[geeks] ibook or tibook?

[David Cantrell]

On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 10:01:54PM -0800, Rick Hamell wrote:
> > > > I was just looking on ebay at Apple laptops, and was curious, I saw
> > > > several systems that looked interesting, but was wondering, which
> > > > would be a better machine, a 400mhz tibook (G4), or a 600 ibook (G3)?
> > Good question. In pure power, the ibook would win I suppose, but otoh, maybe
> > the superior memory bandwidth of the tibook should make it more responsive.
> The tibooks are over all a better machine.

No they are not.  They may be a better machine for *your* needs, but not
for everyone's.  As far as *I* am concerned, all the tibooks suck, because
they are too big, for example.

> They're the "professional" line.

And what does that mean, exactly?

> Usually able to take more memory, bigger screen, more
> bandwidth.

This 'ere ibook has all the memory, pixels and bandwidth (of all kinds)
that I need right now and for the foreseeable future.

> While the IBook is the entry level home machine.

Assuming that is the case - so what?  If it does the job required, why
spend more?

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