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Mac Forum / General / Portable Macs / November 2005iBook or Titanium?
I'm looking to replace my Dell Inspiron 3700 laptop with a Mac laptop. Which one? My *real* computer is an original flat panel iMac 800 mHz. I got the Dell in 1999 to do military related stuff at home--and I didn't want to mess around with Virtual PC, as I never got it to work seamlessly whenever I tried it. Now I don't really have the requirement to have a PC, so having a Mac laptop is more realistic. I'd be mostly using the laptop at community college, where they just started wireless access on campus. Also, I, of course, could take the computer with me on other trips or vacations, such as a trip to Upstate NY next summer to do some genealogy research. So, which one would you all recommend? Thanks, Jean in VA >Now I don't really have the requirement to have a PC, so having a Mac laptop >is more realistic. I'd be mostly using the laptop at community college, >where they just started wireless access on campus. Also, I, of course, >could take the computer with me on other trips or vacations, such as a trip >to Upstate NY next summer to do some genealogy research. Unless you're buying an old 2nd-hand one, the Titaniums are now Aluminums (or even Aluminiums), termed Powerbooks. Many good comparisons and reviews, via Google, on this topic.  SignatureChris. > Now I don't really have the requirement to have a PC, so having a Mac laptop > is more realistic. I'd be mostly using the laptop at community college, > where they just started wireless access on campus. Also, I, of course, > could take the computer with me on other trips or vacations, such as a trip > to Upstate NY next summer to do some genealogy research. Jean- The iBook will probably meet your needs if Genealogy is your most demanding program. I'm running the Macintosh version of Reunion on an Aluminum PowerBook, but it ran equally well on the old 600 MHz G3 iBook. The iBook comes with AppleWorks. The PowerBook comes with GraphicConverter. I think both come with iPhoto. Incidentally, a handy program for finding wireless hotspots is Mac Stumbler. Fred > > Now I don't really have the requirement to have a PC, so having a Mac laptop > > is more realistic. I'd be mostly using the laptop at community college, [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Fred I'd also be using MS Word and possibly PowerPoint--and my email is now on Entourage on the iMac--and I prefer Entourage to the Mail program that Apple has. Not sure if I would put iPhoto on it (maybe yes) or Quicken 2006. > I'd also be using MS Word and possibly PowerPoint--and my email is now on > Entourage on the iMac--and I prefer Entourage to the Mail program that Apple > has. Not sure if I would put iPhoto on it (maybe yes) or Quicken 2006. Jean- I have the OS X version of Microsoft Office that was current when I got the 600 MHz iBook. Word, Excel and PowerPoint worked fairly well on the old iBook, although I never tried Entourage. In years past I've found large PowerPoint presentations to be very slow to open, especially if they contain many large image files or complicated graphics. If you might need that capability, a faster machine would be to your advantage. Otherwise, the iBook should be adequate. I use GraphicConverter for most of my photo work, but iPhoto is quite handy if you like its capabilities. One thing that impressed some Windows friends was a slide show created in iPhoto and exported to a movie file. It has zoom effects and has music playing. If you aren't in a hurry to get your laptop, you might wait and see what Apple releases early next year. The rumor is that an Intel Mac Mini will be out in January, with an Intel iBook soon afterward. Fred |
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