Umm - I'm not sure what great features the Pismo had that iBooks (icebooks) and later Powerbooks don't have?
With thanks to Low End Mac on Ice Man
"Although the G4 iBooks use a G4 CPU, it's not the same one used in the PowerBook G4 -- this version has only a 256 KB level 2 cache, which means it won't provide the same performance as a PowerBook at the same clock speed."
Thats a wash, I have a gig of memory and upgraded to a faster HD
"The new iBooks support AirPort Extreme, which has 5x the bandwidth of the original AirPort. Also new are USB 2.0, Mobility Radeon 9200 graphics, room for an internal Bluetooth module, and the use of DDR (double data rate) RAM."
So yes there is improvement there, the graphics are nice X loves graphic cards
"Base memory on the 12" model is now 256 MB (128 MB onboard, 128 MB in a slot), and all iBooks now ship with a Combo (CD-RW/DVD) drive. Max memory 640"
Got a burner,
"Iceman has no expansion bays, or PC Card slot." I like my expansion bays total use ability.
I gotta admit icemans price is right at $1000.000 probably lower with refurbs
But I am still kinda following the flow to hold, Apple is not really wowing me away from my Pismo. Apple has really kicked butt with the DT market, hands down a maxed out G5 would be a buy.
Bring that to a lap top and I would buy. It just seems there have been lots of little, sometimes big, but annoying problems with the books after Pismo. I think they need to go a bit farther to get me to bite. I know it will be a while but Apple sells more LTs then DTs So I hope they get busy.
Now I just went to Apples site and for the 17 inch with the good stuff $5379.00 actually a little more then what my 1st pismo cost me by about 1500.00. Now you could save a little by installing ram, but on Power Books it is a pretty good idea to leave the stuff to Apple. As Apple Care is getting a little snippy. Yes it is 1.33 ghz but for 300 I can get 900 w/o the G4 of course. So the real bottle neck on the pismo is the graphic chip and for the OS the G4.
Interesting comparison Geoff
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