My experience on Mac -> My ibook 12"

 ibook G4 12"

I was starting use Apple product with ibook 12" on Mac OS X (Tiger).
The base line of mine was on my PC notebook
Fujitsu 2110 (Year 2000)

• AMD Mobile 1.8 GHz
• RAM 1.5 GB
• HD 40 GB.
• CD/DVD combo.
• Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition.

My ibook 12"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBook#iBook_G4

The standard spec

• 12-inch or 14-inch Active-matrix TFT Display (1024x768 max resolution)
• G4 800/933 MHz/1 GHz
• 256 MB RAM
• 30/40/60 GB Hard Disk
• Slot-load Combo (CD-RW/DVD-ROM)
• USB 2.0, Firewire 400, Video Out, Ethernet 10/100
• Airport Extreme (802.11g, optional)
• Mac OS X v10.3 "Panther"

That I modify the standard spec by adding

• Memory to 1.2 GB
• Mac OS X v10.4 "Tiger"

My comment and review on ibook 12"
    This is the first apple product. At the first time, I found there are a lot of fun on graphical of operating system. And from the BSD base system that make the OS X was stable. And there are a lot of thing that I need to use MS windows. I can't replace all 100% computer on OS X, especially Thai language. The issues that I want to high light on
    1. Thai language enable on Mac OS X
    2. I found some problem on my favorite application, word processor application. I try many application MS word on Mac, Neoofice, OpenOffice or event Page (iWork application suite). The problem on it's delay the letter when I typing on that word processor application.
       I try to ask many people to solve this problem. There are many recommendation to solve this problem. One suggestion, about reducing the number of loader fonts on my ibook. I try to move out the fonts loader by disable fonts with "Font book" application but the result still wasn't good as I aspect (To compare with MS word 200x on My previous PC notebook).
    3. I can't open the many application. When I try to open the multiple application as the same time, I found my ibook can't response me as I want. May it's come from less MHz comparing with the Intel spec at that time. But I still have doubt on mydecision to buy it.
    4. My current work position was Pre-sales for Software. Mac OS X can't answer for the my job. I bought it and use in my home.

Summary for ibook 12"
And all of that make me upset with Mac OS X at that time. But I still love Mac OS X because my base favorite OS is Unix-Like. It's make me fun and give me more knowledge. That why I continue to use Mac OS X.

Reference :
1. Apple Product - http://www.apple.com
2. NeoOffice - http://www.neooffice.org
3. OpenOffice - http://www.openoffice.org
4. Microsoft Product - http://www.microsoft.com


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Posted at 02:38หลังเที่ยง ก.พ. 13, 2007 by wut in Mac  |  Comments[1]