[utilizer]

Alright now, convince me as to which one is the better choice. I'm a student and also a web designer working about 40-60 hours a week and need a new machine. My Pismo with the 900 mhz Powerlogix upgrade is starting to show its age.

I was sorta disappointed with the Paris Powerbook upgrades so I waited for more info. Maybe the release of the new G4 iBooks is that event!

Which one is best for me?
I ran my Pismo with 512 MB for the longest time and boosted that up to 1 Gig, which improved performance dramatically.
Secondly, Photoshop, Golive (although I may switch to Dreamweaver now with the axing of editing for dynamic content in Golive CS) and keep Entourage, Safari and iTunes open in the background running constantly. I will be getting into some Lightwave stuff which is pretty painful on my Pismo to do, but it gets the job done.

In addition, like I said, I can get the education discounts. I took a look at Formac's new 19" flat display yesterday and it looks fantastic! I know for a fact that I'll be getting a G5 Rev. B come next year. With that said, is the iBook 14" 1 Ghz+Formac's 19" enough to hold me over until then perhaps or do I just need to get the 17 incher and be done with it?

[djjava]

Originally posted by utilizer:
Alright now, convince me as to which one is the better choice. I'm a student and also a web designer working about 40-60 hours a week and need a new machine. My Pismo with the 900 mhz Powerlogix upgrade is starting to show its age.

I was sorta disappointed with the Paris Powerbook upgrades so I waited for more info. Maybe the release of the new G4 iBooks is that event!

Which one is best for me?
I ran my Pismo with 512 MB for the longest time and boosted that up to 1 Gig, which improved performance dramatically.
Secondly, Photoshop, Golive (although I may switch to Dreamweaver now with the axing of editing for dynamic content in Golive CS) and keep Entourage, Safari and iTunes open in the background running constantly. I will be getting into some Lightwave stuff which is pretty painful on my Pismo to do, but it gets the job done.

In addition, like I said, I can get the education discounts. I took a look at Formac's new 19" flat display yesterday and it looks fantastic! I know for a fact that I'll be getting a G5 Rev. B come next year. With that said, is the iBook 14" 1 Ghz+Formac's 19" enough to hold me over until then perhaps or do I just need to get the 17 incher and be done with it?

17" PB is a beautiful piece of hardware... i highly recommend it. But your decision ought to be based on what you need right now.

[Wattsy]

I don't think you'll be able to run the formac monitor with the iBook - at least not at the monitor's native resolution. I think the PB is the better choice but why the 17" version if you are going to hook up to an external screen?

[MacNStein]

None of the iBooks will work with the Formac 19" since the iBook doesn't have DVI support.

[xi_hyperon]

Originally posted by djjava:
17" PB is a beautiful piece of hardware... i highly recommend it. But your decision ought to be based on what you need right now.

^ ^ What djjava said.

[bobette]

Webbing on the iBook will be cumbersome, 1024 is not much space especially if you can't expand with a second monitor. FlashMX, even Photoshop, take a lot of acreage! You'll quickly feel limited with the iBook.

Go for the 17", although for webbing it's a bit overkill. I'd go for a 15" and a monitor instead.

And the FiverBook? not before MWSF 2005, for SURE. Way too many issues to be resolved. Check the other threads on the subject.