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durriti
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Which one? - 2009/08/12 13:20 Hello,

I am looking to buy a secondhand powerbook or ibook but the range is quite confusing. I work in the building trafe and require a laptop to view product information/assembly instructions on cd's. Notes amd invoicing and fast internet access via wifi. Your thorghts are gratefully ccepted.

Thanks in advance.

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Cacicedo
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Re:Which one? - 2009/08/12 17:21 I'd suggest neither a Powerbook nor an iBook, but rather a MacBook or MacBook Pro--something that has an Intel chip rather than a Motorola PowerPC chip. Starting with the next OS, Snow Leopard, Apple will no longer be issuing systems that run on PowerPC computers.

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stewieno1
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Re:Which one? - 2009/08/12 19:01 It depends on your budget and the applications you will be using.
For just viewing photos, pdfs and CDs plus a bit of invoicing in something like MS Word or something similar, even an old PB G3 would suffice ( with a decent hard drive and max memory of course ).
I use a Wallstreet ( originally G3/300 )with a G4/500 CPU upgrade , 512mb Ram + 30Gb HD & OS10.2 and a stock Pismo ( G3/500 ) 1Gb Ram + 60Gb HD & OS10.4.
I draw plans for a living and mostly use these like you for invoicing, viewing pdfs and a few CAD plans ( Vectorworks 11 ).
The applications I use are Acrobat reader 7 for viewing pdfs
VW 11 for my CAD plans
MS Word 2004 for my invoices and plan documents ( Statement of Environmental Effects etc )
MS Excel for associated tables and charts
iPhoto for images
I can connect to a wireless network with a PCMCIA card as well for internet access.
While not blazing fast machines , they both cope with this very well and were bought very cheaply.

Stewie

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durriti
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Re:Which one? - 2009/08/13 17:17 Hello and thank you for your input.

I have the choice of these two machines, your opinion gratefully received.

powerbook g4 12" screen, 867mhz, 120gb hd, 640mb ram, dvd-r/cd-rw combo drive. wifi, bluetooth running osx10.5.8

ibook g4 12' screen, 1.33mhz, 40gb hd, 512 ram, dvd-r/cd-rw combo drive, wifi, blue tooth, two finger scrolling trck pad, osx 10.5.8

Both are the same price ($450)

Thanks again in advance.

Dave.

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