According to MacTracker: PB 17" (1GHz): USB: 2 - 12MBit/s PB 17" (1.33GHz): USB: 2 - 400MBit/s None of my Macs have USB 2.0, but I love my iPod Video, and just live with the…

usb is universal, firewire is not. usb though sometimes slower, adopts a greater marketshare and more devices, which equals more profit and will drop the other format. Firewire is …

Quote: Originally Posted by 24klogos usb is universal, firewire is not. usb though sometimes slower, adopts a greater marketshare and more devices, which equals more profit and …

Er hem. I use firewire for a number of things on both my Windows desktop and my Windows laptop. And I used it BEFORE I became a Mac user. "Nobody" is a pretty large group, you k…

firewire is definately used in the windoze world. its just called IEEE1394, but its the same thing.

Quote: Originally Posted by explosivpotato firewire is definately used in the windoze world. its just called IEEE1394, but its the same thing. it can be called iLink too by…

Because USB is more popular. END OF STORY

Quote: Originally Posted by explosivpotato firewire is definately used in the windoze world. its just called IEEE1394, but its the same thing. Used... yes... more popular t…

Quote: Originally Posted by Kevin Yeah very lame. I wont buy another iPod till 1. They adopt Firewire again. 2. USB gets lots faster. Then you may just wait for a long, l…

Quote: Originally Posted by mad cow disease Then you may just wait for a long, long time. And USB2's 480 mbit isn't fast enough for you? And my "a long, long time" I think…

I have one computer that no longer has the Computer Name screen saver. It shows a folder icon and when clicked pops up a choose file window. I use this saver on occosian just for s…

My iMac with Tiger still has it.

The same thing happened to me, and after reading this, I went back into system preferences, and the folder icon is gone!!?? I have it back. Maybe a reboot will help. I rebooted a c…

I got my 1.83GHz MacBook Pro just 3 days back and I can say with a bare 30 minutes of usage its getting pretty HOT....Its basically the bottom left hand side of the laptop. The top…

Unfortunately, it's normal for Apple laptops, and many others too, to get very hot underneath. It's been like that with almost every generation of G3 and G4 powerbooks and now also…

The aluminum case acts as a giant heatsink, spreading the heat from the CPU/chipset/GPU/CCFL out all over the bottom surface of the laptop. I prefer laptops which have plastic case…

Quote: Originally Posted by voken I got my 1.83GHz MacBook Pro just 3 days back and I can say with a bare 30 minutes of usage its getting pretty HOT....Its basically the bottom …

I'm pretty sure from a photograph I saw posted that there is a direct connection via thermal paste from at least one of the major chips -- maybe the processor itself -- to the bott…

I had a Pentium3 500mhz before and it gets hot. For the most part, I think people will just have to deal with it because as computers get faster, it's only normal they get hotter.

The neat part about the macbook is that the hottest parts of it are the parts that you touch the least. That is unless you're resting the laptop on your legs. The power inverter a…

I had a thinkpad T40 1.6ghz centrino and it got warm, but never as hot as my powerbook G4 1.67.

Quote: Originally Posted by pete I had a thinkpad T40 1.6ghz centrino and it got warm, but never as hot as my powerbook G4 1.67. Plastic case. The Al shell of the MBP is a…

I'm sure that's the case, but the IBM also comes with a three year warranty and has been proven to be incredibly reliable hardware wise so it doesn't seem that the internals are be…

Are they made of aluminum? Is that better than titanium? Titanium wouldn't get as hot, I'd think. But maybe it's good for the heat to disperse through something. Anyone know wh…

Quote: Originally Posted by Heavy Anyone know why aluminum is chosen over titanium? I'd have to say cost.