Okay, now where can I get this in my country?

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Here’s how this site looks like when viewed on Safari web browser in my iBook G4. The whole site looks way much better than Windows! Be sure to enlarged the image to get the detail view.

Second, the boot time. Well, not really complain though, but the Power button is kinda strange. Sometimes I only need a light press to turn it on, while in another time, I have to press it hard. It also takes time until the “loading screen” show up which, at the first time I saw it, made me think that my G4 is broken.

The last thing that dissapoint me is the games. I’ve browsed the web and found out that most interesting games are not free But at least that gives me an idea about a Mac gaming website, something like FreeGamesReview.com I also plan to write my experiences switching from Windows to Mac on a new site. I’ve been using DOS and Windows for about 18 years, so, trust me, using iBook is really a big adventures to me. For example, it took a day to figure that I should press Ctrl + click to bring up the pop up menu similar to Right mouse click. Call me stupid.

Well, meanwhile, until I figure out the domain for the new site (you know Apple and their crazy copyrigt and trademark stuff), I’ll write about iBook G4 here. So, until next time.

iBook G4 specs:

• 1.33ghz PowerPC G4 processor, 512K level 2 cache
• 512MB of DDR SDRAM, expandable up to 1.5GB
• 40GB Ultra ATA hard drive
• Slot-loading combo drive (DVD/CD-RW)
• 12.1-inch (diagonal) TFT active-matrix XGA color display
• ATI Mobility Radeon 9550 with 32MB of video memory
• Built-in 10/100BASE-T Ethernet and 56K modem
• Built-in AirPort Extreme wireless networking (802.11g) and Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR (Enhanced Data Rate)
• FireWire 400 port, two high-speed USB ports
• VGA video output, S-Video, and composite video output

Well, anyway, the breaking news for today is.. I finally bought a laptop. Not an ordinary laptop, but an Apple’s iBook G4 laptop. Surprise, huh? I know. At first, I told you that I want this Toshiba’s Satellite R10 Tablet PC. The cheap local brand Axioo Centaur SL 756 was also one of my consideration. Then last month, when I was in a local computer mall, I saw that iBook G4 priced at just $1040. That’s over $60 cheaper than its normal price (note that there are only 3 computer store in my city that sell Apple’s computers), so I rushed inside the store and asked for the detail specs.

Let’s see… 1.33Ghz PowerPC G4 processor with 512K L2 cache, 512MB of DDR SDRAM, 40GB ATA/100 HDD, 12.1-inch TFT LCD screen, WiFI, Bluetooth, 56K modem, Ethernet, and ATI Mobility Radeon 9550 with 32MB of dedicated DDR SDRAM. Those are enough to catch my intention of buying this notebook. Especially since it comes with a small LCD screen, I do really want a small screen laptop. I think it looks much cooler than the large ones.

So that’s it. I ended up buying the iBook G4 laptop. But unfortunately, the stock is currently empty at that time and I have to wait for couple days. Apparently, that “couple days” become “couple weeks” and after almost a month I finally get my hand on my own ultra-cool G4.

Yeah, I’m happy.