So here's the question, which way should I go? Powerbook or iBook?
What model?
I'd like it to run MacOsX though it doesn't need to scream (I've
seen Pather
running on a g3-350 iMac and that was fine). It should look cute -
sorry but
it's true, 2xdual core G5 won't wash if it's ugly - and be able to
WiFi even
if that means shoving in a PC-Card.
Any ideas gratefully received.
I think it has to be a G3 iBook for value. I sold a 700MHz one for
under £300 not long ago (on eBay), and with the new G4 from Apple
starting at just £699, the second-user market in older G3 iBooks have
fallen. Avoid the clamshell iBooks. They look nice (well, personally
I don't like the look - too toilet seat like, but some love it), but
they are dog slow and have rather poor screens.
If money is horrendously tight, a 333Mhz Lombard PowerBook is the
absolute entry level (trust me!). You are looking at about £175+, but
you can pick up a PCMCIA slot wireless adapter for £25 or so (make
sure it is Mac compatible - get a Orinoco or similar on eBay), and
hey presto you can install up to 10.3.9 and get reasonably slow
performance, but with a big-ish screen and sex-in-the-city looks.
If money is tight, go for a 500MHz G3 iBook. This has a slow system
bus (66Mhz versus 100Mhz on all other white iBooks), and thus tends
to sell for quite a bit less. If you are patient (and you have a few
months left), you could pick one up for £220ish, perhaps even with
extra RAM. It can do wifi, like all white iBooks, but it needs an
internal Apple Airport card, and these are not cheap (£55 or so if
you are patient)!
If money is less tight, get a 600Mhz+ iBook, and look out for ones
with airport cards installed as that is what you really want to be
getting for decent OS X performance, some longevity, and wireless out
of the box (if it has the airport card built in).
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