New PowerBook's out tomorrow !!!

[Danster]

Thanks alot Ric for making my wait for a Powerbook even more painful !

Amazing pictures though, your a lucky guy.

 

[Ric]

Thanks D:

To be fair the last PowerBook (lasted) 5 years ! Sorry to compound your pain !

(It's still going strong but needs a new keyboard) It shall be put back up on it's shelf as a test server, again !

But at least you've had a look inside the box, LOL.

Needed for work really, time I did some ! And you've gotta have the right tools !

I had 'really' intended to buy one just when you're in that 'Applestore' ...well you know it's just a bit to much temptation !

 

[Cory Cooper]

Go

I had 'really' intended to buy one just when you're in that 'Applestore' ...well you know it's just a bit to much temptation !

The EXACT reason I try to stay away from the Apple Store I can see out of my window..."temptation"!

Every time I go in there I drop a a few hundred dollars...geesh...



C

 

[Ric]

Hmmm, avoid at all costs, or take the Wife with you ! LOL.

 

[Cory Cooper]

Go

Not married, free all day and night, bored, cash in hand, need/want everything, only about a mile from here...bad combo!



C

 

[Ric]

Wondered why you were always smiling

 

[Ric]

Well not quite tomorrow...

but it may happen...

IBM's announcement of a low-power 970FX PowerPC G5 processor yesterday came as a bit of a surprise to some analysts and industry insiders who believe the chip could be the first worthy contender to power a G5-based laptop from Apple, but question if Mac maker will choose to use it.

Two variants of the chip - a 1.2GHz version and a 1.4GHz version - consume an approximately 13 watts of power, believed to be cool enough to operate inside a PowerBook enclosure with an advanced cooling system. A high-end 1.6GHz version consumes 16 watts.

 

[MikeCaine]

(they had a 15" with the 128mb Graphics card 100mb HD etc but it was out of stock...so what choice did I have !)

Hi Ric

Interesting that you mention the 15" with the extra memory and capacity. I was in the Apple store in London a few months ago and looked at getting a Powerbook. The wife suggested getting the 17" version but I was a bit unsure about it because we always take a laptop on holiday with us (copying digital photos to, watching DVDs, keeping a journal) and I thought the 17" was just a bit too big. The sales guy said that had a 15" with the same (or similar?) spec as the 17" version so I bought that instead.

Very happy with it so far

Regards

Mike

 

[Ric]

Hi Mike,

Yes the spec between the 'top end' 15" and the 17" is virtually the same...if they had the 15" in stock when I went to the Apple Store then I would of bought that !

I just wanted the fastest they had with the 100gb drive, Superdrive, and the 128mb graphics card...

The 17" does sometimes 'feel' a lilttle cumbersome...especially when compared to Wifey's 12" iBook !

However, I am not complaining !! I would have been happy with any of them !

They're all nice !

regards

Ric

 

[Ric]

Have been using new PowerBook for a while now!

The only thing that irritates me is the 'metal on metal' if you know what I mean, I have a metal watch strap and have to take it off when using PB otherwise the noise goes straight through me...

 

[Ric]

Well it wasn't quite 'tomorrow',

but they are now out...

New PowerBooks...