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  • From: David Minton <dminton AT mindspring.com>
  • To: InterNetWorkers <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] Re: To Buy an Apple or Not to Buy an Apple
  • Date: Wed, 07 May 2003 17:42:27 -0400

Do you play Ghost Recon on Game Ranger? Nothing beats an 18 vs. 18 player
game of Ghost Recon in Siege Mode.

Maybe we can get an Internetworks clan together ;-)

David

On 5/7/03 2:58 PM, "zman" <zman AT gibbon.kungfumonkey.com> wrote:

> The 2 biggest differences in a Powerbook vs. iBook are L3 cache(except the
> 12") and graphics. If you plan on doing anything grphic intensive swing
> for the powerbook, I happily play UT and Ghost Recon on my TiBook w/ no
> problems, where I've noticed a lag and low frame rates on the iBooks.
> Also I believe the G4 chip will have a longer useable life than the G3's
> in the iBook. I'm thinking the 12" Powerbook will soon be the low man on
> the totem pole. $.04
>
> On Wed, 7 May 2003, Jim Allman wrote:
>> Just to chime in here, I'm very happy with my 800 MHz iBook (aka
>> "Superfly"). It's holding up nicely for daily programming, Flash and web
>> development.
>> I maxed out the RAM (also bought from Crucial) and saw much snappier
>> performance from OS X. I think anyone who's sitting on the fence regarding
>> iBook vs. PowerBook should try an iBook with lots of RAM before making a
>> final decision.
>> Regarding possible changes in Apple's architecture: I doubt they'll abandon
>> these machines in any serious way. What's your worst-case scenario? That
>> expensive peripherals will stop working? Or that the OS will leave
>> PPC-based
>> Macs behind somehow?
>> =jimA=





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