thanks for all that replied to my last post. i had a few more quesitons.
someone told me that the memory from mac was pretty expensive, and that i should just buy the lowest memory available at 256 MB, and then just order more RAM from an online reseller. would you suggest that? Is that easy to install for anyone?
Also, i heard that the screen resolution is kind of poor at 1024x768 pixels. therefore buying the 14inch ibook is the same as buying the 12 " ibook because the resolution is the same. Supposedly all they did was make the screen physically larger, so youwill be looking at bigger pixels, but fitting exactly the same amount of stuff on your screen. what would you suggest? is the 12" good enough? i was confused however, that the 12" only has 800 MHz, versus the 14 inch ibooks that have 933 MHz and 1GHz. What does this mean and does that make a difference?
Also, I am currently teaching as an Assistant English Teacher in Japan, and am from Canada. Is it better for me to purchase my laptop through the Canada website or through the Japanese website? I know that I can get the educational discount if i order through the Japan website, but my friend who bought one here, sometimes still gets things that pop up in japanese and i definitely don:t want that. will the canada online store mail my ibook to me in japan, and at no fee? Will they also give me the discount even though i am not at a Provincial school? Anyone know of the methods of payment?
Any advice would be great!
Vanessa
someone told me that the memory from mac was pretty expensive, and that i should just buy the lowest memory available at 256 MB, and then just order more RAM from an online reseller. would you suggest that? Is that easy to install for anyone?
Also, i heard that the screen resolution is kind of poor at 1024x768 pixels. therefore buying the 14inch ibook is the same as buying the 12 " ibook because the resolution is the same. Supposedly all they did was make the screen physically larger, so youwill be looking at bigger pixels, but fitting exactly the same amount of stuff on your screen. what would you suggest? is the 12" good enough? i was confused however, that the 12" only has 800 MHz, versus the 14 inch ibooks that have 933 MHz and 1GHz. What does this mean and does that make a difference?
Also, I am currently teaching as an Assistant English Teacher in Japan, and am from Canada. Is it better for me to purchase my laptop through the Canada website or through the Japanese website? I know that I can get the educational discount if i order through the Japan website, but my friend who bought one here, sometimes still gets things that pop up in japanese and i definitely don:t want that. will the canada online store mail my ibook to me in japan, and at no fee? Will they also give me the discount even though i am not at a Provincial school? Anyone know of the methods of payment?
Any advice would be great!
Vanessa