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<blockquote data-quote="rs2sensen" data-source="post: 121409" data-attributes="member: 10090"><p>The Powerbook has power, the iBook doesn't have as much (if I said "The iBook doesn't" I'd get crucified, cuz it does have some). The Powerbook is for those who will be doing anything more than word processing, instant messaging, and internet. If you do anything other than that, the Powerbook is really the thing to go with. You can do other stuff on the iBook, but it will feel very sluggish compared to the Powerbook. </p><p></p><p>For battery life, it can vary a huge amount. I guarentee that my 17" Powerbook which I have the processor set to highest on, work with full screen brightness, as well as full backlit keyboard, and continuous wireless internet, will get much less battery life than a smaller model, or an iBook. Battery life is all about usage and settings. I recently stretched my battery to about 6 hrs, but I was running on minimum. Watching a DVD, I'll get a couple hours. Average use I'll get about 4. But remember the above, huge screen, with maxed out settings, almost all the time.</p><p></p><p>Office is better than iWork in my opinion, and runs very nicely on my mac. However, there is also a freeware effort, called "Open Office" which is supposed to work pretty well.</p><p></p><p>No matter which one you get, 512mb ram is really the minimum you should have. However, if u buy the ram from Apple, you may get raped in price. I strongly recommend buying the ram from a 3rd party manufacturer and installing it yourself (its very easy).</p><p></p><p>OS X does not get viruses or spyware. </p><p></p><p>There is an automatic update built into OS X, and most programs have them too. However, updates are less often than with Windows. Which is a good thing.</p><p></p><p>If you have a pc on a network with the mac, you can run programs on the PC, and show them on the mac. This is my prefered alternative to VirtualPC which although I don't own, I have used, and have found it to be very slow. </p><p></p><p>If you want to try widgets on your pc or mac (if u don't have tiger), you can try Konfabulator. It is a similar program (although only in function) to dashboard (found withing Tiger), and has a free trial before a "guilt inducing" message stays in the bottom corner of the screen when the program is running. However, Konfabulator is much less efficient than Dashboard, and uses a fair amount of ram (5-10mb Ram per widget). You can download for free more than just the basic widgets that come preinstalled with Konfabulator.</p><p></p><p>"Windows iPod" no such thing. The iPod is truly a mac device that has been allowed to work with Windows. You will find it much easier and efficient to use the iPod with a mac than with Windows.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rs2sensen, post: 121409, member: 10090"] The Powerbook has power, the iBook doesn't have as much (if I said "The iBook doesn't" I'd get crucified, cuz it does have some). The Powerbook is for those who will be doing anything more than word processing, instant messaging, and internet. If you do anything other than that, the Powerbook is really the thing to go with. You can do other stuff on the iBook, but it will feel very sluggish compared to the Powerbook. For battery life, it can vary a huge amount. I guarentee that my 17" Powerbook which I have the processor set to highest on, work with full screen brightness, as well as full backlit keyboard, and continuous wireless internet, will get much less battery life than a smaller model, or an iBook. Battery life is all about usage and settings. I recently stretched my battery to about 6 hrs, but I was running on minimum. Watching a DVD, I'll get a couple hours. Average use I'll get about 4. But remember the above, huge screen, with maxed out settings, almost all the time. Office is better than iWork in my opinion, and runs very nicely on my mac. However, there is also a freeware effort, called "Open Office" which is supposed to work pretty well. No matter which one you get, 512mb ram is really the minimum you should have. However, if u buy the ram from Apple, you may get raped in price. I strongly recommend buying the ram from a 3rd party manufacturer and installing it yourself (its very easy). OS X does not get viruses or spyware. There is an automatic update built into OS X, and most programs have them too. However, updates are less often than with Windows. Which is a good thing. If you have a pc on a network with the mac, you can run programs on the PC, and show them on the mac. This is my prefered alternative to VirtualPC which although I don't own, I have used, and have found it to be very slow. If you want to try widgets on your pc or mac (if u don't have tiger), you can try Konfabulator. It is a similar program (although only in function) to dashboard (found withing Tiger), and has a free trial before a "guilt inducing" message stays in the bottom corner of the screen when the program is running. However, Konfabulator is much less efficient than Dashboard, and uses a fair amount of ram (5-10mb Ram per widget). You can download for free more than just the basic widgets that come preinstalled with Konfabulator. "Windows iPod" no such thing. The iPod is truly a mac device that has been allowed to work with Windows. You will find it much easier and efficient to use the iPod with a mac than with Windows. [/QUOTE]
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