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| Quality | 10/10  |
|---|---|
| Screen Quality | 8.3/10 |
| Battery Life | 9.3/10 |
| Ease of Use | 8.3/10 |
| Value for Money | 9.5/10 |
| Reviewer Rating | 9.3/10 |
| Overall Rating | 9.2/10 |
By stephenmogg
on 5th Jan 2005
| Time Laptop Owned | 1 - 6 Months |
|---|---|
| Screen Quality | 9/10 |
| Battery Life | 9/10 |
| Ease of Use | 9/10 |
| Value for money | 8/10 |
| Overall value | 9/10 |
 stephenmogg's recommendation | |
Design led styling, battery life, portability. Good value. Brilliant operating system and comprehensive supplied software.
Errr - some accessories can be a bit pricey.
I bought the iBook as I have had an iMac for a couple of years and have been very happy with it. I now use the iMac (G3 600) as a server for my music collection and the iBook to access it from anywhere in the house via the wireless network. Using the Airport express, I can stream the music to my Hi-Fi and the sound quality is excellent. Being Apple, the whole system was very easy to setup and has been very reliable so far. Also being Apple, I do not have grey boxes and cables all over the place. As far as performance is concerned, OSX makes XP look really silly. Applications open and close quickly and the sleep mode is impressive on the iBook with the machine ready to go in the time it takes to open the lid. Stability is first rate and in the two years I have had OSX running, I have not had to re-install it. In addition, viruses generally leave OSX alone and I have not had any on my machines despite not having any anti virus software. Apple I think have really thought about the way people want to use their computers and the software is quite brilliant. Music, photos and video are extremely well catered for and the supplied Appleworks suite takes care of letters, spreadsheets drawing etc. It can read and save into PC formats for Word and Excel so file sharing is as easy as PC to PC. For anyone looking for a computer that is easy to use and does not take over the house, the iBook is a perfect solution.
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