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Key factors for purchasing a PowerBook G5 — #1

Ok, so I've been considering my options for my current PowerBook G4 400. I can double its RAM from 384 to 768 MB and hold out a little longer for the inevitable PB G5, or I can tak…
MacNN PowerPC by JHromadka

Key factors for purchasing a PowerBook G5 — #2

All of the above. It has to be a fast G5 (~1.6), with a nice form factor, reasonable battery life, OK price, and no heavier than 6 lbs for the 15" model. I currently own a 1 GHz G…
MacNN PowerPC by Eug Wanker

Key factors for purchasing a PowerBook G5 — #3

I agree that they are all important, but for me, the form factor and weight are the most important. The 17" model is impossible to take on flights unless you always fly business, …
MacNN PowerPC by JHromadka

AlBook RAM in a TiBook? — #1

We just ordered a new 1.25ghz AlBook in the office. It's 512 megs of RAM is 256x2, and we'll probably update one of the slots to 512, to get 768 in the powerbook and have a 256 me…
MacNN Hardware by C.J. Moof

AlBook RAM in a TiBook? — #2

No. because the TiBook uses a PC 133 SODIMM while the AlBook uses PC 2700 DDR SODIMM They are NOT backwards compatible
MacNN Hardware by typoon

AlBook RAM in a TiBook? — #4

Quote: Originally posted by C.J. Moof: Well, in a word, nuts. Anybody wanna buy a 256 meg 2700 DDR SODIMM? for how much?
MacNN Hardware by Tantrum

New mac help. — #1

I am graduating from college in the coming months and I am looking to get either a 15" Alum PB (FW800) or the last model PM G4 (FW800) ASAP. I will be mainly running FCP 3 and even…
MacNN PowerPC by jblaze

New mac help. — #2

Hello. If you're going to be mainly editing in your room, then frankly, there is little reason to get a PowerBook. While they are great machines, there really is a definate perfor…
MacNN PowerPC by Lateralus

New mac help. — #3

Quote: Originally posted by jblaze: I am graduating from college in the coming months and I am looking to get either a 15" Alum PB (FW800) or the last model PM G4 (FW800…
MacNN PowerPC by typoon

PB bus and cache speeds for dummies — #1

Can someone please help: I posted before asking the diff between notebooks and desktops with the same specifications. For the most part I now know that unless the specs are truly …
MacNN PowerPC by reemas

PB bus and cache speeds for dummies — #2

Quote: Originally posted by reemas: Can someone please help: I posted before asking the diff between notebooks and desktops with the same specifications. For the most p…
MacNN PowerPC by KraziKid

PB bus and cache speeds for dummies — #3

I would actually go so far as to say that the PowerBook can be as fast or faster in some circumstances, though not always. Like KraziKid said, the L3 cache can sometimes be helpfu…
MacNN PowerPC by Commodus

Suggestions on a trade — #1

There's a guy who's interested in trading his 12" Albook (2 months old) for my 15" Tibook (14 months old). Both have 1Ghz processors and superdrives. I have 1gig RAM, he has 768. …
MacNN Hardware by jerseyfreeze

G3 BW HD size limit — #1

Is there a maximum HD size that I can fit in a bw G3? I have 60+6 Go on the IDE bus, and I consider removing the original 6 GB HD and installing a 120GB HD instead. Can the origin…
MacNN Hardware by lapinos

G3 BW HD size limit — #2

I don't think that the bus would be the problem there. I had a B/W G3 myself and I installed a bigger HD, but I ran into another problem: In some of the earlier revisions, the IDE …
MacNN Hardware by rubberduck77

G3 BW HD size limit — #3

I have 2 additional pieces of info regarding your reply: My dual HD configuration works only in X. The only time I booted in 9 it erased my 60 GB.... There is indeed a bug in the I…
MacNN Hardware by lapinos

G3 BW HD size limit — #4

Quote: Originally posted by rubberduck77: I don't think that the bus would be the problem there. I had a B/W G3 myself and I installed a bigger HD, but I ran into anothe…
MacNN Hardware by bowwowman
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