adndgamer
First Post
iBooks are great, and I almost got one, but opted for a G4 tower instead (which I absolutely love!).
There's actually tons of software for the Mac -- both commercial and shareware/freeware (www.versiontracker.com). I believe that the iBook will come with a software bundle, featuring Appleworks, which is a basic word processor, spreadsheet app, and has some other stuff in it too (though you can always buy the brand-spanking-new-better-than-the-windows-version of the MS office suite). And, it should come with a bit of other free software (though don't quote me on that). I've actually never had a piece of software that I couldn't run (if it's not made for Mac, then there's the old standby, VirtualPC, a PC emulator).
In short, the iBook is a great machine. It will run OS X great, and OS 9 even better. And, as somebody else said, they're extremely durable and have great battery lives.
Good luck!
To the mods: I'd keep a watch on this.. Things like this tend to get ugly (ie, people, zealots in specific, making personal attacks and insults). I hope that it doesn't and we can be grown up and have an adult conversation (it's looking good so far!), but it's an all-too-common occurance...
There's actually tons of software for the Mac -- both commercial and shareware/freeware (www.versiontracker.com). I believe that the iBook will come with a software bundle, featuring Appleworks, which is a basic word processor, spreadsheet app, and has some other stuff in it too (though you can always buy the brand-spanking-new-better-than-the-windows-version of the MS office suite). And, it should come with a bit of other free software (though don't quote me on that). I've actually never had a piece of software that I couldn't run (if it's not made for Mac, then there's the old standby, VirtualPC, a PC emulator).
In short, the iBook is a great machine. It will run OS X great, and OS 9 even better. And, as somebody else said, they're extremely durable and have great battery lives.
Good luck!
To the mods: I'd keep a watch on this.. Things like this tend to get ugly (ie, people, zealots in specific, making personal attacks and insults). I hope that it doesn't and we can be grown up and have an adult conversation (it's looking good so far!), but it's an all-too-common occurance...
