12" or 15"? iBook G4 or Powerbook G4?

WoLF · #1 September 24th, 2004, 08:06 PM

Hey,

I've been a mac user all my life. Switched to PC 3 years ago because of lack of games and other reasons.

Anyways, now I'm in the mood to switch back to Apple. I'd have to sell my current computer (PC) to be able to fund the purchase of the laptop.

I'm wondering what's right for me though. A 12" or 15"? An iBook G4 or a Powerbook G4?

On a normal day I usually just surf, email, and instant messager. When I have work to do or if I'm feeling a bit bored, I do Photoshop, Indesign, Dreamweaver, Watch movies, and play games (Battlefield, Halo, Doom3, UT2k4, Q3a, CS). Most of those games are available for mac except CS. Doom3 is supposed to be carbonized soon I suppose. Not sure if HL2 is gonna be ported. But gaming is a pretty key fact about my lifestyle. I'm very organized so iCal, iPhoto, and iTunes will be very convenient.

I've been using a 17" LCD on my PC running at 1280x1024 and boy do I love it! So take that into account.

Anyways, what should I get?

DanTekGeek · #2 September 24th, 2004, 08:31 PM

if you are going to be gaming, you will have to get a 15 inch powerbook or 17 inch powerbook. they are the only models that have the option of 128mb graphics, which you will need to game. even with that, and 1gb of ram, you still wont really be able to play uber graphics intensive games. battlefield and ut2004 like games will be fine. in reality, if you are really that much into gaming, a mac is not for you, but if you are like me and willing to give up some games, then you should be ok. in any case, this system will run you about 3 grand if you want to be able to play the games. good luck.

ps. why not consider getting a low end ibook and building a gaming pc desktop?

WoLF · #3 September 24th, 2004, 08:37 PM

I have a low-mid end gaming pc right now.

I just dont have the green stuff right now to have both the PC and Mac. It's either one or the other. As for the games, Battlefield and UT2k4 would be the most graphics intensive games for the mac that I know of (until Doom3 is released)...

DanTekGeek · #4 September 24th, 2004, 08:41 PM

yeah. essentially, just like doom 3 will hardly run on a pc notebook, it will hardly run on a powerbook.

Viro · #5 September 26th, 2004, 10:36 AM

If you're really into gaming, forget about getting a PC/Mac. Instead, you should just invest in a console.

But if you are set on getting either a Powerbook or iBook, I suggest you go for the Powerbook. Either a 12" or 15". The 17" costs more, but has the same computing power as the 15" and I personally think it's too big. The powerbooks are better at gaming than the iBooks because they have better processors, better video cards and quite possibly the best speakers on any notebook around. The speakers on my 12" powerbook blow anything else out of the water.

Anyway, those are my two cents.

WoLF · #6 September 26th, 2004, 01:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Viro

If you're really into gaming, forget about getting a PC/Mac. Instead, you should just invest in a console.

But if you are set on getting either a Powerbook or iBook, I suggest you go for the Powerbook. Either a 12" or 15". The 17" costs more, but has the same computing power as the 15" and I personally think it's too big. The powerbooks are better at gaming than the iBooks because they have better processors, better video cards and quite possibly the best speakers on any notebook around. The speakers on my 12" powerbook blow anything else out of the water.

Anyway, those are my two cents.

Thanks. Also, I hate consoles with a passion. I hate controllers.

jobsen_ski · #7 September 26th, 2004, 01:42 PM

if you like to messenger (on a daily basis) then be aware that the version of yahoo! and msn are far inferior on the mac version as they are for windows! I don't use any others but I'm just warning you. Instead of msn I use aMSN and although it has a few bugs its always beeing udated and they are hoping to add audio/video soon! :> (at least you can have a display pic on amsn) the newest microsoft version for mac (4.0) is total crap definatly not worth a full point upgrade! anyway rant over, just warning you.

WoLF · #8 September 26th, 2004, 01:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jobsen_ski

if you like to messenger (on a daily basis) then be aware that the version of yahoo! and msn are far inferior on the mac version as they are for windows! I don't use any others but I'm just warning you. Instead of msn I use aMSN and although it has a few bugs its always beeing udated and they are hoping to add audio/video soon! :> (at least you can have a display pic on amsn) the newest microsoft version for mac (4.0) is total crap definatly not worth a full point upgrade! anyway rant over, just warning you.

Never used msn or yahoo. Thank god I dont. AIM is where it's at.