Wednesday, October 22, 2003 |
11:05 - No More G3s
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The iBook's just gone G4. And with that, the last G3-based Mac is now no longer.
Mine's still serviceable, though its 500 MHz is getting a bit poky these days-- not that I use it for anything other than web-surfing and note-taking, but I still feel the pinch on occasion. It's certainly held up well. I'll give 'em this: the iBook design is a real winner. The screen hinge, which I'm told is a really tricky part to design well, is still tight and firm. The plastic case is scuffed, but there's no visible damage anywhere from all the abuse it's undergone. All in all, a dandy little machine.
And now, for $400 less than what I paid for it when it was new, you can get a version of it that's based on an 800-MHz G4, with a slot-loading drive and USB2. Or up to 1 GHz for the 14-inch one (which I don't find very appealing, for some reason-- I've never really liked the proportions of the 14-inch; something about the aesthetics, I guess).
This also completes the line of AirPort Extreme-capable Macs. They've finished a generational turnover for CPUs and for wireless; this is the kind of day where they can sit back and take a little bit of a breather. And a well-deserved one, at that.
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