iBook 600 and OS X.1/X.2

[Hypernate]

Hey all. I'm thinking of buying an iBook 600 with 640mb RAM. Will this work well with OS X.1 (and hopefully X.2)? I was reading in my Macworld that the G3 really can't handle OS X. I don't wanna spend ALL my pay (from my brand new job! hee hee go mcdonald's ) on a computer that won't work too well. And I can't afford a TiBook.

Thankies.

[celeborn]

I'm running 10.1 on a 400 MHz iMac, and it's fine for me. I'm not saying more speed wouldn't be appreciated. Occasional hangups happen, but general speed and responsiveness is fine, so it should certainly be fine on a 600 MHz iBook. On the other hand, there might be new iBooks round the corner...

[BBenve]

tryed X.2 WWDC Pre Release Build6C35 on my iBook 600 256 MB ram.......runs like a charm....very very fast

[Hypernate]

Coolies! I'll just put it down to the fact that the Macworld guy was too used to the G4 iMac, Powerbook G4 and the PowerMac G4 he was testing :P

Though, hopefully I won't be too used to my G4 iMac :P

It's also good about not being able to afford it yet, because it means I can't buy it now, so I may be lucky and Apple may release a new model before I buy. Here's hoping iBook is about due for an update

[originaljohn]

I would try playing with an iBook with OS X on it just to get a feel for how it differs from your current experience (your G4). We are using subjective measures of speed here, so its hard to tell what BBenve thinks is "very fast" translates to on your speed scale.

You also don't mention what you plan to use your iBook for, and this may be a factor as well.

I have a iBook 600MhZ with 640MB running OS X. Its sluggish in some spots. However, I use my iBook for email, websurfing, and writing, so that is fine. I don't use a G4 on a regular basis, so I don't know what difference the better processor would make.

John

[Hypernate]

I don't do many really intensive things. All I'd be doing would be surfing, email, word processing, gereral school stuff, the occaisional game of StarCraft, maybe some other games every blue moon at a LAN party or something... actually, I'd probably take the iMac to that.... , and photoshop

Ok, I KNOW that Photoshop is designed for the G4 with VE, but hey, I don't use huge filters, and we run it at school on an old iMac, so it must work fine :P

I think the iBook will be good.

Oh yeah, I'm into iTunes in a big way lol. I'm trying to see if I can afford to lease an iBook AND an iPod together....

[BBenve]

Well i said very fast...compared to my iMac G4 700.... i can't really see any BIG difference in the finer...i cannot see any big difference in application opening...QT 6 and System preferences BOTH on iMac G4 and my tiny iBook open inONE bounce.... IE opens in 3 on the iBook in 2 in my iMac... you there is a difference here and there...but we re talking about a G3 Vs a G4 a 8 BM vram against a 32....but yet.. i have to say ...X.2 is fast....that's it... is fast fast fast.....sure you have to try with your set up ..and your programs...(i use PS 7 AI X and stuff)
Yet i have to say... X.2 as is now..is plain fast....and by fast i mean.. that it runs very good on the iBook... X.1 is fast...but nothing compared to X.2..

just my 2 cents

[Hypernate]

Cool Thanks, you've made me feel a lot safer about buying a G3

I won't try to run any intensive stuff on the iBook anyway. I'd run that all on the iMac