Man, this whole issue is turning into a fiasco. But i like to point out some things that should be common sense and alleviate some panic. Heat: All this talk about the mbp melting…

I think they're actually playing it smart. For the general buyer they made sure the MBP gets roughly 3h battery life. Anything less would have generated a lot of bad press. OTOH t…

ok shouldn't this be going in the compairison forum that you setup jasonsRX7....about the t70, PB, and MBP......this stopped talking about Underclocking the MBP a while ago

Quote: Originally Posted by jasonsRX7 That is just so wrong. I replaced my MacBook Pro with a 1" thick Thinkpad T60 seriously, WHY, unless you're running linux on it?…

Quote: Originally Posted by Berman seriously, WHY, unless you're running linux on it? windows can suck my ass. I can do my job just as well (arguably better) with Window…

Quote: Originally Posted by mduell With a plastic enclosure it wouldn't feel so hot. Lenovo has all the same components (X1300 instead of X1600) in 5 lb, 14" laptop, 1" thick, …

Back on topic a bit, would it void our warranty to re-clock the video card?

Quote: Originally Posted by bloodline You are right, it wouldn't feel so hot... but the plastic enclosure keeps the heat in, and the CPU's thermal protection will throttle back,…

Quote: Originally Posted by mduell Simplistic and correct. If my laptop spends most of its life at 45C instead of 40C, does it having a meaningful impact on component life? IBM/…

Hi, Sadly, I sold my g5 just the other day, and I miss like heck. But we made some cash on it. I'm trying to find a cheap machine to hold us over until the newer machines come o…

1. Any Radeon will give you Quartz Extreme support, Radeon 9600 or better will give you Tiger Core Graphics support. 2. You can do it with a $10 ATA-SATA adapter (mind the 128GB li…

hi, Thanks for your suggestions. Do you think the radeon 9600 cards are worth it considering they seem to go for $100+ on ebay? how about am inexpensive card like the radeon 700…

Quote: Originally Posted by kmarketing Do you think the radeon 9600 cards are worth it considering they seem to go for $100+ on ebay? how about am inexpensive card like the ra…

7000 is fine if you don't need support for Tiger Core Graphics. The ATA-SATA adapter will work, but you'll only be able to use the first 137 billion bytes (128GB) out of 160 billi…

Hi, In terms of the sata to ide interface, I can't seem to find the right one. All of the ones that I see are to convert ide/regular atas hard drives into sata. can you please h…

This should do the job: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16812156011

Hi, thanks so much!! Would the card that is included in this set be good? http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Maxtor-200GB...cmd ZViewItem I may be able to get this set cheaper locally, bu…

The included card probably isn't supported by OSX.

Quote: Originally Posted by kmarketing I got it for $200. It is a g4 powermac 450 that has been upgraded to a single 1.42 processor. It has 1gb of memory with 256 chips. It h…

Hi, Looking around I think the radeon 8500 is my best bet but it still costs around $80. I see on ebay that I can get a pci radeon 7000 64mb card for about $50. Is there a big d…

Hi, What do you think about this card? Will this really be good for the powermac? http://cgi.ebay.com/Mac-Edition-ATI-...cmdZ ViewItem I hate spending more money on it, this wi…

Better? Yes. Really good? It was top of the line... 4 years ago. It's about the same as a mini, but obviously with more room to expand.

Hi, Thanks mduell, i definitely appreciate your opinion. I think my main question is "Is this upgrade worth $90?" I see a cheaper 7000 64mb card on ebay for about $50. That car…

The video card has zilch to do with anything you plan on doing, so I'd say go with the 7000; it supports the same features (Quartz Extreme) as the 8500.

I cannot recommend the Radeon 7000. If you can, invest the money for a 9600.