You can get a 12" iBook with a 60Gig or 80Gig HD as a build-to-order option. But wait, he wanted to buy it today, right?
My 1 3/4 year old 12" iBook came with a 40Gig HD (it was not a custom order). Kinda lame that now the default size is less.
This is so nice. Having everyone together for my birthday. Of course, you could smash in all my toes with a hammer and it will still be the bestest Buffy Birthday Bash in a big long while.
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tommyrot - Apr 26, 2005 10:10:31 am PDT #2624 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Jessica - Apr 26, 2005 10:11:59 am PDT #2625 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Kinda lame that now the default size is less.
I haven't been tracking all that carefully, but my impression is that Apple's been doing this across the board in order to very slightly lower prices.
Jon B. - Apr 26, 2005 10:22:20 am PDT #2626 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
30 gig vs. 40 gig? What does that save them? $10?
NoiseDesign - Apr 26, 2005 10:22:53 am PDT #2627 of 10003
Our wings are not tired
If they have the money the Powerbooks are quite a bit nicer. Backlit keyboards on the 15 and 17 model, faster ethernet connection, FW800 on them as well. They can also do monitor spanning if you hook up an external display as opposed to just monitor mirroring.
The 15 and 17 have a standard DVI connector for external monitors as opposed to a special VGA connector where you need a dongle. The PB's also have better video cards, so if it's going to be a sole machine you'll get better graphics performance out of them.
Whatever you get bump the memory to a minimum of 1 GB of RAM.
Rob - Apr 26, 2005 11:36:13 am PDT #2628 of 10003
Whatever you get bump the memory to a minimum of 1 GB of RAM.
768 MB is fine if going to 1GB is prohibitively expensive. That's what I have in my 15" Powerbook and I use it to edit video and do software development.
NoiseDesign - Apr 26, 2005 11:46:41 am PDT #2629 of 10003
Our wings are not tired
I've had issues with less than 1 GB on Panther, mainly when running multiple apps. I start to see the color wheel with far too much regularity. If history holds true, this will only be worse in Tiger.
An average session for me has the following open:
Safari, Firefox, iChat, iTunes, Preview, Word, Excel, Mail, iCal, MSN Messenger, YahooIM, ICQ.
Often also open will be iPhoto, XJournal, and Filemaker.
There's a noticeable difference between 768 MB and 1 GB on my Dual 1 GHz G4, and on my 1.33 GHz PB.
§ ita § - Apr 26, 2005 11:47:40 am PDT #2630 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
So where does one go to get the RAM once one has one's powerbook?
eta: Also, is there a Mac equivalent of Trillian?
NoiseDesign - Apr 26, 2005 11:48:22 am PDT #2631 of 10003
Our wings are not tired
In the past I've gone to Crucial.com or to OWComputing.com for my memory.
eta:
Also, is there a Mac equivalent of Trillian?
Yes, it's called Fire, but I didn't like the interface last time I tried it.
Steph L. - Apr 26, 2005 11:52:14 am PDT #2632 of 10003
I look more rad than Lutheranism
ita, have you tried Adium?
§ ita § - Apr 26, 2005 11:52:44 am PDT #2633 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Not yet! I have so much to learn.
Thanks, ND.