Re: reccomendation, replacement for 1400?

2003-08-19 Thread Wayne
Check out either Powermax.com or Smalldog.com, both have a shipment of the last 700 Mhz Ibooks with CD from Apple, all new, full warranty, for under $800. Much older systems of Ibooks are selling at or above this on Ebay. The supply is limited, so they will probably sell out fast (I ordered mine ye

Re: reccomendation, replacement for 1400?

2003-08-18 Thread Justin Ancheta
On Monday, August 18, 2003, at 07:35 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: I'm recommending OS 9.2.2, any reason for a beginner non-power user to go to OS X? If they're a beginner, might as well start them on the right track. Both the 'books you're talking about run OSX out of the box...it's not that hard

Re: reccomendation, replacement for 1400?

2003-08-18 Thread Bruce Johnson
Andrew King wrote: Hello all My Dad's talking about replacing his 1400 (he's actually got 2 of them). He does E-mail (prefers Eudora), web browsing, text editing and light calculations (circuit design, kalidograph). He travels a lot so small/light is good. He's contemplating a I-book, I'm incline

Re: reccomendation, replacement for 1400?

2003-08-18 Thread Nick
The 12" PB has no PC card slot. But if you are using them only for data transfer, u could use a USB card reader...so I'd go for the 12" for portability. You don't have to be a "power user" to use OS X, no point in staying with OS 9 unles you have some specific software that only runs in OS 9. OS

reccomendation, replacement for 1400?

2003-08-18 Thread Andrew King
Hello all My Dad's talking about replacing his 1400 (he's actually got 2 of them). He does E-mail (prefers Eudora), web browsing, text editing and light calculations (circuit design, kalidograph). He travels a lot so small/light is good. He's contemplating a I-book, I'm inclined to recommend a pow