Hello guys, I remember we had a debate on this earlier. But I was wondering I might be selling my dirt bike and that would leave me with about 2,500 dollars. I was wondering guys, what is the best laptop Apple has? I want an apple for my laptop mainly because I love apple, and anything windows that I need will be on my desktop HP.

So it would be according to this,


-12 inch screen
- which one is more powerful?
-Smaller?
-Lighter?
-More dourable?

Thanks guys, I posted this is because some of you have one, and I am really excited to learn that my dad will let me sell the bike for it!

12" screen - Both come in the size, but PowerBook is just a bit bigger (12.1").
Powerful - PowerBook is more powerful (hence the name 'PowerBook).
Lighter - PowerBook is 4.6 pounds, iBook is 4.9 pounds.

I'd advise you to look here though...
iBook technical data: http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0002A6YVC/ref=pc_de_a_smtd/002-5080435-6438466?v=glance&s=pc&vi=tech-data
PowerBook technical data: http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0007KX4WY/ref=pc_de_a_smtd/002-5080435-6438466?v=glance&s=pc&vi=tech-data

My classmate has a 12" PowerBook and let me say, it is SMALL and it very much lives up to its name of being a PowerBook. It's very nice and extremely portable. It really depends on what you're going to use it for though.

Unfortunately, I won't be voting in the poll because I have no experience with either of these Apple notebooks, only observation.

First of all, in my opinion, I would go for the iBook.

As for your questions:

12 inch screen
Both are available with a 12" screen

Which one is more powerful?
iBook - 1.2GHz G4 processor (Roughly 1.6GHz Pentium 4)
Powerbook - 1.6GHz (Roughly 1.8GHz Pentium 4)

Smaller?
iBook - 28.5 x 23.0 x 3.42 (cm)
Powerbook - 27.7 x 21.9 x 3.0 (cm)

Lighter?
iBook - 2.2 kg (4.9 pounds)
Powerbook - 2.1 kg (4.6 pounds)

More durable?
iBook - Nothing said
Powerbook - Equiped with "Sudden Motion Sensor" to prevent data loss

Well I could get the 14" ibook for only like 15 dollars more,

These are the settings I have;

Memory: 1.25 GB

Hard Drive: 80GB

For both....
But the other question is do I need a superdrive? Or is that for bruning things only, the most I will be doing is songs, and a combo drive, to my knowledge, is enough for that.

1.256GB DDR266 (256MB built-in & 1GB SO-DIMM)
• 80GB Ultra ATA drive
• Combo drive (DVD-ROM/CD-RW)
• AirPort Extreme Card
• Keyboard & Mac OS X - U.S. English
• 14-inch TFT XGA display
• 1.33GHz PowerPC G4
• ATI Mobility Radeon 9200 w/ 32MB DDR video memory

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I think we have a winner. Plus I just called my friend, and he said he might be able to get me an even greater discount through his mom's school.

Glad you found one that suits you. :)

Chris

Thanks Chris you helped! Now I will think of you, when I order it.


lol When I order it I will find this thread and post what I got. THANKS LEIA!

( Another satisfied customer. )

Your welcome :)

I will never understand how people can use a laptop with such a small screen! How can you do it without going blind!

I am using a flat screen 17" and it is huge. I can imagine that a 14" is not that small. But I cannot wait, ^_^ so excited.

i wouldn't choose the 12" either, it's too small in my opinion.
the 14" is like a regular laptop screen ...
however i am always wondering why everything has to be so big :) at work we work with these huge screens, it hurts my eyes ... there's too much going on on those screens that i get a headache of it after a few hours.

i have the ibook G4 one 14" screen, i love it :)

i suppose 14 is not that bad, i was more talking about the 12" screens. i have a bad habit of not typing what i am thinking... and then assume everyone will know what i mean!!