Help! Tell me I am an idiot

[HateEternal]

Everyone I know has a PowerBook now, and this whole thing was kicked off when a friend scored a pretty good deal on a 1Ghz PowerBook.

My iBook is slow, it annoys me how slow it is, stuff takes to long to load and it isn't very responsive when things are loaded. So I searched out ebay, the only good deals I found were some 12inch 867mhz G4 PowerBooks, the problem with these is that they have the same crappy 256kb l2 cache that my iBook has, which i swear is the cause of a lot of my problems. I found an article a while ago that showed how a lower clocked G3 out performed the G4 witht he gimpy cache in a lot of things. (no idea where it is now)

Anyways, I really want to upgrade, but the thing is, I have bought 3 computers in the last 3 years. The iBook, the PowerMac and the PC. I don't want something new, i just want something a little faster with some more features (PowerBook) that doesn't cost too much. I figure I still could ~ 600 for my iBook 800mhz 640mb RAM and Airport Extreme.

What do you guys think? Too much for the iBook? Should I just shut up and be happy now? How would the 867 PowerBook compare? I know it is slightly faster and has a faster video card and hard drive, but would it really make huge difference? Please tell me to go away and forget about silly things like this!!!!!

 

[HateEternal]

Oh man refurbs on apple 1.0 Ghz for $1000!

Woah, lesser iBooks are going for 600-800 on ebay, people are nuts!

 

[Decado]

what is this "refurbished computers" on apple store that everyone and their dogs are talking about? cant find them.

i have a 1.3 ghz powerbook and my girlfriend got a 1.25 ghz ibook. the same amount of memory. my harddrive is a 5400rpm, hers is a 3200. it makes a difference. the feel of mine is much better, since it has quietter buttons and is sturdier, but her ibook is quieter just standing there.

 

[Zammy-Sam]

what is this "refurbished computers" on apple store that everyone and their dogs are talking about? cant find them.

Go to apple.com and click on AppleStore. You will find a search-field where you simply type 'refurbished'. Et voilà!

 

[Decado]

grazie mille!

 

[Decado]

sadly, it is not availible in sweden. i guess it is because there are no physical apple stores in sweden, there are no left-over exhibitproducts etc.

 

[Ricky]

Go with a Power Mac. I can't go back to my old iMac now.

 

[pds]

How do you have airport extreme in a 800 mHz g3 iBook?

 

[HateEternal]

How do you have airport extreme in a 800 mHz g3 iBook?

It is a G4, the first, slow revision.

I already have a PowerMac, I want a laptop with some more balls.

 

[Randman]

Get more ram.

 

[HateEternal]

Get more ram.

I already have 640Mb, I haved used newer macs with 512 and that is plenty, there are other issues.

 

[HateEternal]

I just realized one of the big issues. I had set the Processor performance to Reduced I don't know how long ago, probably back when I was still taking it to class and wanted long battery life.

Setting it to highest does make a noticable difference.

 

[mdnky]

The processor performance setting will make a big difference, but RAM is still a major issue...especially with Tiger. My iBook now runs at twice the average used RAM with Tiger than it did with Panther...takes a bit of getting used to. Those widgets, even 2 or 3 simple ones, really like to eat up resources it seems. Everything considered it runs good, but a bit more RAM would make all the difference. 512MB should be the bare minimum for Tiger, 1GB would be the actual minimum I'd recommend to anyone (for light use).

 

[Danny_Pulsar]

My wife just bought a Dell Inspiron 9300 laptop and it's the sweetest laptop I've ever seen. Word opens faster than you can blink your eye. 1.6ghzP4/533mhzFSB/256mbRAM/64mbAGP/40gbHD $1,200 NEW