IBook disadvantage using Keynote

Question

I am so unhappy because after have been working on my first presentation using Keynote I discovered that it has unavailable its most useful tool "the dual displays" for iBook. Somebody can tell which is the reason? After all, I am working on academia and I will need this tool for my presentation, so, is there any thing to do, and please, something different to buy a Powerbook.......my iBook is almost new!!!

Answer 1

My guess? You might get somewhere complaining that Keynote's box doesn't make this fact clear, but the iBook specs ALWAYS mention that you only get mirroring, same with the iMacs and eMacs, so Apple would probably say that it was your responsibility to check the specs of the iBook when you bought it. This is one of the selling points of the PowerBooks, and Apple purposely makes the ibooks mirror only. Annoying, but that's the way it is. Even now, I tell people to never buy an iBook with the sole purpose of hacking the firmware right out of the box, because it really wasn't meant for it (in Apple's eyes at least).
The coool thing is, all the iBooks 700mhz and up can use the patch (and I think some 600s), and current refurbs are going for like $899. eBay is an even cheaper source. I know that won't help you, but again, the specs on the iBooks are clearly printed, the problem is, most consumers just don't know what the difference is until it's too late, as you've found out.