10.1 is just bad...throw on 10.2 or 10.3 and your experience will be much more enjoyable.
there's free and lightweight word processors like Bean which will run very well on that older system, PDF duties can be handled by Skim, Camino is a great lightweight browser which uses the same backend as Firefox. there are tons of free, lightweight programs which can be used to speed up your iBook'ing experience.
at the end of the day there is no way that the iBook is going to be comparable to a new MacBook or MacBook Pro in terms of performance. its always going to be slow and there is little you can do about that. that does not mean its useless by any means, and if you don't feel like dropping all the money necessary to buy a new system then it will still function perfectly fine.
word of warning, Flash will probably bring it to a screeching halt...youtube is the old-mac killer.
there's free and lightweight word processors like Bean which will run very well on that older system, PDF duties can be handled by Skim, Camino is a great lightweight browser which uses the same backend as Firefox. there are tons of free, lightweight programs which can be used to speed up your iBook'ing experience.
at the end of the day there is no way that the iBook is going to be comparable to a new MacBook or MacBook Pro in terms of performance. its always going to be slow and there is little you can do about that. that does not mean its useless by any means, and if you don't feel like dropping all the money necessary to buy a new system then it will still function perfectly fine.
word of warning, Flash will probably bring it to a screeching halt...youtube is the old-mac killer.