On Tuesday, March 4, 2003, at 11:35 PM, Christopher D Helmkamp wrote: > On Wednesday, March 5, 2003, at 12:05 AM, "" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I'd be interested to know your opinion of the speed and behaviour of >> OS X on the 400MHz tiBook, I'll be in the market for either a iBook or >> tiBook in April and my choices are 800MHz combo drive 12" iBook (new) >> or 400MHz tiBook. > That said, I would pick the 800Mhz iBook out of the two. I am quite > happily running X.2 on the 700Mhz iBook without the larger VRAM (800Mhz > has twice as much), and the 12" screen is so bright and so crisp I > don't care how small it is. It sure beats my old 12" IBM Thinkpad > running Linux hands down in terms of readability. The only thing that > bothers me is how I have to shuffle so many windows around due to the > small 1024 real estate, but the main problem there is OS X's lack of a > decent "shuffler" like the Windows/Gnome/etc task bar, rather than the > screen rez. > > --Chris > iBook 700 OS X.2.4 > PM 7500/200 OS 8.6 > PM 4400/200 OS 8.6, NetBSD > >
My take is it would matter a lot how you intend to use it. For me the bigger screen and ability to have a 2 independent monitor setup are more important than the speed bump. I think the ibook would be much better for games or things where video speed is the bigger priority. Chris is right about the lack of a good virtual window manager. I've tried several and none seem quite ready for prime time for me. I really want the pager utility from linux ported to OS X. But the PB17 is mighty appealing... Just want to put my hands on one before deciding. JimS. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
