Comments on: An Apple A Day…

By: steev

steev — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 16:22:24 +0000

While I agree with all those thoughts, I thought I might add that it IS possible to do monitor spanning with an iBook/iMac/eMac.

By: Martin

Martin — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 05:11:04 +0000

Don’t go for the refurb… they have a tendency of having problems with their screens, and as I’m sure Matt will attest, bad screens mean a bad computing experience. I’d say go for the PB (as I have also been eyeing a PB 12 for a long time), they have more computing power for the kind of things that you seem to do a lot of (MATLAB, 3D rendering, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, any audio or video work), and they are significantly hotter. Add to that you get monitor spanning with a PB, not with an iBook, so that if you have monitors (yes salivating over more monitors), you can do that with ease. Monitor spanning is a godsend for hardcore computing. ~my thoughts.

By: Jason

Jason — Sat, 16 Apr 2005 01:36:10 +0000

Go for it, but get a larger screen. It makes a huge difference. You’ve seen my new HP, I don’t even need my desktop anymore. Oh and by the way, ask apple if they have and refurbished machines that they would be willing to trade you. I saved $1500 off the purchase price of my computer and you can’t tell the difference.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 15 Apr 2005 22:04:55 +0000

Grab the iBook and drop the cash on an LCD display for extra screen real estate at home. You could get a 19 inch LCD for under $600. Mmmm, more monitors…

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 15 Apr 2005 06:06:33 +0000

I’d also say go for the Powerbook… they’ve fairly recently been updated so no worries there, and I know you’ve been eyeing a PB 12″ for a while. Now you can get it – and somewhat on the cheap.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 15 Apr 2005 04:44:12 +0000

Go for the powerbook, they’re a nice upgrade from the iBook. The core video and core image support will start to become a big deal as applications are updated to support it.