1. Ibook Mac Os X
2. Ibook For Mac Os X 10.10
3. Ibook G4 Mac Os X

Mac iBook with Mac OS X

Apple, Mac OS, Mac OS X, Panther, iBook, iBook G4 Apple Mac OS X (10.3.5) (iBook G4) (2004). I am unable to test these because the computer they came with no longer turns on. Any iBook G4 can install using this as t he first one in late 2003 came with Mac OS X 10.3 and stopped support at Mac OS X 10.4.11 while the latest iBook G4 came with Mac OS X 10.4.2 and stopped at Mac OS X 10.5.8, so ultimately, all iBook G4 models were upgraded to Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger at some point. Mac OS X is very seductive though - I'm going to have to steal the time to do this. If you are considering an iBook, you'll probably want more than 256MB of ram. I find that very uncomfortable to work with (too much paging and swapping) and have already ordered a.

I recently bought an Apple iBook. As Mac's now run Unix as theirunderlying OS, it makes sense for me to have this. I bought the 14'version with an 800 Mhz cpu, 30 GB hard drive and a Combo drive(reads DVD's, reads/writes CD's). It was $1,599.00 and arriveddirect from Apple's web site just four days after I ordered it.

I'm still awash in confusion, but I do have a few firstimpressions.

Really Good looking

This is a good looking machine. White case, white keyboard,thin, lightweight (about 5 lbs) and a sharp display. The batterylife is supposedly five or six hours. I have a Win2K laptop also,but I only use that while traveling, and have a Linux box at myoffice that is my main workstation.. I think this laptop could bemy machine for both office and away once I get it all set up andworking correctly.

But so confusing..

Ibook Mac Os X

And that's my first (and probably only) gripe. I'm fumblingaround with basic setup tasks. It's nothing really awful, and I'mlearning quickly, but this is not something you can just turn onand use. Well, maybe YOU can, but I confuse easily.

The first thing was something I knew but had forgotten. When youstart an application, its menu appears at the top of the screen.Windows and X apps keep their menus in their own windows, but Applehas always done it this way. This is not a problem, of course, justsomething you have to get used to. Actually, I rather like it. Ifyou choose 'Hide Others' from the applications title menu, allother appplication windows go away, but you can bring them back ondemand. This, in combination with the Windows style Dock (workslike Windows title bar), is a very nice way to manage yourdesktop.

Ibook For Mac Os X 10.10

I'm having a little trouble getting used to the touchpad mousealso. Again, nothing wrong - it's just different. On my otherlaptop the touchpad can also do clicks by tapping on it. On theiBook, there's a separate click pad just under the touchpad; not atall hard to use, it just isn't what I'm used to. However, if you goto System Preferences->Mouse, you can change the trackpad sothat you CAN click by tapping.

Another thing that I find disconcerting is the lack ofconfirmation buttons in many dialogs. You know, you call somethingup to change preferences and you click 'Apply' or 'OK' to confirmyour changes. That sort of thing seems to be missing in a lot ofplaces - you just make your changes and close the window. So farthat hasn't been a problem (I haven't screwed up anything Icouldn't fix), but I can see where it could be.

For example, one of the first changes I made was to Terminal. Itdefaults to tcsh, which I don't particularly like, so I called upits preferences and changed it. As you can see, there's nothingthere like 'OK' or 'Cancel' - in fact there is no way to cancel.That's not so bad here, but in more complex dialogs where you maybecome confused, it's good to be able to just start over. Ifthere's any way to do that here, I missed it.

Mail

I think I like the built-in Mac OS X Mail client. I'm notentirely sure yet, and I have downloaded Mozilla which I'm used to using onLinux. The mail does have this nice spam control built in, whichseems to be working well (it's still in training mode), but it onlydoes mail - no Newsgroup capability. Because of that lack, I needMozilla anyway. I'll play with it for a while and see if I stilllike it.

Ibook G4 Mac Os X

A lot of work to do

I have a bit of work to do before I can use this as my dailymachine. I have a number of scripts on Linux that I use regularlyfor managing my website, my life, and other things. Fortunately,they are all Perl and Bash so I will have no real problemstransporting them here, but it's just taking the time to do it.

Mac OS X is very seductive though - I'm going to have to stealthe time to do this.

If you are considering an iBook, you'll probably want more than256MB of ram. I find that very uncomfortable to work with (too muchpaging and swapping) and have already ordered a 512MB stick whichwill bring it to its maximum of 640MB.

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