I've been a staunch PC user since god knows when, but have recently come to appreciate OS X, Mac design, etc. I'm looking to pick up a 12 inch iBook, mainly for web browsing, e-mail, MP3s, occasional video playback, and general portability.
Here are some questions for you all.
1) How friendly is OS X with Windows XP these days? I have a slick HTPC system setup with Windows XP connected to an 802.11g router (the built-in 802.11g of the iBook is attractive here..). I'd like to have have shared network drives for convenient access to MP3s, etc.
2) Just how powerful, relatively, is the 1.25ghz G4 in the iBook? Like I said, this will pretty much be strictly web browsing, e-mail, IM, MP3s, some video playback. I've heard that OS X can be a big of a hog when it comes to system resources, and a 1.25ghz G4 and 512 megs of RAM comes off as slightly anemic..
3) Does MSN exist on OS X? How about XviD/DivX? Bit torrent?
4) When is the next iBook revision due out? In a perfect world I'd love a 12 or 13inch widescreen iBook, and if I buy a 4:3 now only to have a 16:10 come out a few months down the road... !
5) I know the iBooks ship with ATI graphics, but how flexible are they compared to their PC counterparts? Does the iBook support S-Video out, mirror/cloning, etc?
Any help greatly appreciated! I'm getting a little bored of the PC world, and OS X looks to be a fairly exciting change.
Here are some questions for you all.
1) How friendly is OS X with Windows XP these days? I have a slick HTPC system setup with Windows XP connected to an 802.11g router (the built-in 802.11g of the iBook is attractive here..). I'd like to have have shared network drives for convenient access to MP3s, etc.
2) Just how powerful, relatively, is the 1.25ghz G4 in the iBook? Like I said, this will pretty much be strictly web browsing, e-mail, IM, MP3s, some video playback. I've heard that OS X can be a big of a hog when it comes to system resources, and a 1.25ghz G4 and 512 megs of RAM comes off as slightly anemic..
3) Does MSN exist on OS X? How about XviD/DivX? Bit torrent?
4) When is the next iBook revision due out? In a perfect world I'd love a 12 or 13inch widescreen iBook, and if I buy a 4:3 now only to have a 16:10 come out a few months down the road... !
5) I know the iBooks ship with ATI graphics, but how flexible are they compared to their PC counterparts? Does the iBook support S-Video out, mirror/cloning, etc?
Any help greatly appreciated! I'm getting a little bored of the PC world, and OS X looks to be a fairly exciting change.