Apple unveils next generation G4 iBooks

[Emrys]

Man there are a lot of people around here on that boat

The way I look at it, is that I had it for 2 months, so it was worth it. It isn't my main machine, so I guess I have that luxury.

I was reading somewhere yesterday, and somebody had made this point. If your iBook was good enough that you bought it and used it, then just because Apple released a newer model, does that make your current iBook not great any more?

I would have to say no.

 

[Stanley]

Hmm... thanks Schweb and Emrys for putting my feet back on the ground. I guess you both made valid points...

 

[Emrys]

I still wish I had the G4 model though

 

[schweb]

I still wish I had the G4 model though

Hey now....I'm trying to make all us G3 iBook owners feel better and you're ruining it

 

[Stanley]

Too late man, I'm allready kicking back some Prozac...

 

[ayhwan]

Emrys and I also have G3 iBooks and I really don't think you'll be too disappointed. I really don't think there will be a noticeable difference at all except maybe in Photoshop, etc. Besides the G3 is much better on power usage and heat so you haven't really lost out on anything

Seriously? I am thinking of getting an iBook for my uni work. I am going to go into Computional Physics which uses alot of UNIX programs. I was given the impression that OSX have really good support for such programs. Plus I heard that Apple gives out FREE developer kit that can be used to compile most standard programming languages (I think I will be using mainly C++). Do you guys think iBook will be a good call to make? I think my work will include image analysis and some intense number crunching. I might up the memory to 512mb as soon as I get my hands on the it but do you guys think G4-933 will be enough for the job?

 

[ayhwan]

Man there are a lot of people around here on that boat

The way I look at it, is that I had it for 2 months, so it was worth it. It isn't my main machine, so I guess I have that luxury.

I was reading somewhere yesterday, and somebody had made this point. If your iBook was good enough that you bought it and used it, then just because Apple released a newer model, does that make your current iBook not great any more?

I would have to say no.

In a way, I agree with Emrys here. I guess this kind of thing happens everytime a new upgrade is released. There is nothing much you can do about that! I suppose you can count the upgrade period and predict when a company is going to upgrade but I am not sure how you can do that. I almost had a similar experience when I brought my first computer, I was about to get an Amiga about 6 months before it was phased out! I would have been kicking myself then! Instead I got a PC. (Some would argue that I have only stayed in the frying pan and not jumped into the fire!)

 

[Emrys]

You can run most UNIX apps in OS X, with the X11 support installed. And you can pretty much develop and compile anything you want with C++, as the Developer tools come with GCC.

So you would be all set.