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Now there's even more to love about Apple's iBook notebook. Weighing in at an easily portable 5.99 pounds and featuring a 600 MHz PowerPC G3 processor, a 20 GB hard drive, and 256 MB of RAM (expandable to 640 MB)--plus AirPort wireless networking and FireWire, USB, and Ethernet ports--the iBook connects to hundreds of peripherals designed to fit your life.
This system features a brilliant 14.1-inch TFT XGA active-matrix display and razor-sharp 1,024 x 768 resolution. It's the perfect place for doing everything from working on spreadsheets to displaying your movies and digital pictures in millions of colors (incidentally, the iBook display scales down beautifully, again with millions of colors, for special games and applications optimized for 800 x 600 or 640 x 480 resolutions). It's a marvel that such a wide screen has been fitted into a notebook computer that measures just 12.7 inches wide, 10.2 inches deep, and 1.35 inches thick. Note also the fit and finish that has always been a big part of the appeal of the iBook, as well as the subtle design touches that make it the quintessential consumer portable.
Included is a CD-ROM drive for playing games and music CDs, as well as the option to upgrade with a DVD-ROM for enjoying DVD movies. The 600 MHz iBook ships with a 20 GB Ultra ATA hard disk drive, or upgrade to an optional 30 GB hard drive for even more storage space. In addition, this system comes with the ATI Rage Mobility 128 graphics accelerator with 8 MB of SDRAM and AGP 2x support for gorgeous 3-D graphics.
The iBook also comes loaded with iPhoto, the cool new software application in the easy-to-use tradition of iTunes, iMovie, and iDVD. iPhoto makes it a snap to manage your digital pictures. You can present them in a full-screen slide show (accompanied by your favorite music), e-mail them to your family and friends, print them on your inkjet printer, order Kodak prints over the Internet, or have them made into custom-printed, linen-bound books.
In addition to handling digital photos with ease, the iBook lets you make your own movies--and show them anywhere. Capture digital video footage on your DV camcorder and turn it into engaging movies with the iMovie 2 software that comes pre-installed. iMovie lets you transfer video clips from your digital camcorder to your hard disk using the included FireWire port. Use iMovie to snip out the boring parts and enhance the best parts with cool effects, transitions, and titles. Then add a great soundtrack and you're done. Now watch your finished movies full-screen on your iBook or use the iMovie Export feature to select from a range of predefined QuickTime formats for creating and sharing movies. You can, for example, compress your movies so you can burn them onto a CD or post them on the Internet, or use the VGA video output port (for video mirroring on an external display) and an AV port to show your movies and presentations on a big-screen TV or projector (just add an optional Apple AV cable).
For those interested in audio as well as video applications, the iBook comes with iTunes 2, the software that lets you convert (or "rip") the songs on your music CDs to MP3 format, simply by clicking a button. iTunes compresses CD-quality audio files to about a tenth of their original size with very little loss in audible quality. These significantly smaller file sizes enable you to store thousands of songs on your iBook's hard disk drive.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Love my new iBook.,
By insidejoe "joer2002" (Santa Barbara, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Apple iBook Laptop M7701LL/A (600-MHz PowerPC G3, 256 MB RAM, 20 GB hard drive) (Personal Computers)
I bought this iBook on Amazon about a month ago. At first I wasn't sure if it was fast enough for me, but it has grown on me. In fact, I love it. Mac OS X is beautiful and runs fine on the iBook. I did add 512MB of RAM in it, which helps. Office v.X works great. I didn't like Apple's Mail program or Appleworks so I broke down and bought Office. The CD-RW works fine, and I love iTunes and iMovie. In fact, this machine is fine for the semi-professional like me who dabbles in digital video or photography. I haven't tried iPhoto, but it looks like a great program to manage your digital photography. I also enjoy the 14" monitor as well as the extra room on the keyboard for my hands. Unless you need the power of a G4, I think you will be very happy with the new iBook.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I'll never go back to Windows again!,
By Dianna Lucia Ralston (Corvallis, Oregon United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Apple iBook Laptop M7701LL/A (600-MHz PowerPC G3, 256 MB RAM, 20 GB hard drive) (Personal Computers)
Tired of the battle between Microsoft and its Pirator's (which are genetically related, I'm sure), I decided to leave Windows after XP, and take the Mac plunge. Anyone slightly computer saavy knows that UNIX is simple, stable, and yet a complex OS, and that is what sold me on Mac. They realized it with Mac OS X. It's a beautiful aqua interface, easy to locate files, and OS X comes with the programs to create your own OS X applications for your own use, or even to distribute for free! And yet, it's simple enough that my 5 year old can use it by himself to play his children's games. With Mac dropping prices to compete with PC, they have become the superior Computing system. Even my Linux friends are switching to Mac because the Motorola Processor is faster and expends less energy via heat than Intel's Pentium. It's good to be free from Microsoft chains!
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
All in one, Perfection,
By "ahmed009" (Nashville, TN United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Apple iBook Laptop M7701LL/A (600-MHz PowerPC G3, 256 MB RAM, 20 GB hard drive) (Personal Computers)
This is my first Mac. I have been a PC gear-geek for a long time and no piece of computer equipment has been as fulfilling as my iBook 600. I'm by all means a computer geek, but anybody my age and younger is going to be pretty proficient on computers. My first concern was the software compatibility issue since most of my textbooks came with software that would only run on a win machine. However, the Mac with iTunes, and iPhoto kept on coming up as what I wanted and I knew I would be graduating at the end of this semester so I bit the bullet and bought a iBook with iPod just for fun. Now I use the iBook for everything from project presentations and reports (thanks to Microsoft Office for mac v. x) to using iTunes to make cd's, and iMovie to make movies out from my camcorder. ! Try dealing with that stuff on a Win machine and see how muchyou like doing that! Software for students is way cheaper so I loaded up. I cannot be happier with my iBook. I highly recommend it for anyone on a budget. OSX is a BLAST!!! rock solid and very quick. I added 512 mgs of RAM , kicking it up to a total of 640 MB,so that really helps. I am already sticking up for Apple and I haven't had the machine for more than few days. Also, this thing is FLAWLESS!!! there are no ckracks, no protruding drives, the battery is even all around, the keybord is great...no flexing, the screen is bright and crisp.After using this iBook for a few days now with OSX, I wonder why I ever used a PC/Windows based machine for so long, and why I wasn't more aware of Mac products. All I remembered about Macs were the cheapy b/w outdated models in my University a few years back. Actually, I've never even seen an iBook for sale in my city, too. Why is that? Well, it's a very nice machine, runs quickly and is very stable. ...its a masterpiece! I can't wait to take it to class tomorrow to show it off. I LOVE APPLE!!! (I'm a windows convert)
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