anyone have an iBook? - Page 2

actually it appeared as if u were trolling. if i just happened into a linux, dell, alienware, etc laptop thread and said "well u know any other laptop could do that..." it would be trolling. please don't pretend otherwise, and try to be constructive w/ your commentary.

otherwise, go back underneath your bridge eh?

its just how you said it made it sound like its an apple exclusive, which it isn't. so i was pointing out the faults in your logic

which if u understood would be unnecessary right? i mean, if i were stating the obvious about how to handle the user limitations of a small screen laptop by hooking up an external monitor, which u and others know is a stock function on the vast majority of laptops, short of a select few ultra thin and lights which lack a vga connector, well then your comment would be pointless right? ah u mean how i said it in a way which may have cast any level of appreciation on an apple laptop? yeah u got me there, i did do that. gotta be a hawk for those ppl who like apple products eh? can't let them go around pretending like they come shipped with all the same basic functions of the more superior products eh? lmao

if i meant to imply that it was an apple-only technology i would have said something along the lines of, "hey only apples have support for an external display on their laptops! isn't that great?!" since i didn't, then your response seems more an allergic, kneejerk, and near spastic response to downgrade the commentary of anyone who is even apple-neutral.

take off your linux colored glasses for a second and re-read that sentence. u can read right? the comment u seem to be struggling with noted as i'm hoping u can not only read, digest, and come to terms with, is that if a user gets sick of viewing a 12" screen they can "desktop" their notebook (in this case it was an ibook). many users who get a laptop r still the same ppl who think that a desktop's case is actually the CPU or HD. the comment i made was in effect brandless, and it seems your commentary reflecting your apparent fear of all things apple is not.

give me, and us a break.

go back under your bridge

Sheesh... enough with the VGA stuff. (although, I'd go with triadone on this one, abf's comment did seem a little sarcastic)

Anyway, back on topic. I think for what you describe you will be EXTREMELY happy with an iBook. Definitly fill it up with as much ram as you can afford. Mac really knows how to make good use of ram. You will see very noticeable differences at each increment of additional ram.

Also (on the monitor thing)... iBooks are not like Powerbooks in that they don't come with the ability to span monitors (meaning they disable the ability to work in dual monitor mode). There is a program (Screen Spanning Doctor) that enables this function on an iBook.

And if you are not very familiar with the OS X operating system, I think you will be very plesantly surprised. It is very user friendly, extremely intuitive, stable and elegantly designed. The iLife apps are really nice and easy to use (and integrate with eachother seemlesly). Also, it is really nice not to have to worry about spyware or viruses.

goodpoint freestyle,

btw, abf did admit that he was being sarcastic, but he didn't own up to doing it to troll about a moot issue.

no hijack intended. if it isn't obvious, i have issues w/ trolls.

to add to what u said freestyle...
i do run the screen spanning hack. it works great and i suggest that anyone use it who has an interest in "power use" w/ the ibook.

thus far the ibook has been near flawless. i tend not to run into the usual issues w/ my windows machine as i do a fresh install every now and again. so i can't say "windows doesn't have issues compared to os x". i guess the test will come over time with regard to whether OS X needs a new install after a similar amount of time. from what i've read, many ppl (not all ppl abf, lol) have had flawless performance on their ibooks for long periods, some say up to 3 years while simply putting it to sleep in stead of shutting it down, something i can't say for my desktop or laptop windows experiences. in any case, after 6 months i'll have a more informed opinion. =)

i do know it is extremely cool to not have basic functions like OS load and email checking bogged down by the likes of Norton et al., having to do its work. i don't need xtra software out of the box simply to make the system safe and usable (90 day trials of norton or mcaffee don't cut it, and given that a windows machine could be hacked in the time it takes to go online and download free virus SW, that's not cool either, and i'm an advanced user!-just think of the yokel that doesn't know about viruses!). =)

and as u noted abraxas, it does look cool! it has a white polycarbonate shell that comes with a glowing white apple on the lid when it's powered on, that comes built in as part of only apple laptop computers! (wink wink nudge nudge abf ;p )