[maCCer]

i am a uni student, and i want to do some programings such as JAVA,C++ using ECLIPSE or other IDE softwares,Photoshop CS, dreamweaver,falshMX,fireworksMX,surf web, music ,some word processing ,DVD.
SO, guys, if i buy a ibook G4 1G with 512 memory 12' screen, do you think that is suitable for my apllications above?
Please give some suggestions.
cheers

[Abit667]

Yup, that will work fine. The 1024x768 might get annoying sometimes in photoshop and such, but you can always use an external monitor. 12" PowerBook is the same res so theres no real point in upgrading to that. Even the 15" is still kind of low, but I like really high resolution.

I do all of the stuff you listed with 256mb ram and it lags pretty hard sometimes but I put up with it. I have a dual G4 867 with 1Gig and it runs smooth, more ram really really helps.

[Dr.Michael]

Originally posted by maCCer:
i am a uni student, and i want to do some programings such as JAVA,C++ using ECLIPSE or other IDE softwares,Photoshop CS, dreamweaver,falshMX,fireworksMX,surf web, music ,some word processing ,DVD.
SO, guys, if i buy a ibook G4 1G with 512 memory 12' screen, do you think that is suitable for my apllications above?
Please give some suggestions.
cheers

Hi,

if you use eclipse 1024X768 will drive you mad.
Eclipse is a waste of screen real estate like jbuilder or most of the pc/linux tools. Try codewarrior learning edition ( or try to buy a used version or a student version ) and you will be much more happy.

If you really know what you do and don't need a debugger, BBedit, emacs or JEdit and a commandline compiler will also do the job for you. Thats what I use on my 12 inch powerbook. In that case your iBook screen will do it well.

Photoshop and word processors also work ok on the small screen.

Good luck,

Michael

[Chimpmaster]

Go for the 14" mid or high end ibook.

It should suit your needs well. Its an excellent value for money machine.

I run photoshop on my imac G4 700mhz, and performance is good. Your machine, despite being a notebook should be considerably faster.

I would suggest the powerbook if you intend to do video editing as you will benefit from the higher spec video card. It will make compression and exports faster, as these can be painfully slow even on the best computers.

But the ibook will certainly even handle video editing well enough.

[wuzup101]

I personally do many of the things you are asking on my 15" Powerbook... even though I just recieved it a few weeks ago. IMHO you shouldn't have huge problmes being a student and using the smaller display. Still if you're serious about it and have the money I would recomend going with either a 15" or 17" PB... or consider going with a smaller machine and getting a nice high resolution LCD. Dell frequently has their 20" LCD on sale (16ms response time... great looking screen) for arouned $800. This 1600x1200 res screan would be way better than any setup. You could go with a base 12" PB so you'd have the extra vram and native monitor spanning... would give you a great combo...