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Help me decide: Dell Latitude C400 vs. 12" Powerbook

swanky

Member
Hi,

I need/want a notebook, and would prefer a 12" fully featured one (DVD/Combo). Since I live in Norway, I don't have a lot of options. Just two actually...

Dell Latitude C400:
- 1.2GHz PIII
- 512MB RAM
- 30GB HD
- Combo drive
- integrated graphics (Intel 830M)

Apple Powerbook 12":
- G4 867
- 640MB RAM
- 40GB HD
- Combo drive
- NVIDIA GeForce4 420 Go (32MB)

The Dell weighs about 1lb less, but that's not a big issue.

My main use will be:
- light web design (just updating pages) using Dreamweaver
- some Photoshop work
- Office applications
- email/web surfing
- might play the occasional game (Starcraft style)

I have a desktop PC as well (T-bird 1.33GHz) which I reckon will keep me going for another year or so, but I've been using almost exclusively an old Toshiba Satellite Pro for the last two months. I just prefer the freedom to take my work with me around the apartement (and outside). So I'm gonna be honest and say that I think this notebook will be my Nr. 1 computer.

What do you guys say?

Thanks
 
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