<p>1.33GHz PowerPC G4
512K L2 cache @ 1.33GHz
14-inch TFT Display
1024x768 resolution
256MB DDR266 SDRAM
60GB Ultra ATA drive
SuperDrive
ATI Mobility Radeon 9200
32MB DDR video memory
AirPort Extreme built-in</p>
<p>Your G4 Apple Powerbook is a fine laptop. There's a new promotion from Apple. Buy select Apple computers/laptops and get a free Ipod mini. You have to buy both together. Submit a rebate coupon to Apple and get a $179 check in the mail.</p>
<p>You do know that Apple is clearing out their "old" merchandise in preparation of the new MacTel machines coming out next year. All Apple computers are changing over to Intel processors.</p>
<p>so, are u saying i should wait until next year?</p>
<p>oh gosh, here we go again.</p>
<p>no, don't wait-- check out some of the other laptop threads or do a search if you're curious as to why. basically, the switch is NOT going to affect most people, and unless you /really/ want one of the "new" macs and can live without a personal computer (read: using computer labs as your primary computer. yuck.) for a year or two, the most i would wait would be until the end of august to see if apple comes out with any coupons or deals. this is assuming you need it for college in the fall.</p>
<p>that in mind, i'd get more ram. if you plan on doing anything other than word processing, surfing the internet, and e-mail, 256 MB isn't much at all.</p>
<p>how much ram would u recommend?</p>
<p>600+mhz, p3/celeron +, 256 mb ram, 20gb HD is all that is needed to surf the web, do essays, and check email.</p>
<p>right-- to check mail and surf, that'd be fine. if you plan on doing much more, though, you really ought to have more RAM.</p>
<p>personally, i have 768 MB for my ibook. it's not so bad, but i'll probably upgrade to even more eventually (but i plan on doing a lot of photoshop work and a few games, both RAM intensive). i'd at least bump it up to 512 (or whatever the next RAM-upgrade option is for the powerbook). when i bought my ibook, the upgrade was less than $100 through apple, so it just kind of made sense to go for it, although you can always install more RAM yourself (which is fairly simple and much cheaper than going through apple). to each his own, i suppose.</p>
<p>what do you plan on using the computer for?</p>
<p>what the heck? 768 mb of ram? are you directing, editing, and distributing porn from your dorm room???</p>
<p>thanks a lot for blowing my cover, jerkface.</p>
<p>what are you talking about? 256megs of ram is NOT enough. WinXP runs like a dog with less than 512...</p>
<p>I have a gig here and hell, my computer like you described (its a PIII 600mhz with 26gb HDD) has 600something megs of ram.</p>
<p>Ram is the best thing you can do to make a computer faster and its fairly cheap.</p>
<p>happy nana...getting a powerbook
my old compie had a grand total of 128 mb of RAM and did the whole XP/email/surfing thing pretty sluggishly. they say xp needs all of that to run, so i would def upgrade that. also, i assume ur not debating windows xp or OS X (insert favorite jungle animal), so whether "xp" would run on it doesn't matter...</p>
<p>otto for president!</p>
<p>(... atleastofallthe"OMGWHICHCOMPUTERDOIBUYFORCOLLLLLLLEGE"threads)</p>
<p>I second portraittheartist!</p>
<p>lol
aside from web and essays i also liek to download music so im guessing thr 256 mb is insufficient</p>
<p>More RAM just allows things to open faster and for you to have more windows and programs open at once without them freezing. Generally one of the cheapest upgrades you can get, and one of the easiest, too.</p>
<p>If you're getting a new computer, I suggest you stay away from anything less than 512 mb.</p>
<p>the fact that they offer less than 512 is like an insulting slap in the face to the customer. It's like selling you a car and pulling out the sparkplugs on half the cylinders. It's the simplest thing in the world, just stick a not very expensive thing into an open slot and you immediately have more speed for everything.</p>
<p>512 is enough ram, a powerbook is ok. If you are buying an HP or Toshiba I would recommend only getting a Pentium M. There are a lot of things to consider when buying a laptop, the most important is whether or not you will be bringing it everywhere. Generally a laptop that you bring everywhere should get great battery life but sacrafice some of its power. However if you simply are using it as a desktop, then I would recommend the dell inspiron or some other very powerful machine.</p>
<p>i was fortunate enough to receive a scholarship that will be paying for the laptop so i was looking for a REALLY good one, that would be fast and not prone to all sorts of viruses, spamware, etc. my mother thinks i should get a Sony VAIO. Are those good?</p>
<p>"Sony VAIO® T350P/T Notebook
VGN-T350P/T NEW </p>
<p>Intel® Pentium® M Processor Ultra Low Voltage 753 (1.20GHz1, 2MB L2 Cache) 1
Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional
Integrated wireless WAN through Cingular Wireless National EDGE Network132 and integrated 802.11b/g wireless LAN2
DVD+R Double Layer/DVD±RW drive3
512MB RAM4 and 60GB hard drive5
Burgundy exterior "</p>
<p>Or should i just go for the mac?</p>
<p>and also, can you burn CDs on a Mac?</p>