Laptops > From 15" to 17" Laptops > less than 512 MB > Apple Mac OS 9

Advantages: easy, reliable and fun!
Disadvantages: some PC apps wont work on this!

...so many manufacturers! the apple G4 has a large screen , thin and lightweight. the good thing about it as well is the speed, power and memory on this is very powerful. disadvantage is many PC softwares are not available for mac and always are released later on. mac is more on a professional basis but i feel has enough games and software and programmes to suit everyone. ... Read review

Advantages: Fast, Thin, Light, Wireless Internet, Bluetooth, DVI and Analog Outputs
Disadvantages: Short battery life, paint sometimes comes off, runs hot after being on for awhile

...a top of the line Apple processor, comparable to a 3 ghz P4 or higher. This gives the computer enough speed to do anything from checking your email to making a short film on your computer with no hassles or waiting around. Everything is done in the blink of an eye. -512 mb DDR SDRAM. This RAM directly assists your processor in opening and storing data. This RAM is considered to be one of the fastest on the market. If you are doing any high-end graphics ...
...want to think about an upgrade to 1028 mb or so. The 512 mb is fine for most daily tasks though. -80 gb hard drive. The 80gb hard drive is big enough to hold any kind of data that you need to keep. Many games and programs only take up .01% of that memory so you will really have more than you will ever need. -CD-RW/DVD-R Drive. Will play and burn cd-r's, cd-rw's, dvd-r's and dvd-rw's. Gives you added storage space and you can play all your music ... Read review

Advantages: versatility, looks, speed
Disadvantages: software/hardware upgradability

...next best thing to an apple powerbook G4). There are some extreme features such as light sensitive monitor and keyboard, which is really a novelty, but it does help, the luminosity of the keyboard and monitor adjust to "how much ambient light is available in the room", but like some features of a poorly built Acer computer this fails to amaze me and causes much a stir with the involvement of having to keep turning the brightness up. It has amazing ...
...which offers outstanding performance with DVD's and whatever games you can purchase for a Mac. Sound wise, I am appalled, it has a faint echo after a couple weeks of usage, and only offering up to 4.1 sound I was gob smacked, (that was the maximum I could reach with my creative speakers, which went up to 7.1). Finally we come to the extras, the ways for it to show off. The unit comes with 1 2.0 USB port and 1 Fire wire, which offers support for ... Read review

Advantages: Great looks, easy to use even for Mac novices!
Disadvantages: Scratches easliy.

I bought a powerbook specifically with university in mind-thought it would make my English Lit essay writing somewhat more enjoyable and guess what??! It really did give me an incentive to get down to writing them all. Costs vary from just under £1000 to about £1500 and the older generation Powerbooks (500mhz) can be found from about £300 from refurbishment specilaists. John Lewis is a good place to buy as their aftercare is particularly reliable ...
...a particular computer expert I can't perhaps gives a scientific analysis of the pros and cons but from an average day Joe's point of view this is a fantastic laptop which works quickly and quitely.The OS X package I am using is very easy to navigate and I had to learn everything from scratch! It comes with ical:a diary application which you can sinc with your bluetooth phone and put all your business meetings on hassle-free, iphoto (to arrange all ... Read review

Advantages: good processor, beautiful screen, loads of little extra perks
Disadvantages: cant think of any

This laptop is great! Dell gave me this free due to having so many problems with my old inspiron 6000, and i couldn't be happier. when it arrived i compared it to my old laptop, which dell let me keep until i had transfered my documents over, and it is by far the better quality laptop. its light weight, the keys are cushioned so you dont have that annoying clicking noise when you type. the screen is beautiful, it is so clear and the pciture quality ...
...can connect it to a HD TV and play games on a big sreen and a memory card reader which reads SD cards, XD cards and sony memory stick pro cards easily and transfers data quickly! the wedge shape tilts the keyboard for ease of use both on a desk and on your knee. I'm over the moon with my freebie laptop, and would have happily buy one if i needed to! ... Read review