Updated 1.2 Ghz 12" ibook mini-review

After much hair tearing, and forum help from you folks, and other resources, I took the plunge and bought myself an ibook. It was a sign from a higher being when Apple decided to refresh the ibook line and sweeten the deal with included wireless. I thought I could help out other undecided buyers with my experience so far.

My ibook mini-review

Other laptops I was interested in include the Fujitsu S6210, IBM T series, IBM X series, Toshiba, and Dell. Dell didn't cut it in quality (I work with several models of Dell at work), Toshiba and Panasonic cost way too much. IBM was great, but like Fujitsu, were still on the pricey side for me. I've done a lot of reading on many of these laptops, so if any of you guys need some help, feel free to ask ;-)

 

Sorry, hand slipped.

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Other laptops I was interested in include the Fujitsu S6210, IBM T series, IBM X series, Toshiba, and Dell. Dell didn't cut it in quality (I work with several models of Dell at work), Toshiba and Panasonic cost way too much. IBM was great, but like Fujitsu, were still on the pricey side for me. I've done a lot of reading on many of these laptops, so if any of you guys need some help, feel free to ask ;-)

 

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I'm terribly sorry about that, but I've made the post public now, so I've double checked to make sure it works now

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I'd also like to add that the placement of components and battery is another great design of this laptop. I'm not sure how the other notebooks have this arranged, but lithion ion battery's biggest enemy is heat, and the ibook keeps all warm components as far away from the battery as possible. The notebook does warm up a bit on the left underside, but it's much better than other notebooks where it heats up at the wristrests.

The lid latch is also very very clever. I didn't realize what other people meant by a magnetic latch, but whenver the screen comes close to being closed (~.5 cm), a little latch is sucked down by a magnet and closes it shut. But whenever the lid is not near closed, a second magnet inside the lid keeps the latch hidden within the lid to prevent the latch from getting caught on anything.

 

<blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by MistaMuShu

 

Thanks for the nice review, MistaMuShu.

In some sense, I am at the same boat you were.
At work I use Dells (D600 and D800) and at home
I have an aging HP Omnibook 6000. I started
looking for a newer model that does not wash
my wallet and I set the ibook G4 as a strong contender.

Well, I would pick the ibook G4 right away but
my wife would like also to be able to use this
machine (that's fair ! ).
Her needs are basic ones (word, email, photos, etc)
but there is one thing that is holding our final decision.
Maybe you could shed some light since you were
not an apple fanatic (they would give a biased answer).

She likes to play some flash (or java, I guess) games online.
I am having a bad time trying to figure it out
whether the ibook is capable or not to handle these
free games. It should be due its dedicated 32MB video card
but at the Apple Store we were not able to check this.
Could you please just check whether your new ibook is able
to run these things ? the site is http://www.popcap.com
and there are many games (Zuma, RocketMania, Astropop, etc)
but we just need to know whether they are playable in the
ibook or not.

Thanks a lot !!!