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Originally Posted by D.J. Fluck
Ive decided that I definitely want to buy an iBook. I'm looking to buy the little 12" one so i can have something small for class, traveling or carrying around without ac adapters.
My question.....do I get it before the Intel switchover or should I wait until after Apple makes the change to Intel based processors? Ive read many things so far that have taken both sides and I like the ability that you should be able to run a windows program at full speed on your Intel based mac (without virtual pc), but I don't want to end up with an overpriced pile of junk when basically I can just buy a PC laptop for much cheaper and it does the same thing.
So, help me weigh out the positives and negatives for both sides so I can make my decision in the next couple of months.
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Welcome to the party, Deej! (I've used both 12" and 14" iBooks--the 14" is more my size, but both are plenty capable machines.)
I'd say go ahead and get a PowerPC-based iBook for two reasons:
1) There are millions of PowerPC Macs out there. People will not stop writing software that works on them overnight. (If Sanddrag's web server is any indication, people will be doing interesting things with them for decades to come.)
2) The first versions of Apple's products can be....interesting. The original version of OS X wasn't much to phone home about in relation to later versions, such as Jaguar/Panther/Tiger. (And who has a first-gen iPod? I know of one.)
On the OSX86 front, I have heard of folks being able to dual-boot Windows. If you need to run Windows programs, then you may want to consider waiting for more details on the X86 version. Other than CAD software, I've had no real issues finding programs that suit my needs.