New G4 iBooks

so what's the best price/performance pick on a laptop if i want something for light 3d/design work while i'm on the road? i'm leaning mac at this point, still several months away from doing it tho.

chris

Depends on what software you're using, Fig. 3D Studio Max won't run on a Mac, otherwise I'd say get a Powerbook, dude. (My boss has a 15" G4 Powerbook, and it's speed is close to my 1.6 G5, no joke). If you need to do a ton of 3D work, you'll probably want a PC - I'd go with a high end Dell with a ton of RAM, personally.

Well considering the Mac's limited 3D program library, you might want to go PC on that one... For everything else I'd go with a 12 or 15" powerbook though.

Same question here, I'm almost certain I'll be getting a Mac laptop within 2 years, I just gotta wait till they drop in price. Mainly I don't want to have to babysit the OS, making sure I update security and deal with the constant type of crap I get from Windows.

How much farther do you expect them to drop in price? The iBooks are rock bottom right now. I haven't seen many decent PC laptops for that price.

If you are waiting 2 years though, they'll have G5 laptops by that time. And who knows what else.

how much is $1099 in £££ ? lol

649.725 GBP

http://www.xe.com/ucc/convert.cgi

£650! bluddy hell!!
dam thats brilliant, im betting a few bob for the shipping, but dam thats good, lol

What the hell did you just say?

How much farther do you expect them to drop in price? The iBooks are rock bottom right now.

No kidding, deker, However - there's always the lucky bastards that get the store's last demo model (my girlfriend, in this case): iBook G3 700 with RAM - $799. She ended up getting the service plan with it, and paying for them to install the RAM, so it came out closer to $950 - but for an extra $100 - that G4 sure looks sweet.

*side note* why do I sense this thread going into another goddamn platform war??