This
Week's Poll :
Have
You or Will You be Installing OS 9 on Your iBook
?
So
now that Apple has addressed the confusion over the cost
of upgrading to OS 9 ( For iBook-User's it's $20 no
matter when you bought your iBook !)
And in the Good News Dept., latest reports say Tangerine
iBook's are starting to ship with OS 9
installed.
The Big Upgrade Question is... will OS 9 fix some of the
software problems that some iBook-User's are experiencing
? Reports say many user applications require updating in
some cases it will consist of a free update posted on the
various software makers web sites and some will require
some $$ to move up to the compliant OS 9
version.
For
some Excellent info and resources about OS 9 check
out the links below, It will help you decide if you want
to make the jump to OS 9 ! :
MacFixIt
- Troubleshooting
Mac OS 9 MacFixIt Report
Troubleshooting
Mac OS 9 MacFixIt Forum
The
iBook and Airport Reports
Macintouch
- Mac
OS 9 Compatibility
, Mac
OS 9 Updates
and Mac
OS 9 Security
Thanks
for Voting,
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on this Poll is Complete:
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You or Will You be Installing OS 9 on Your iBook ?"
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Last
week we asked What
Factor Caused You to
Not
Get an iBook ?
and we got over 350 people who decided the iBook wasn't
for them and voted on why. 22% of the folks who
wrote in wanted video out for presentations in
schools.... how Apple left this out is a mystery to
many.
(Would you spend $500 bucks more just to get it in a
PowerBook ? Should you have to?)
23%
of Mac users who have had some experience with previous
PowerBooks felt that the iBook was simply too big,
However for those of us getting their first laptop, like
myself , found size to Not be that big of a deal.
Compared to a 1400, there's a big size and weight
difference. But when I compared it to my friend's G3 233
PowerBook , well let's just say I won't be crying over
milk that didn't spill !
The
rest of the voters indicated that they were willing to
either wait for the next
revision to the iBook
or simply decided that what they really needed was a G3
PowerBook and bought one of those instead.
The
one factor that we did not have in our poll
and later heard from a small number of reader's
email's was the lack of availability which caused
some to get a Wintel PC for school or those who couldn't
wait. And lastly we heard from a few who said the iBook
is not like today's Firewire, 13 gig,128 ram, dual USB
shipping "iMac's to Go" as Steve Jobs like to say
.
For
the rest of Us who did go out and get the iBook the
majority are very Happy with their purchase !
24%
Most of the Above !
23%
Too big in Size and Weight !
22%
No Video out Port!
14%
No, DVD!
9%
Screen too Small !
9%
No Firewire !
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