Hiya [H]ardziens-
So I've basically fallen in love with iBooks, and I'd like to make the switch from PC to Mac. My PC is pretty good, A64 3000+ 939, Radeon 9600XT, 1024MB RAM, that sorta thing. I really dont game all that much, save the occasional NFSU race, and that isn't crucial to my computing. I'm really just a run of the mill internet, e-mail, chat type user. I am a habitual multitasker, so I'd need the ability to have a couple chat windows open, maybe a couple websites, pieces of the office suite all at the same time. I'd probably keep one of my hard drives and put it in an external box for my media use. However, I am really getting into programming and am taking computer science courses.
So I guess my question is this, would a rather basic iBook run a development environment? And more specifally, would I be able to run Microsoft Visual studio and the like? I'm going to go look around and see if there is a Apple version made, but I figured I'd pose the question to you guys as well.
The iBook I'm looking at is:
iBook 12" 1.2GHz w/ Combo Drive
Airport Extreme
30GB Ultra ATA drive
256MB RAM
I would be picking up at least another 256MB of RAM from Crucial for $50, plus Applecare and a sleeve for a total of around $1250 including shipping and student discount. I'd be selling my PC to take care of most of the bill.
I think that's all I'm wondering, and I think its semi legible. So..thoughts? Comments? Questions? Answers? Random Statements on the meaning of life?
Endscape
So I've basically fallen in love with iBooks, and I'd like to make the switch from PC to Mac. My PC is pretty good, A64 3000+ 939, Radeon 9600XT, 1024MB RAM, that sorta thing. I really dont game all that much, save the occasional NFSU race, and that isn't crucial to my computing. I'm really just a run of the mill internet, e-mail, chat type user. I am a habitual multitasker, so I'd need the ability to have a couple chat windows open, maybe a couple websites, pieces of the office suite all at the same time. I'd probably keep one of my hard drives and put it in an external box for my media use. However, I am really getting into programming and am taking computer science courses.
So I guess my question is this, would a rather basic iBook run a development environment? And more specifally, would I be able to run Microsoft Visual studio and the like? I'm going to go look around and see if there is a Apple version made, but I figured I'd pose the question to you guys as well.
The iBook I'm looking at is:
iBook 12" 1.2GHz w/ Combo Drive
Airport Extreme
30GB Ultra ATA drive
256MB RAM
I would be picking up at least another 256MB of RAM from Crucial for $50, plus Applecare and a sleeve for a total of around $1250 including shipping and student discount. I'd be selling my PC to take care of most of the bill.
I think that's all I'm wondering, and I think its semi legible. So..thoughts? Comments? Questions? Answers? Random Statements on the meaning of life?
Endscape