I am new to the mac world (again, after 10 years abstinence) and re-entered by buying a 17" 1.5 GHz G4 Powerbook. Wonderful machine I must say. A bit steep at $2800 however, but I still defend the position that you have to get what you want in the first place, rather than spending the same or more on several models...
As far as power is concerned, I was (still am) a bit disappointed. Raw calculation power wise, the 1.5 GHz G4 is about 1/3rd as fast as my IBM Thinkpad T42p (1.8 GHz Pentium-M). The look and feel of the GUI however appears about equal, if not a bit smoother on the Mac. And the wide screen on the 17" is awesome, if only they'd used a real HD format (1920 x 1440, or at least 1920 x 1280) it would also in the vertical be really useful. Now it's kinda narrow...
Before the IBM I had a Dell Inspiron 8600 with 1920x1280 resolution. The screen was wonderful, but the rest was total crap. Stay away from Dell!
My 2 cents...
Cheers
- Balt
As far as power is concerned, I was (still am) a bit disappointed. Raw calculation power wise, the 1.5 GHz G4 is about 1/3rd as fast as my IBM Thinkpad T42p (1.8 GHz Pentium-M). The look and feel of the GUI however appears about equal, if not a bit smoother on the Mac. And the wide screen on the 17" is awesome, if only they'd used a real HD format (1920 x 1440, or at least 1920 x 1280) it would also in the vertical be really useful. Now it's kinda narrow...
Before the IBM I had a Dell Inspiron 8600 with 1920x1280 resolution. The screen was wonderful, but the rest was total crap. Stay away from Dell!
My 2 cents...
Cheers
- Balt