ibook G4 or powerbook G4

with regards to reaktor, which is the better apple laptop to run reaktor on, the ibook G4? (lower end currently @ 1ghz with max 1 gig ram), or the powerbook? Just wondering thanx.

 

the Powerbook

it should also be noted that substantial problems with the iBook logic boards have been reported
(models manufactured between between May 2002 and October 2003)

I'd always go for the Powerbook.

 

The powerbook is going to be faster. They go up to 1.5ghz now, and I think they may have bigger cache (which helps a lot with Reaktor). Look into the cache thing.

 

512K SRAM on-chip L2 cache, faster system bus, as well, faster hard drive (Ultra ATA), 2 Firewire 2 USB Slots, one PC Card/CardBus slot (none on the iBook)
comes with build-in 10/100/1000BASE-T (Gigabit), comes with build-in 54-Mbps AirPort Extreme; built-in Bluetooth

(I'm talking about the 15/17 inch models)

 

When I set the cache on my laptop lower, CPU usage increases in Reaktor like 15-20%, so it definitely helps.

 

Oh, and one more thing (?!): Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference, the WWDC, gets going on June 28 in San Francisco. If you intend to buy a Powerbook, wait until that is finished. Jobs might announce new hardware, who knows.

 

Definitely wait. I've got my fingers crossed for a dual 3ghz machine, because I can't work with anything less.

/good consumer

 

P.S. If it helps, I use a 1.25ghz Powerbook, and I find it sufficient for nearly anything I do in Reaktor. Then again, I always run it standalone. If you're one of those VST nuts what with your buffer overriding and reverbing and whatever other crap you freaks of nature do (god DAMN I'm angry today, I need caffeine), then definitely go for a high end powerbook. The G4 is kind of a piece of crap compared to the Pentium M processor.

 

Did YOU really say that???
i must be dreaming !!!
i like when you tell the truth !! ;-)

 

I always tell the truth.

Sample preview will be in 4.2 tomorrow btw!

 

you shouldn't lie --- you may end up being reincarnated as the cat of some young tight 18yo japanese female reaktor geek

sample preview you say?

 

I'm an AU nuts...and yes, you shouldn't lie!

 

The new iBooks are just plain ugly, with their rough-white surface... look how cool the iceBooks were, so I'd say go for the powerbook instead. But then its also about money, and the iBooks really can be used for serious work.

 

Okay, time to dispel the myths

The iBooks motherboards / chips are exactly the same as the Powerbooks. Look at the tech-specs over at Apple:
DDR 266 RAM
512KB L2 cache

The only difference is the clock speed and possibly the hard drive speed (i think 4200 in the iBooks and 12" Powerbook, 5400 in the 17 and 15" Powerbooks)

So, the new iBooks are more than capable of running Reaktor. In fact they'll match the Powerbooks from just a generation ago (well it depends on the model )

 

you only say that because you weren't able to buy yourself the Powerbook.

naggedeenaggedeenag…

 

well, yes. I've seen people appear live using the iBooks. But then again he was asking which is better Power- or iBook.

 

currently not able to get one myself, BTW.

So let's be friends again.

(Friends…woahahaha…friends…
uh, must stop that…)

 

Well, I used to have a Powerbook. The 12" Aluminium when it came out. But when the iBooks came out with G4s I sold my Powerbook and bought a 14" iBook G4. And I prefer it - just the right size and it doesn't burn my entire wrist off with the "make the case the heatsink" thinking behind the Al Powerbooks.

And hey, we're all friends here, man. Although if I keep posting such self-serving posts who knows what will happend

 

i seem to remember my tibook having a l2 & a l3 cache. my ibook definitely only has l2. do you know about the new powerbooks?