more stable...as I said...I have this installation like more than a year...and it still works great...maybe I'm just lucky?

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Serrrrioussly needs more ram.


Save up maybe for a Macbook?


You wont regret it, as said. THEY ARE TEH WHIP!


Mine has never crashed and has been more reliable than any damn PC ive ever used in my life.

I feel I must vent!

I have a G3 imac - piece o shit but only use it for the net until last friday. I am currently doing some study which started last week and needed to update to be able to do some work at home. I wanted a new mac setup, but the cash aint there, so i had to go for the cheapest lamest computer i could get hold of, and guess what - its a windows machine. perfect for my course, shity for music, but I don't care as I didn't want to spend over 5G at this point.
So consider this, I purchase Thursday night, and come home, go to bed. I wake up Friday, turn on the lappy, and within 1 hour it is downloading god knows what on its own. (I still haven't done the antivirus thing). So I leave it to itself, and eventually it turns itself off with a reboot. I then get hold of some antivirus shit, do a search and wouldn't you know, I have 1857 files I shouldn't. That's no typo. All within an hour.
Why Mac? My Mac has served me over 5 years (a shit as it is) with no antivirus software, and never have I had a problem.
Eat shit Mr Gates, your buisness sucks dogs scphincter!
That SP2 too.
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Originally posted by BOOsTER my lenovo lappy never crashed either...I don't understand this hype about macs being far more stable...as I said...I have this installation like more than a year...and it still works great...maybe I'm just lucky?

I agree with you, but I wouldn't say Macs are hyped so much as PCs are looked down upon. The market for anti-this-and-that that has become so large and advertised that it has tainted the image of Windows. I have NEVER gotten a virus, ever. Same with spyware. The reason being that I am careful and don't download phony files and whatnot.

That being said, Macs SHOULD be more stable. It is not the hardware itself, but the operating system. OSX is built off of a *nix core and handles applications and processes better than Windows.