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Blu
10-15-2002, 09:11 AM
Hey, anyone know if an Airport card will work with any 802.11 base station, or does it have to be the Airport base station?
seqiro
10-15-2002, 09:17 AM
Should work just fine with any 802.11 station. :)
ribitch
10-15-2002, 09:21 AM
the airport card is just an apple branded 802.11b card. It should work with every 802.11b access point as long as it conforms to the 802.11b standards
chadlnc
10-15-2002, 10:06 AM
It works for us in our office using a D-Link access point and I know it works at my friend's house with a wireless Linksys router. Neither one even needed configuring at the base station.
Blu
10-15-2002, 10:09 AM
Okay, good. Now, is it worth it to get the 700mhz iBook, or is the 600 sufficent?
seqiro
10-15-2002, 10:16 AM
I would get the 700MHz just for the Combo Drive. But then again I'd probably also go for the 14.1" version anyway. :)
Blu
10-15-2002, 10:27 AM
Originally posted by seqiro
I would get the 700MHz just for the Combo Drive. But then again I'd probably also go for the 14.1" version anyway. :)
Nah, the combo drive isn't worth it to me. I have an external firewire CD-RW, I'm just interested in knowing if the speed difference is noticeable.
seqiro
10-15-2002, 10:32 AM
My thoughts were just that without getting the Combo drive, you're stuck without a DVD player. For me that would make a big difference in a laptop, but if that doesn't float your boat then that's up to you :). Note that you can get a DVD player as a custom built option, but it doesn't seem worth the price to me when for $250 more you can have a portable CD-RW and an extra 100MHz.

So what are you going to do with the laptop? I mean if it's mostly for surfing the net, e-mail, and word processing than the 600MHz is going to be fine. If you plan on doing a/v or design, the 700MHz model is your machine.
ribitch
10-15-2002, 11:37 AM
i would personally go with a 700 MHz. I dont like portable burners because they allow for ease coaster making if you bump it hard enough while its burning (i found this out by brning a cd while driving down the express way :D)

the 100 MHz is 1/6th more machine. It may not be that notciable, but when using an app like photoshop or something else memory intensive, it will be noticable.

I dont like the larger screen because the laptop starts to approach the size & weight of a windows system. The extra screen is nice, but to me it isnt really worth it.

As a side note, I am typing this on our new dual 1.25 GHz G4 :D
Blu
10-15-2002, 12:18 PM
Originally posted by seqiro
My thoughts were just that without getting the Combo drive, you're stuck without a DVD player. For me that would make a big difference in a laptop, but if that doesn't float your boat then that's up to you :). Note that you can get a DVD player as a custom built option, but it doesn't seem worth the price to me when for $250 more you can have a portable CD-RW and an extra 100MHz.

So what are you going to do with the laptop? I mean if it's mostly for surfing the net, e-mail, and word processing than the 600MHz is going to be fine. If you plan on doing a/v or design, the 700MHz model is your machine.

The custom option only raises the price $50, so it's not that big of a deal. I just would like to have $$ leftover to setup wireless...
yippiekiyeh
10-20-2002, 06:56 PM
I want to play with Jaguar so badly... too bad my old beige g3 is just not up to par to run the latest and greatest MacOS.
ribitch
10-21-2002, 04:04 AM
the beige powermacs are supported.

http://www.apple.com/macosx/upgrade/requirements.html

it may not be the fastest implementation, but it should be able to run it. I have a copy running on a 300 MHz beige G3. It isnt anything great, but it works.

Just remember to update your firmware before installing