Quick question - is 9.2 being ported to PPC like 9.1 was?

it should be...but then again they may wait until 10.0

I thought they generally release ppc's on every other release. I'd love it if they did though. I just got a g4 powerbook.

Stop rubbing it in ezroller!!!!!

Ooooh Envy....

I can't help it!!!

yeah, go ahead and brag about it ezroller, see if I care. Ha!

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Drool...

word over at mandrakeclub is that there is no such plan in the works. looks like we'll be waiting until 10.0...

here's a better pic!

That's not the 17" is it?

/me wants one of those bad.

no way! look at my coffee! that would be one massive cup of joe!! Its the 12" model. I needed something ultra portable to bring to work and class. This is perfect for me.

got a 12" myself would never dream of putting linux on it.

Your sick, what's wrong with you?

j/k i'm not a Linux zealot really :?:

Sarah, which revision is yours? is it one of the new 7450's or is it the older revision? I am in absolute computing heaven with this thing. I have yet to try linux on it, my new kick is integrating X11 and OSX so seamlessless you can't tell what system your on. its harder than I thought, but I guess that makes it fun.

I've been considering buying an i-book or powerbook (most interested in Powerbook G4 12'' or 15 '') for quite some time now. Few questions I have:

- How big is a 12'' apple screen actually, say compared to a compaq presario 1200 (1300?)
- How smooth do things run
- would this work for a family computer (e.g. my mom, dad, bro' and sis?)
- Can I run some Linux apps from them, e.g. OpenOffice, Gaim, Mplayer?
- Is 2000$ for a G4 15'' (a bit boosted up e.g. 256 Ram) a lot of money?

Thanks, I said it in my prev post, but these macs (check out OSx Panther, there's a good article on their site) *really* got me drooling... sigh

Thanx for any insights.


Darkelve

screen is 11.1 inches, capable of a crisp 1024x768.
I have 512mgs of ram, I wish I had upgraded to 768. or even the 1.26.
It runs the mac stuff very smoothly. they take a while to start up, but once the program is running, the run nice and fast.
anyone can use osx. its still idiot proof. the blessing is that it is unix inside, so if you know what you are doing, you can still dig it to just like any other kind of -nix.
As far as your question about running linux apps? - I wrote a paper for my English 341 class in Open Office, while listening to www.bassdrive.com in XMMS. Mplayer works perfectly, and so does gaim. Xchat, KDE, GNOME, all of it. check out the fink project or opendarwin.

Hi, Ezroller, thx for the reply

...1024*768 is perfect for my purposes... it's also reassuring to know I can use some of my fav. Linux apps, such as Gaim, OpenOffice and Mplayer.

other question: we've installed a small wireless network (wireless access point: Intel Pro/Wireless 2011b), and I'm curious if it works with the apple airport card (wich is, I suppose, like a wireless PC card).

I'm having doubts between the i-book and the G4 (both 12'' models), cause I want to be budget sensitive. I wrote down the specs for my needs below. How come the Ibook I composed has about the same specs, but 640 RAM and is still cheaper !? Does the processor make such a big difference?

Sorry to bother you with all this, but I want to make an informed and thought-out decision.

Darkelve

1. Ibook 12''
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Apple Mouse: € 45,45
iBook 900-MHz: € 1.498,00

(ibook: DVD/CD-RW; Keyboard & Mac OS; 40GB Ultra ATA; Airport Card; 640MB SDRAM - 2 SO DIMMs)
Total + Vat: € 1.867,57

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2. PowerBook G4 12inch DVD
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Apple Mouse: € 45,45
PowerBook G4 12inch DVD: 1.788,00
(Powerbook: 512MB DDR266 SDRAM - 2 SO-DIMMs; AirPort Extreme Card; DVD/CD-RW; Keyboard & Mac OS; 1GHz PowerPC G4; 40GB Ultra ATA drive)

Total + VAT: € 2.218,47

first gen (firebook/"rev.A") 386 ram 867 mhz.

only x11 app i "use" is OpenOffice (actually i have used it once). other than that i cannot be bothered with x11 it is an inferior product (mostly due to horrendous toolkits tk, gtk(1&2), etc.). i have purchased no software, don't need to as i compile most whatever i like or just use native applications or prepackaged open source software.

i got my mac for OS X (needed to have OS X again) not for placing linux on. I like linux but on a Mac capable of using OS X it is a waste, imho of course.

for my pc's though, linux is the way to go.

(PS i don't use fink either i would rather have the challenge of compiling something myself)

anyway don't mean to sound like i don't like linux, i do like it, just on MY mac it would be a pointless venture as i like OS X everybit as much as linux (except the lack of a current POVRAY binary release).

Apple came out with an ibook G4

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/39/33530.html

Someone's been answering my prayers.

Now only to find some cash ... :?