No IrDA port? Now I feel better that I bought Rev B with an IrDA port to Synchronize with my Palm although I have to boot Palm Desktop in OS 9. The new PB looks excellent to me. Au…

Well 'mate' your not giving the Australian dollar enough justes. It is actualy like .53. It is pretty funny that the 'Faster' powerbook is more than $2,000AD cheaper in the USA t…

Quote: Originally posted by patrickjketelaar: <STRONG> Hey, Apple has this great new thing, much faster, and works better. AIRPORT....IRDA is dead. Embrace a new …

Quote: Originally posted by clebin: <STRONG> And I have to be that person I'm afraid. I can't believe that Apple would remove IrDA from a professional laptop. Are…

I bought a 550 in early March. Last Friday Apple agreed that they would treat it as DOA owing to a recurrently faulty Power Adapter. I was told by them today that they have ordere…

Quote: Originally posted by Rumpole: <STRONG>I bought a 550 in early March. Last Friday Apple agreed that they would treat it as DOA owing to a recurrently faulty …

When ATI announced the new Mobile video chip, they also siad it supports 8 MB VRAM on board, and 8 externally.....so, does the noew powerbook have this expandibility? Dammit

"Dammit", I think what ATi means is that it can use 8 megabytes of system RAM for graphics. That happens a lot in the low-quality eMachines (gulp) computers. I would hope the Powe…

According to FiringSquad the Rage 128 Mobility (same chip on Pismo) has hardware DVD decoding capability. Does anybody know if the Apple DVD Player takes advantage of this? Here'…

The player is aparently not using the Chip's mpeg2 decoding facility, as Apple advertise it as "Software DVD player". Maybe at a later date... Maybe ATI should start to develop an…

It would certainly be VERY cool if someone could get the ATI Mobility 128's DVD decoding to work. Hardware decoding enables you go watch a DVD in the background or in a little win…

Actually, from what I understand, Apple does use some of the chip's hardware. Just from looking at it on my Pismo, I would venture to say it does hardware scaling (because when you…

Quote: Originally posted by tooki: I agree that ATI should write a DVD player for the Mac, seeing as how Apple refuses to make the effort... And herein lies the one…

from the ATI RAGE 128 FAQ: Q13: Do the new RAGE 128 based Macintosh boards support DVD/Mpeg-2 acceleration? A13: While the RAGE 128 chip can "power" software DVD playback, for it…

How is it? I think the savings from the 800 model is worth getting the 667, and I doubt the speed is all that noticeable.... Please post thoughts. Thanks!

I very much agree with you, and it has been said that the new PB 667Mhz is 60% faster then the old 667Mhz, it seems to also run cooler, they are both great machines! Congrats Appl…

Must agree with previous post. It'll still be awhile before I buy, but the shop that I work for has one on display and I played around for a bit on it throughout today. The speed…

There is a $700 price difference between the two; is it really worth it? My mind is settling more toward the 667, especially since I can transfer my 48 gig 5400 RPM hard drive from…

Quote: Originally posted by urrl5201: <STRONG>There is a $700 price difference between the two; is it really worth it? My mind is settling more toward the 667, esp…

Is there some reason you can't install the 48 gig drive into the 800? I was considering ordering a custom 800 w/ the 30 gig drive, swapping it and the 48 in my Ti 500, and selling…

Quote: Originally posted by cmoney: <STRONG> Personally, since I've got a Developer's discount that expires in June, I'm getting an 800MHz model for $2559!</STR…

I ordered the 667 with a 40 gig drive and airport card last tuesday. It shipped friday, so I should get it monday or tuesday. With a developer's discount, it would have been an e…

I am getting a "demo model" (never been opened though!) 667 for $1849 I cannot wait, it's going to run circles around my TiBook 500

i know i'm not the brightest guy in the whole world.. but how can a demo model be un-opened? doesn't that totally go against the concept of it being a demo..

Quote: Originally posted by cmoney: <STRONG> Personally, since I've got a Developer's discount that expires in June, I'm getting an 800MHz model for $2559!</STR…