I have a 17 inch Macbook pro for stuff like Final Cut Pro, but sometimes it's hard to carry around my classes. I just need a computer for reading and reasearching. Can a ibook g3 be good enough to do that?
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Wow, I haven't heard the term "iBook" in a long while. Today, most cell phones pack more power than those models. Unfortunetly, Apple isn't in the market of supplying the masses with functional, cheap, and effective computing anymore ( RIP iPod ).
If you want a portable computer for reading and researching, light word processing, emails, etc. and you'll always be around a Wi-Fi spot then I'd go with a chrome book (running Google's Chrome OS). It's basically the same thing that the old iBook's did.
I wouldn't say the iBook is good for anything now-a-days-- since you'd have to be running really old versions of OS X... which means you would be more liable to security compromises. Chromebooks are super secure (mainly because the user can't mess anything up).
Thanks for the reply, I forgot to mention that I also need imovie to use at school, so a chromebook isnt an option for me.
Thanks for helping 🙂
BTW I'M willing to buy stuff on EBAY
while i wouldn't get an ibook g3 these days unless i wanted to run os9, a 12" 1.33ghz g4 ibook with a healthy amount of memory can be had for around $75 from e-bay these days. it will probably need a new battery though. i just bought one and it can easily handle tenfourfox or safari and imovie. and a few other things you may need or desire. and it will run tiger or leopard. your choice.
Thanks alot, I think the G4 would suit my needs better and is very cheap
Is an ibook g3 good for school?
