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Apple iBook Laptop M8603LL/A (700-MHz PowerPC G3, 256 MB RAM, 30 GB hard drive)Platform: Mac OS X
Brand: Apple
Binding: Personal Computers
Warranty: 1 year warranty
Thinking of switching? Don't hesitate! This is the one! [Posted on 2003-01-06]
I can say, without a doubt, this is the best computer I have used in the seven years I have owned PC/Macs. I switched from Mac to PC in 2001 and switched *back* after seeing all the features, style and value on offer from Apple with the new iBook. Ready out-of-the-box for email, Internet, video editing, playing MP3s, printing photos, even burning CD-Rs. And all with the integrated easy to use and hassle free Mac OS X. I can attest to the claims of 6 hour battery life, the wireless web works flawlessly and is a cinch to install. In fact, everything works so well that until I sat down to write this I had forgotten how good I've got it!
Want to avoid lockups? Get a Mac! [Posted on 2003-01-18]
I finally got sick of the constant regular lockups and endless search for updated drivers on my XP Pro Desktop PC so I became a "Switcher". 16 years on a PC (and about 2 hours history on a Mac) got me used to dealing with these problems. As I became more and more involved in digital pictures and video editing and saw the limitations of Windows for these "High Power" applications, I started looking towards the exceptional memory management of the Mac. My iBook is the most rock solid, reliable computer I have ever worked on. I've had iMovie2, iTunes, Photoshop Elements running and been wirelessly connected to the Internet downloading MP3's on Limewire without even a hiccup. Another reason for going with the iBook for me was to be able surf the web from anywhere in my house. I got an Airport Base Station and the Airport Card and can't believe how easy it was to connect it to my Cable Modem and start surfing. Plug and Play may have been a term coined by Microsoft, but they must have been talking about the Mac. My wife's PC Laptop is even connected through the Airport with just a wireless PCMCIA Card! I'll never buy another Windows PC and plan on replacing my Desktop PC with an iMac as soon as I can.
Worthless Product, Worthless Customer Service [Posted on 2003-01-31]
I purchased an Apple iBook direct from Apple about a month and a half ago. About a week after I recieved it, it quit working without any notice what so ever. It would not turn on. After countless hours of talking to Apple on the phone trying to get an exchange or a refund, all I could get them to do was to repair it. I sent it in for repair and got it back about two weeks ago. Yesterday, while typing, a key fell off the keyboard, and it also decided to shut itself off and not come back on again. I spent 4-5 hours on the phone with apple again, and they just try to make everything sound okay on how much money I dished out for it and tell me all they can do is repair it again. Meanwhile, I am still paying for it. So, after owning it a whopping month and a half, it's going in for its second repair. Try and stay away from Apple. There are more duds than you think, I work with them all day. If you are one of the lucky ones to get a dud, Apple makes it your problem instead of theirs. BEWARE!
I love it!!!! [Posted on 2003-02-20]
I have always been a Windows user, but I have used Macs off and on, and liked them everytime I used one. Being an author, I decided to purchase a laptop to write on instead of using my desktop. I am very glad I decided on the Apple iBook. It is a very smooth running and beautiful machine. I especially like all the software it comes equipped with. A few weeks after buying the iBook, I purchased an iMac to replace my desktop PC, and it is just as wonderful and fun to use as the iBook. Take my advice and the advice of all the other reviewers on here who say that they love this machine. It is GREAT, and you will not regret it.
switched [Posted on 2003-02-22]
I'm one of those who switched from a PC to a Mac about six months ago. I took some heat from people at work, and yet they were impressed with the iPod, and when they found that OS X uses Unix. This iBook proved itself over and over again when I traveled from the East Coast , to Hawaii, and back to the Pacific Northwest. The battery life is very good. OS X is simple and reliable. I've shown my friends in Hawaii and now they are thinking about getting a Mac too. I have the iBook next to my PC desktop at home and I find that I don't use my PC much at all. I really enjoy iPhoto and iTunes . I hav'nt done much with iMovie yet, but I plan on it. I'm saving up now for an iMac G4.
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