It's also because they're trying to save space. Notebooks use 2.5-inch drives, but desktops use 3.5-inch drives.

We will eventually get to the point where computer components have been miniaturized and refined so much that size will no longer really be a factor (in particular I am thinking th…

The speed differance for Apples desktops and laptops are increasing while in the wintel world it seems to be decreasing with the current laptops that actually use a 2.4Ghz Desktop …

Quote: Originally posted by maffioso: <STRONG> I can wish cant I Powerbook 1Ghz DDR 512MB 60GB 5400RPM GIGAWIRE Digital Audio Out Microphone ATI RADEON MOBILITY 7…

Quote: I think we will get only 933 Mhz... I totally agree, the move from 500 to 667 was roughly 33%. So going on that the next bump should be around the 86…

I doubt we'll have DDR ram, just because no Mac has made that leap, and I can't see it coming to the Powerbook at the same time it comes to the desktops. Besides that Alienware mon…

Running a Tibook 550 512/48gig/combo I have been doing all my Photoshop work in Sys 9 untill PSD 7 came out... I figured that since it was going to be optimized for OS X then the …

That's strange. The beta was pretty good even though it was slow at rendering filters. Can you please do some benchmarks so I can see the speed differences. I have the same laptop…

My lovely PB G4 400 cannot play DVD after I upgraded to OS X 10.1.4. So I think there is problem with the DVD-ROM. However, I found that it is still working when I insert music CD …

Not sure what to tell you except that my 400mhz Pismo still works fine after the update, so it is not a universal problem. It may just be that your drive is malfuctioning and that…

If the problem happened because you installed new software, then CLEARLY it's a software problem. Post your question in the Mac OS X forum AFTER searching it to make sure that nobo…