iBook - Yes or No

[Mattieuk]

I have the chance to get hold of a brand spank ibook at a very very good price. Don't have the spec yet but have been told its mid to top end.

Anyway I havn't got a foggy about iMacs or iBooks so are they any good or not?

Cheers all

 

[Rich]

If it is an ibook it is fairly old. They have been replaced by MacBooks for a while now.

 

[Mattieuk]

If it is an ibook it is fairly old. They have been replaced by MacBooks for a while now.

Cheers Rich...its through a work scheme. All i know is a pentium core duo processor...

Right been on the work intranet and found its this "Apple Macbook Core 2 Duo 1.83ghz 512mb Ram 60gb Hdd"

on ebuyer its £744..through the scheme its £590

 

[The Hoff]

Tis a good price mate, depends also on the size of the screen, the prices vary wildly.

 

[Rich]

AFAIK MacBooks all come only in 13 inch, the Pro then allows you to get 15 and 17.

Quickest way to check specs

http://store.apple.com/Apple/WebObjects/ukstore.woa/wa/RSLID?mco=32B42242&nclm=MacBook

Price seem's good Matt. I have a 15 inch MacBook Pro which I really like.

 

[Daz]

All Macbook's are 13" Yes.

My Macbook Pro 15" is quite possibly the best laptop I've ever used.

 

[DazG]

My brothers getting an Macbook through his Uni, as apple supports education. He's getting it for £634

Daz

 

[Adam K]

macs = teh gay.

 

[Adam K]

macs = teh gay.

 

[Adam K]

yes, they are so gay i double posted.

 

[Dafthead]

macs are the shizzle

 

[Dafthead]

yes, they are so gay i double posted.

A mac wouldn't double post

 

[Adam K]

yes, they are so gay i double posted.

A mac wouldn't double post

i suspect it would because this forum is teh gay!!!11111!1!!

 

[Daz]

A mac wouldn't double post

i suspect it would because this forum is teh gay!!!11111!1!!

I thought you said it was Mac's fault?
Now it's the forum's fault?

The forum isn't running on a Mac? :rasp:

 

[McBunny]

i suspect it would because this forum is teh gay!!!11111!1!!

I thought you said it was Mac's fault?
Now it's the forum's fault?

The forum isn't running on a Mac? :rasp:

is it on a linux box tho ?

 

[Mells]

I thought you said it was Mac's fault?
Now it's the forum's fault?

The forum isn't running on a Mac? :rasp:

is it on a linux box tho ?

BSD iirc. Half way to a mac :rasp:

 

[furry_cup]

u want a Macbook pro!!! cant afford it at the mo tho. Use an Imac at present

 

[Mattieuk]

Guys...on a mac can I run MS office? Basically if I can't its a no go becuase I need that software for work.

 

[Daz]

Guys...on a mac can I run MS office? Basically if I can't its a no go becuase I need that software for work.

You can use the Mac version, yes. (Office 2004)

You can also run Parallels which allows you to run Windows on your Mac, whilst still in OSX. You can also run Windows apps side by side in the Beta using Coherence.

 

[Mattieuk]

Cheers Daz ..I'm very tempted to order one. I guess if I don't like it I could
always sell it on.

 

[Tom1]

You would probably need to upgrade the memory to run parallels

 

[sn00p]

Once you go mac, you never go back!

It'll be the best computer related decision you ever make. Buy it!.

 

[furry_cup]

its like a whole new world when u discover mac, especially the newer ones!

you'll find yourself taking unessesary train journeys with it just so you can look cool with it on the tabel on the train!

 

[Rasclart]

I have a white Macbook bought it in the states for about 610 golden coins back last june. So £590 is a VERY good price!

Have Windows XP on there as well with Bootcamp, as I need it for work sometimes.

As above once you have mac there is no going back. I also have a Mac Mini. I loves the mac

 

[sn00p]

I'm waiting for the quad core mac pro to come out then I'm getting one of those. I'll get 20% off too.

My girlfriend currently has owenership of my power mac so I'm down to just the powerbook at the moment.

 

[furry_cup]

how do u get 20% off. get me one! there'll be somethign in it for you!

 

[sn00p]

how do u get 20% off. get me one! there'll be somethign in it for you!

Apple developer discount.

It's quite cool, any hardware you add to the system (cinema displays etc) is also discounted by the same amount as the computer.

The % varies according to what computer you buy, from memory the macbook pro is also 20%.

 

[clio172cup20]

http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/