If you don't have children and have substantial savings and strong job prospects, then sure, go for it. Get a better job. Reward the next company with your demand for quality.
I would not leave my job without another job lined up, but I have kids and I live in a terrible place with a terrible economy and I want to leave. Oh F@# it, I'm leaving!
Anyone have a job for a ASP/PHP programmer who likes Mac OS X and wants to live near Seattle? Anything would be better than working for a failing car manufacturer in Michigan.
You main message is about Iraq, a small country on the other side of the world which had little influence on our daily lives. Now it is the most dominating part of the election. That should raise a little flag in your mind. Why is this so important? Is it?
It is not. Rather, it should not be. The real issues are obscured.
Terrorists are everyone's friend now that Bush has shown the world what we stand for. Oil and global dominance. You think we are safer now? We will be safe when everyone is safe and free. War does not breed safety and freedom.
The economy as a whole isn't Bush's fault to be fair. Government spending is a direct influence on how much we pay in taxes to recover goverment speanding. When you decrease taxes and increase spending during a very bad deficit, you are guarenteeing much more taxes to be paid in the future to recover the interest. Our capital goes overseas. Bush is ruining our future. Kerry has always voted for balanced budgets.
The unemployment rate is directly effected by how many people are looking for a job, not by who does not have a job. Many have given up.
Inflation? How much do you pay for healthcare? Gas? Anything? Cost of goods and services is outstripping official inflation rates.
You invoke Clinton. I don't see how he is any more relevant than invoking Bush Sr or Reagan.
I don't see an arguement as to why Kerry would do worse. Did I miss something?
Kerry started out prosecuting the Iran Contra scandal. He believes in accountability. The current guy clearly does not. He will protect his cabinet at all costs and let the real experts retire and accept blame.
I respect Karl Rove and his ability to manipulate the American people.
PBS and NPR, the most influential public broadcasting groups have both been highly critical of Bush. They take government money, but the goverment ahsn't taken action against them because what they say is true. Bush lied. People are dying.
We need more freedom. We need less fear. We need less oil power. We need more renewable resources, cleaner air, more education, more research in health and science.
War does nothing to accomplish those things. Bush has accomplished nothing.
I stand corrected. The iBook has a slower bus speed (133MHz) compared to the Powerbook's 167MHz.
This might explain the percieved battery life difference. The iBook can still do the job, but the Powerbook is better equipped.
People talk about Firmware updates to allow screen-spanning. They work. I have had mixed results. I wouldn't rely on this "hack" for someone who isn't computer-savy however, since it can cause unexpected side-effects like green hues, switching unexpected back to mirroring and forgetting what kind of external monitor you are using. This has been my own personal experience. It worked, yes, but I had to fiddle with it and every time I woke the computer from sleep I had the suspense of wondering if I'd had to rediscover the monitor or reseat the cable.
I found the screen spanning tricks to be unreliable on the 14" 933MHz iBook. I will not recommend it to non-pro users. Sometimes it requires the external monitor cable to be reseated or manual monitor detection. In clamshell-mode it had major issues when waking from sleep.
Sounds like you have put your iBook through some very hazardous environments. It's great to hear that it survived. I think your fingers are particularly abrasive.:)
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The iBook and Powerbook use the same processor with the same bus speed. The G4 has a relatively slow bus speed, but it is quite up to the task of student video editing. I wouldn't use that as a limiting factor. Just about any computer with a dedicated video card is more than up to the task.
Essentially the difference comes down to video card. The PowerBook has a wonderful ability to span the video to an external monitor or composite monitor/TV. The native 1024x768 12" iBook/Powerbook screen is the bare minimum usable realestate. An external monitor will be bigger and brighter and much easier to use when doing graphics.
I use a 12" 876MHz Powerbook with a 21" CRT monitor and it works wonderfully. Add a full-size keyboard and mouse and this little laptop is a wonderful workstation.
The iBook is better at two things in my experience. They seem to have a better battery life which might be attributed to a lesser video card, and they feel cooler to the touch. The little 12" Powerbook gets pretty hot and mine collects sweat marks in the summer. The iBook has a wider plastic shell that insulates the exterior from interior heat. The Powerbook uses the shell itself to shed heat.
The Powerbooks are a bit thinner. My aluminum-skinned Powerbook looks old compared to the shiney iBook. Both are very elegant an obvious next to Windows laptops and are both made of high-quality materials.
I take my Powerbook to work every day and throw it around everywhere. It has a hard and strong shell. The iBook probably wouldn't fare quite as well since it has such a highly-polished shell. The Powerbook is wonderfully portable and worry-free. If I had an iBook I would probably worry more about keeping it polished.
Really the only working difference though is that video card. The iBook can output to an external video monitor, but again, it's only going to mirror to it. A video editor will appreciate being able to edit video while keeping a full-screen preview and review on an external monitor; or inversely edit on an external monitor and preview/review on the notebook's screen.
Good luck!
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If you don't have children and have substantial savings and strong job prospects, then sure, go for it. Get a better job. Reward the next company with your demand for quality.
I would not leave my job without another job lined up, but I have kids and I live in a terrible place with a terrible economy and I want to leave. Oh F@# it, I'm leaving!
Anyone have a job for a ASP/PHP programmer who likes Mac OS X and wants to live near Seattle? Anything would be better than working for a failing car manufacturer in Michigan.
This rumor comes up every year. Look at textEdit with its simple interface and MS Word compatibility. Apple could do it, yes, but would they want to?
You main message is about Iraq, a small country on the other side of the world which had little influence on our daily lives. Now it is the most dominating part of the election. That should raise a little flag in your mind. Why is this so important? Is it?
It is not. Rather, it should not be. The real issues are obscured.
Terrorists are everyone's friend now that Bush has shown the world what we stand for. Oil and global dominance. You think we are safer now? We will be safe when everyone is safe and free. War does not breed safety and freedom.
The economy as a whole isn't Bush's fault to be fair. Government spending is a direct influence on how much we pay in taxes to recover goverment speanding. When you decrease taxes and increase spending during a very bad deficit, you are guarenteeing much more taxes to be paid in the future to recover the interest. Our capital goes overseas. Bush is ruining our future. Kerry has always voted for balanced budgets.
The unemployment rate is directly effected by how many people are looking for a job, not by who does not have a job. Many have given up.
Inflation? How much do you pay for healthcare? Gas? Anything? Cost of goods and services is outstripping official inflation rates.
You invoke Clinton. I don't see how he is any more relevant than invoking Bush Sr or Reagan.
I don't see an arguement as to why Kerry would do worse. Did I miss something?
Kerry started out prosecuting the Iran Contra scandal. He believes in accountability. The current guy clearly does not. He will protect his cabinet at all costs and let the real experts retire and accept blame.
I respect Karl Rove and his ability to manipulate the American people.
PBS and NPR, the most influential public broadcasting groups have both been highly critical of Bush. They take government money, but the goverment ahsn't taken action against them because what they say is true. Bush lied. People are dying.
We need more freedom. We need less fear. We need less oil power. We need more renewable resources, cleaner air, more education, more research in health and science.
War does nothing to accomplish those things. Bush has accomplished nothing.
My parents are clueless. They are automotons of the media they glue themselves to. They understand nothing. I wish they would not vote.
They believe in Kerry's policies, but out of FEAR, they will vote for Bush.
If they had a rational reason, I'd accept their decision, but fear is the wrong reason to vote for the guy who make you afraid.
Thank you. I confirmed the correction and let the original poster know of my mistake.
I stand corrected. The iBook has a slower bus speed (133MHz) compared to the Powerbook's 167MHz.
This might explain the percieved battery life difference. The iBook can still do the job, but the Powerbook is better equipped.
People talk about Firmware updates to allow screen-spanning. They work. I have had mixed results. I wouldn't rely on this "hack" for someone who isn't computer-savy however, since it can cause unexpected side-effects like green hues, switching unexpected back to mirroring and forgetting what kind of external monitor you are using. This has been my own personal experience. It worked, yes, but I had to fiddle with it and every time I woke the computer from sleep I had the suspense of wondering if I'd had to rediscover the monitor or reseat the cable.
I found the screen spanning tricks to be unreliable on the 14" 933MHz iBook. I will not recommend it to non-pro users. Sometimes it requires the external monitor cable to be reseated or manual monitor detection. In clamshell-mode it had major issues when waking from sleep.
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Sounds like you have put your iBook through some very hazardous environments. It's great to hear that it survived. I think your fingers are particularly abrasive.
The iBook and Powerbook use the same processor with the same bus speed. The G4 has a relatively slow bus speed, but it is quite up to the task of student video editing. I wouldn't use that as a limiting factor. Just about any computer with a dedicated video card is more than up to the task. Essentially the difference comes down to video card. The PowerBook has a wonderful ability to span the video to an external monitor or composite monitor/TV. The native 1024x768 12" iBook/Powerbook screen is the bare minimum usable realestate. An external monitor will be bigger and brighter and much easier to use when doing graphics. I use a 12" 876MHz Powerbook with a 21" CRT monitor and it works wonderfully. Add a full-size keyboard and mouse and this little laptop is a wonderful workstation. The iBook is better at two things in my experience. They seem to have a better battery life which might be attributed to a lesser video card, and they feel cooler to the touch. The little 12" Powerbook gets pretty hot and mine collects sweat marks in the summer. The iBook has a wider plastic shell that insulates the exterior from interior heat. The Powerbook uses the shell itself to shed heat. The Powerbooks are a bit thinner. My aluminum-skinned Powerbook looks old compared to the shiney iBook. Both are very elegant an obvious next to Windows laptops and are both made of high-quality materials. I take my Powerbook to work every day and throw it around everywhere. It has a hard and strong shell. The iBook probably wouldn't fare quite as well since it has such a highly-polished shell. The Powerbook is wonderfully portable and worry-free. If I had an iBook I would probably worry more about keeping it polished. Really the only working difference though is that video card. The iBook can output to an external video monitor, but again, it's only going to mirror to it. A video editor will appreciate being able to edit video while keeping a full-screen preview and review on an external monitor; or inversely edit on an external monitor and preview/review on the notebook's screen. Good luck!