I've been a long-time apple fan(okay, not long time, only about a year), but I have been only able to afford a PC. Well, times have changed, and I'm now saving up to buy a used iBook. Mac OS X is a must, but I need to know: well it be sluggish on my machine?
I don't plan on getting something too expensive. I expect the max speed to be about 500mhz, but I think that 300-400 is more realistic. Also, I plan on having at the most 256mb of RAM, but, more realistically, 192. So would I be able to run OS X on my future iBook, as well as some of my favorite applications(photoshop, office, dreamweaver) without much performance loss? I know I can't expect it to be great, but switching to a mac is like switching to the metric system.
Also, if anyone here knows some good sites to buy used macs(I'm currently searching on eBay, which is great), I'd really like it if you could refer me to them.
Thanks.
I don't plan on getting something too expensive. I expect the max speed to be about 500mhz, but I think that 300-400 is more realistic. Also, I plan on having at the most 256mb of RAM, but, more realistically, 192. So would I be able to run OS X on my future iBook, as well as some of my favorite applications(photoshop, office, dreamweaver) without much performance loss? I know I can't expect it to be great, but switching to a mac is like switching to the metric system.
Also, if anyone here knows some good sites to buy used macs(I'm currently searching on eBay, which is great), I'd really like it if you could refer me to them.
Thanks.