Hi everyone, I've had the rather enjoyable experience of my faithful Compaq laptop giving up the ghost and I'm in the market for a replacement.
While shopping around, I thought I might try a Mac laptop for something different, as I don't need to rely on anything PC specific. It would also make a pleasant replacement for the iMac g3 running OS X. I'm basically after a simple portable PC that can be used for web browsing, minor bit of graphic work and something that easy to hook up to a TV to play DVD/VCD/mpeg/avi/real audio type files. I'm tempted to go with a 12" powerbook G4 as these have a bit of extra grunt over the iBook (and look cool) and are apparently more suited to connecting to external monitors/TVs and watching videos - However, would it be a better idea to go with a iBook and drop in some more RAM and a faster hard drive and save some money, or would I notice a huge performance increase with a Powerbook? I'd upgrade whatever laptop I get up to at least 512MB of RAM. One other question - my old Compaq (m700 piii) used to get quite warm and I'd have to put a book/table on my lap as it got quite uncomfortable - has anyone out there had any experiences with heat and the new G4 laptops? I don't feel like wearing my asbestos trousers just to use a laptop. I've tried to find some recent G4 pbook vs ibook reviews but haven't had much luck. Thanks for your help, Gav
