Apple iBook G3 Reviews

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Apple iBook G3
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Average Ratings for Apple iBook G3

  • Quality4.3 stars
  • Screen Quality4.4 stars
  • Battery Life4.3 stars
  • Ease of Use4.5 stars
  • Value for Money4 stars
  • Reviewer Ratings4.3 stars
  • Overall Rating4.1 stars

9 Reviews For Apple iBook G3

  • CarlNygren Rank: Corporal 6th Jul 2008

    Reviewer rating: 3 stars


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    Awesome design. The PowerPC G3 handles almost as much as the G4s, AltiVec and Core Animation excluded.Nice keyboard. Decent screen. AirPort (WLAN).Great battery life!Decent graphics card. However, lid gets scratched easily.Easily develops the Logic Board Failure of Death that also manages to burn a huge hole in your wallet.12 inch model has low resolution - only 1024x768.Not supported by Leopard - even the 1 GHz model is unsupported.
    Great value, a good budget notebook.

  • Guest 23rd Jan 2008

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    The Apple iBook G3 is a recommend laptop by me, infact it's the best laptop I know of as its great for running the 10.3 panther! Which laptop runs it better?
    Infact the only negative point I can make is that this Apple laptop can get quite hot and because its quite heavy this can be a bad point. Plus it needs more RAM please!

  • Guest 29th Dec 2007

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    I've had my 900(mhz) ibook g3 for about six month0s and Ive never been happier with any of my other laptops. My previous laptops had been a (Sony Vaio, and a Dell Inspiron) Please do not hezitate to get any sort of apple computer.

  • forevermac 28th Jan 2006

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    The Apple iBook G3 is a great Mac. I've had mine from secondhand for over 2 years without a problem. We sell secondhand versions of these like hotcakes. People love them, especially the old clamshell versions, because they're bomb-proof. The 500mHz version has some issues, but the latest version have had these problems ironed out. Apple are now producing G4 versions which are even faster. Screens are vivid and crisp, good feel to the keyboard, and responsive track-pad. Need to run OS 10.3 ...

  • Roryage1 20th Jan 2006

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    The Apple iBook G3 laptop is a perfect machine to work on! It has smooth edges, and has no protruding bits to snag/catch/break (apart from the CD tray, but this comes out about a centimetre from the actual laptop itself so you can pull it out yourself).

    The software is excellent, except if you are a PC user like me, you might want to buy Microsoft Office for Mac which has MSN, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Entourage. I got this for £12 including P+P on eBay!! The one button near the touc ...

  • chuckhawley Rank: Lance Corporal 31st Jul 2004

    Reviewer rating: 4 stars


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    In general, this is a very productive business and home computer. While I had some initial hardware problems, the iBook is relatively crash-free, and the software is beautifully written. I have never cracked a manual to learn about any of the programs written for OS-X. However, the actual shell of the computer, hinges, CD drive and other aspects are frighteningly frail, and I can see cracks radiating from the fasteners in the screen area. Apple charges an extraordinary amount for serivce, so get ...

  • hLarry 4th Mar 2004

    Reviewer rating: 3.5 stars


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    All,

    We've been Apple iBook G3 users for years and have several laptops networked in our office, with a few lonely PCs. They all work fine, but the Mac, overall, is far better than the PCs.

    We are a print shop so graphics, and handling large files are important and the Mac does it fine. However, the PC is not horribly behind and have a PC server for a few applications, too. We also use PCs for a few business (non graphic) apps, and they're hanging in there.

    Bottom line, however, we'ed ...

  • Thing Rank: Lance Corporal 9th Nov 2003

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    Was persuaded to try mac after years of PC using - thanks to the Apple iBook G3I am now completely converted. Absolutely delighted by iBook and mac OSX - am about to upgrade to G4 model!!!

  • Alastair. Rank: Lance Corporal 5th Jan 2003

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    The design of the Apple iBook is smart. There are no notches, switches (apart from the lid release switch) or catches which could potentially break or get snagged on anything. The battery is released by means of inserting a coin into a rotating switch, which seems sensible. However, it is disappointing that the battery door on mine does not perfectly line up with the chassis, which seems rather clumsy.

    All iBooks are manufactured in the colour 'snow', which is unordodox, but doesn't appear un ...