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<blockquote data-quote="hokiethang" data-source="post: 6649">Im not sure of the conversion rates but if i recall correctly the pound is worth more than a dollar, and ibooks go for around $1000 - 1500 USD. The main hardware difference between mac and PC is that everything in a mac is designed with other parts in mind. A pc, is usually designed for whatever is cheapest. A 800 mhz mac is more comparable to a 1.8Ghz P4, than an 800mhz P3. I have a 1Ghz Powerbook and it can do stuff faster than my PC at work. Macs really arent designed to play games, so office work and web-browsing are optimal things for an ibook. If you wanted a little more power, you could step up to the Powerbook, but then the prices go up as well. I have my mac connected right now to 2 windows machines, windows xp and server 2003, both sharing files, and printers, as well as 2 linux machines which act as file servers as well. Compatibility on the mac platform can not be beat. If I remember Correctly, the ibook has a combo-drive option which allows you to get a CD-RW/DVD as a standard feature.I think i addressed everything, if you have any other questions just ask.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="hokiethang, post: 6649"] Im not sure of the conversion rates but if i recall correctly the pound is worth more than a dollar, and ibooks go for around $1000 - 1500 USD. The main hardware difference between mac and PC is that everything in a mac is designed with other parts in mind. A pc, is usually designed for whatever is cheapest. A 800 mhz mac is more comparable to a 1.8Ghz P4, than an 800mhz P3. I have a 1Ghz Powerbook and it can do stuff faster than my PC at work. Macs really arent designed to play games, so office work and web-browsing are optimal things for an ibook. If you wanted a little more power, you could step up to the Powerbook, but then the prices go up as well. I have my mac connected right now to 2 windows machines, windows xp and server 2003, both sharing files, and printers, as well as 2 linux machines which act as file servers as well. Compatibility on the mac platform can not be beat. If I remember Correctly, the ibook has a combo-drive option which allows you to get a CD-RW/DVD as a standard feature. I think i addressed everything, if you have any other questions just ask. [/QUOTE]

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