Would *You* Buy a PB on eBay? — #16
I really get a kick out of people commenting on eBay. Whenever somebody has a piece of crap they want to sell, folks seem to suggest selling it on eBay. Whenever somebody wants t…
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Would *You* Buy a PB on eBay? — #17
No, I don't think I would buy a PowerBook off of eBay.
I'd rather just go to the store and buy it; or order it from a reputable online retailer.
Would *You* Buy a PB on eBay? — #18
as others have mentioned you win some you loose some.....on ebay....
I have no problems buying things $100 or less as I can stand to loose that much on a deal that goes sour...
I…
Would *You* Buy a PB on eBay? — #19
Brand new, probably not. Used, older models, sure. I've sold a few lower-end items over the past six months, as well as bought some. It all depends on your level of risk tolerance.…
Would *You* Buy a PB on eBay? — #20
Like others here, I've sold PBs over eBay, and lots of other things, too. I have a 100% positive feedback rating and am very careful when I buy.
I guess one way to think of it is …
Would *You* Buy a PB on eBay? — #21
Well, i have personally sold many powerbooks on ebay and they are all in exactly the condition I state and everyone who has bought one has been satisfied and left postive feedback …
Would *You* Buy a PB on eBay? — #22
I have bought my TiBook 500 at eBay and my Pismo 500.
The TiBook was a great deal because it was only 3 weeks old. The Pismo was in a state that was not as good as I had expected …
Would *You* Buy a PB on eBay? — #23
My ebay mac buying advice:
Only bid on items you can pick up in person and inspect first.
I live in NYC and purchased 2 macs this way, a orange ibook and a green imac. Both were…
Would *You* Buy a PB on eBay? — #24
Beware of people with good histories. Some people buy hundreds of $1.00 stuff to gain enoprmously good records, and then "cash-in" on a huge score like a laptop or such.
Would *You* Buy a PB on eBay? — #25
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Originally posted by Dr Reducto:
Beware of people with good histories. Some people buy hundreds of $1.00 stuff to gain enoprmously good records, and then "cash-i…
What's Better: 256k L2 or 1MB L3? — #1
It seems as though some earlier PowerBooks had 1MB of L3 cache, whereas the newer ones have only 256k of L2. What's better? Are the newer ones actually not as fast, at least in ter…
What's Better: 256k L2 or 1MB L3? — #2
It is very hard to describe the performance trade off based on cache. I can tell you this is entirely upto the progams you used.
L2 cache are on-die, which means the interconne…
What's Better: 256k L2 or 1MB L3? — #3
From what I have heard L2 is much faster than L3, so you go for a higher l2 count. There is good discussion on this over at tomshardware.com.
What's Better: 256k L2 or 1MB L3? — #4
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Originally posted by selowitch:
It seems as though some earlier PowerBooks had 1MB of L3 cache, whereas the newer ones have only 256k of L2. What's better? Are th…
What's Better: 256k L2 or 1MB L3? — #5
Just thought I'd mention that the same program totally smokes anything else I've seen on a Power Mac G4 with dual 1.42GHz chips - 2MB L3 cache per chip. Unfortunately, I haven't ha…
What's Better: 256k L2 or 1MB L3? — #6
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PC2700 >>>>>>>> PC133
In the PC world (and for G5 computers) this is true. However, the G4 does not support a DDR bus. Hence,…
What's Better: 256k L2 or 1MB L3? — #7
Virtual PC, at least in the Connectix incarnations, was optimized for 512k cache, so any machine with only 256k, whether L2 or L3, is noticeably slower running VPC than a machine w…
What's Better: 256k L2 or 1MB L3? — #8
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Originally posted by anaphora68:
From what I have heard L2 is much faster than L3, so you go for a higher l2 count. There is good discussion on this over at tomsh…
What's Better: 256k L2 or 1MB L3? — #9
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Originally posted by power142:
I have a particular program (pymol) that I run a lot that I've noticed a hit from going from Rev A 17-inch to 15-inch Albook (1.25G…
What's Better: 256k L2 or 1MB L3? — #10
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Originally posted by vancenase:
power142 -- doyou use the fink version or 'native' version of pymol? i'll have to do a (time) test of a revB 17" and a 15 Ti-book…
What's Better: 256k L2 or 1MB L3? — #11
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Originally posted by power142:
ae86_16v - I'm not 100% certain what the L3 speed is, but even if it's only 250MHz, it's still faster than the main memory speed …
What's Better: 256k L2 or 1MB L3? — #12
The 17" version A had L3 while the 17" Version B has L2.
Here is what Barefeats has to say:
http://www.barefeats.com/al15.html
Notice also that the Ghz Ti surpasses the Ver A 17"…
Hi Apple, it's Scott. My Powerbook has a problem, AGAIN — #1
Had to call apple again today. Was using my PB (550 G4) when I got a black scrolling line and a flicker in the screen. It happened a few times.
Now, this is an almost 2 year old…
Hi Apple, it's Scott. My Powerbook has a problem, AGAIN — #2
Persistent. Keep bugging Apple Care til they break (give u the al-book 1Ghz combo as compensation) or you break. (ur lust over 1.25Ghz al-book overcomes your sense) ^_^"
1) your…
Hi Apple, it's Scott. My Powerbook has a problem, AGAIN — #3
At least you have AppleCare...see this thread:
http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.p...hreadid=193819