Re: Taking the plunge

2004-06-09 Thread Bob
The National Enquirer reports at 5:43 PM -0400 6/9/04, Timothy Luoma wrote: >On 6/8/04 7:21 PM, "Samantha Goodson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Today I ordered a refurb 12" Ibook 800Mhz G4/256MB/30GB/Combo >from the apple > > store. This is a big jump for me, as I'm writing this on a >250Mh

Re: Taking the plunge

2004-06-09 Thread John Slavin
Samantha: You're gonna really like the iBook. It's a wonderful machine. Ram should be the first priority and unless they changed things, it should have only one slot, so you're gonna have to save and buy the big one. Otherwise you'll be taking out one RAM chip when you get a bigger one. App

Re: Taking the plunge

2004-06-09 Thread Timothy Luoma
On 6/8/04 7:21 PM, "Samantha Goodson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Today I ordered a refurb 12" Ibook 800Mhz G4/256MB/30GB/Combo from the apple > store. This is a big jump for me, as I'm writing this on a 250Mhz G3 upgraded > 1400cs running OS 8.6. WOW! I once upgraded an office from 386/486 mac

Re: Panther Book (was: Taking the plunge)

2004-06-09 Thread Al Poulin
Samantha wrote: >> in and/or other improvements I really should make? I"m also looking >> for a >> good handbook on Panther. Any recommendations there? Sorry for the delay. I caught a Q&A between Samantha and JeffW in Digest 1775, but I never received 1774 where your original post and any othe

Re: Taking the plunge

2004-06-08 Thread William Wiseman
Today I ordered a refurb 12" Ibook 800Mhz G4/256MB/30GB/Combo from the apple store. This is a big jump for me, as I'm writing this on a 250Mhz G3 upgraded 1400cs running OS 8.6. The ibook was as much as I could afford at one go, but I'd like to get AppleCare, max out the ram, and get an airpor

Re: Taking the plunge

2004-06-08 Thread Andrew F.
I would get the airport card before AppleCare, as the waranty can be added anytime during your first year. As for a Panther book, O'Reily's "Missing Manual" is excellent, if I could only find my copy. Andrew On 6/8/04 4:21 PM, "Samantha Goodson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Today I ordered a r

Re: Taking the plunge

2004-06-08 Thread Hal
Congrats on the upgrade! You'll notice a nice performance boost. From my perspective, you'll get a nice boost by upgrading the RAM (pulling the 128MB module and replacing it with a 512MB). You have a full year to get AppleCare, so unless you need the phone support (which is initially only 90 day

Taking the plunge

2004-06-08 Thread Samantha Goodson
Today I ordered a refurb 12" Ibook 800Mhz G4/256MB/30GB/Combo from the apple store. This is a big jump for me, as I'm writing this on a 250Mhz G3 upgraded 1400cs running OS 8.6. The ibook was as much as I could afford at one go, but I'd like to get AppleCare, max out the ram, and get an airport c