Comments on: iBook and OS X: First Impressions

By: Svenni

Svenni — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 12:50:16 +0000

I just innstalled Os x on a friends G3 Ibook and I can't seem to get the keyboard and mouse to work !!!!

By: Michael Moncur

Michael Moncur — Sat, 05 Mar 2005 06:54:43 +0000

There’s lots of mac software for sure, I’ve even found a few that I wish were available for the PC (blog post about that coming soon.) But if you have really specialized needs, you may run into trouble – for example I have some music-making applications that are PC only. (There are plenty of music apps for mac, just not the ones I’m addicted to.)

By: chrispian

chrispian — Wed, 23 Feb 2005 02:17:10 +0000

Tim, there is a boatload of software for the mac. That's somethign I was worried about at first too. I've installed very few 3rd party apps on my ibook because it comes with some great stuff to beging with. I've siply added a few dev tools. 99% of the software I used on my PC is also available in mac flavors, not to mention all the cool free apps. The higher price is worth it, at least it was for me.

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 07:09:51 +0000

I am looking to update my laptop soon and I am seriously considering buying an iBook. The only thing that concerns me is the higher price tag and the smaller amount of software that Macs have. But, I have used Macs before and liked them alot.

By: Chrispian

Chrispian — Wed, 16 Feb 2005 20:57:31 +0000

I've only had mine for a little under a year also and you've echoed some of the thoughts I had on the whole process too. I'm a long time PC user, you might say "old school", but when I got me a laptop I went for the ibook. "It just works" is right! I'm hooked on it. I'm about to buy a new one and give my wife the old one. She loves it too, but mainly because of the sound it makes when you change the volume ;)

I've been meaning to install Sidetrack forever now and I'm glad you reminded me. I installed it today and I can't tell you what a difference it has made. I've got big sasuage fingers and I kept "skimming" the trackpad while typing. The small footprint makes it hard not to. But trackpad fixed it. I've been typing on it all day and I haven't accidently triggered expose even once. I usually do that about 20 times a day. The app made an otherwise great product perfect. So thanks for reminding me, I owe you one!

By: mcx

mcx — Wed, 16 Feb 2005 09:17:16 +0000

i'm not nearly new, but none-the-less quite satisfied ibook user. about a year ago i choose G4 12" ibook over the 12" powerbook again (small size is important to me) upon finding it is possible to enable dual monitor support in firmware, and to fit affordable 3rd party 1GB memory chip in ibook's only RAM slot. i never missed pcmcia since ibook has optional bluetooth and wi-fi built in. and that was pretty much all the difference between the two machines considered at that time - besides the price tag.

By: Biff

Biff — Wed, 16 Feb 2005 03:08:05 +0000

Use Syste Preferences>Keyboard and Mouse>trackpad to turn off tapping input on trackpad