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I'm starting at music college in September, and I need to get a Macbook or similar. I'll be using it for Logic, storing my music (itunes) and assignments, essays etc.

I'm looking at buying a used Ibook G4, they seem to be within my budget, which is about £300.

Would something like this be suitable ?

Thanks !
 
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Soliloquy said:
I'm looking at buying a used Macbook G4...
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No such thing. There are:

- iBook G4's
- Powerbook G4's
- MacBook's
- MacBook Pro's

...but there are no MacBook G4's. If you're looking for an Apple laptop computer:

- make a list of what applications you know you will need to run
- verify what the system requirements are for those apps.
- then make sure the used Apple laptop you may be considering buying meets or exceeds those system requirements.

HTH,

- Nick
 
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pigoo3 said:
No such thing. There are:

- iBook G4's
- Powerbook G4's
- MacBook's
- MacBook Pro's

...but there are no MacBook G4's. If you're looking for an Apple laptop computer:

- make a list of what applications you know you will need to run
- verify what the system requirements are for those apps.
- then make sure the used Apple laptop you may be considering buying meets or exceeds those system requirements.

HTH,

- Nick
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Thanks, I've amended my post.
 
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Soliloquy said:
I'm looking at buying a used Ibook G4...
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Are you absolutely sure you want an iBook G4? Do you know anything about iBook G4's?

The iBook G4's are:

- between 5-8 years old (last one was discontinued in 2006)
- can be on the slower side when it comes to performance
- max. OS on the "best" iBook G4 is 10.5.8
- do not have an Intel cpu...so you cannot run OS 10.6 (Snow Leopard) or OS 10.7 (Lion) the latest Apple OS.

- Nick
 
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Simply put -- I think your budget is too low for a recent Mac portable (which is what you are going to need, the iBook G4 will be completely inadequate). I'd suggest at a dead minimum a Core2Duo MacBook Pro (ie 2007 or later).
 
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1 month old but I'd like to give my opinion in case someone found this by searching

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For long term you should buy Mac with Core 2 Duo or better so you can use current OS and Softwares. CoreDuo and PPC are not support with current softwares and OS not a good idea to buy.
 

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