Re: iBooks and displays
Re: iBooks and displays
- Subject: Re: iBooks and displays
- From: email@hidden (Anthony Sanna)
- Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 09:00:59 -0600
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I went into an apple store last weekend and
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looked at all the ibooks and powerbooks. The one that I felt I could
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afford (the cheapest, of course), was the base-line ibook with a 12
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inch display. It looked horribly small, but to get a powerbook with
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a decent display would be almost twice the price. Does anyone out
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there have any experience with using these tiny ibooks for their
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work? or maybe your kids have ibooks?
I have a little experience with the Mac Portables. Under the tree this
Christmas was a TiPowerBook for my older son, and an iBook for my
eleven-year old. I had plenty of time to set up and play with them both
before they went into wrappings.
Even with my aging eyes, the little iBook didn't bother me. The display
is very sharp, and you get used to it. The TiPowerBook, on the other
hand, has a screen that's flat-out gorgeous. What did bother me about
the iBook's display is a rather tight viewing angle. Maybe this is just
a result of the size of the screen, but the tilt of the display is
critical to good color - not so with its big brother.
If you are going to be using this for demonstration purposes, I would
highly recommend the TiPB. There most likely are some last generation
models still available at prices that come close to the iBook's price.
My older son's TiPB was one of these, and, with the exception of drive
size (only 10-gygs) and processor speed (450mhz), it is virtually
identical to the new ones. The iBook I bought was current generation,
and only a few hundred dollars less than what I paid for the TiPB.
Tony
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