[rescue] Re: SunHELP News: New server coming soon

[Devin L. Ganger]

Bill Bradford wrote:

> BTW, if anybody has a first-gen iBook available, let me know.. I have no
> laptop of any kind whatsoever.. 8-)
> 
> Bill
> 
> On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 08:44:20AM +1100, Robert Rose wrote:
> 
>>>>PS. Second email from my new iBook G4, this thing is awesome!
>>>
>>>Why did you choose iBook over Powerbook? I'm considering one or the
>>>other, and while the iBook has cost savings, I am foolishly concerned
>>>about:
>>>
>>>- only supporting 640 Meg of RAM vs. over 1 Gig on Powerbook
>>
>>Not a huge issue for what I use the thing for, email, surfing, xterms, 
>>and the like, but I did jam it with 640Mb anyway.  I should probably 
>>get the video camera hooked up and play with the movie stuff, but 
>>that's not real important for me.
>>
>>
>>>- lack of Bluetooth in iBook (for wireless mouse/keyboards)
>>
>>Can be ordered, or use a USB adaptor.  Not a big deal 'cos I use a 
>>laptop as a portable around the house machine, ie. so I'm not stuck in 
>>the study and being unsociable.  Mine didn't come with, it was display 
>>stock and I wasn't fussed, but did get to check the thing for dead 
>>pixels.
>>
>>
>>>- lack of direct support for dual monitor display (though easily
>>>  hackable)
>>
>>Again, no biggie for what I use it for.
>>
>>
>>>- (and the biggie for me) no support for Superdrive, only CD or
>>>  Combo drive
>>
>>I don't need portable DVD burning, I could buy a firewire attach burner 
>>if required, or buy one for a windoze box if really needed.
>>
>>Really it came down to $$$, 802.11b reception (supposedly not as good 
>>in the powerbooks), and if I could live with a slightly slower CPU, and 
>>without features I seldom make use of.
>>
>>Rob.
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> 
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Devin L. Ganger <devin at thecabal.org>
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