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If you can use a Windows PC, you'll have no problems switching to a Mac, they're designed to be easy to use. Have a look
here for answers to many questions about switching.
Unfortunately you can't get a 12" iBook with DVD-RW, only a 14" because of its physical size. I would recommend the fastest iBook you can afford with 512mb RAM.
They only do G4 iBooks now. G4's are better than G3 anyway!
As mentioned previously you can get a 1Ghz G4 14" iBook with DVD-RW for £1019 (just £19 more than your budget!). It's definately worth it if you need to burn DVDs. And you could add more RAM at a later date yourself.
It's very easy - it just slots in under the keyboard.
If you really don't want a 14" iBook, then the 1Ghz G4 12" iBook is your only option at £799, but you can't get these with DVD-RW. Have a look on the UK
AppleStore for the build-to-order options available. You can double the RAM to 512mb and double the hard disk size to 60gb for an extra £130 bringing the total to £928, well within your budget.
You can't burn DVDs in a CD-RW drive. However you can burn proper DVD Video data to a CD-R and some (but not all) DVD players will play it back just like a regular DVD. But you'll be severely limited by capacity. A DVD holds 4.3gb of data whereas a CD only holds 700mb.
You don't mention what kind of data you want to put onto DVD, but if you want to 'backup' movies, there is
free software that will compress a DVD movie onto 1 or 2 CDs in MPEG4 format to play back in QuickTime. It's not DVD quality, but quite watchable.
For burning CDs and DVDs in every format I'd recommend
Roxio Toast.
Any other questions, just ask!
[ This Message was edited by: JoolsG3 on 2004-06-08 09:34 ]
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Posted: 2004-06-08 10:29:00
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i think i will go for an apple, as i am just fed up that windows keeps crashing, i just used the reclaim disc i got for my pc and it still crashes
i heard that apple hardly ever does, and i feel like a change
i just need the cash to buy one now
cheers everyone for all your suggestions
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Posted: 2004-06-10 10:26:40
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As it so happens i have just brought a 17" powerbook g4 with a dvd rw 512DDR Ram and a 60Gb HD, i got it from here
http://promo.euro.apple.com/promo/refurb/uk/
it is apples refurbished site where u get the same warantee as everywhere else on the apple site-of one year-yet you can save like 45% like i did-instead of like over 2 grand i paid less than 1500. Bargain
only opens on a wednesday after ten ocloc-u will want to get on there as soon after 10 as possible-well worth it thugh
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Posted: 2004-06-12 00:07:55
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