Quote: Originally posted by urrl5201: <STRONG>The only real bummer is that it weighs about 10 lbs; twice the weight of my little lovely Ti. http://homepage.mac.com…

Hey, you're not supposed to talk me into buying one! I'm calling the MacHead Police on you!

VERY VERY VERY UNLIKELY: Powerbook Ti 1Ghz 400Mhz FSB 512MB DDR ATI RADEON 7500 64MB 60GB Harddrive Superdrive(removable) so an extra battery can be added! Bluetooth Increased sc…

Quote: Originally posted by maffioso: <STRONG> Well take a look at these figures it may interest you... Powerbook: 550Mhz G4 100Mhz FSB 256MB SDRAM 20GB Harddri…

Wow, I never get tired of reading threads like these. On one side we have the guy who says Apple's hardware is a ripoff (even if it is roundly praised by every tech publication an…

Quote: Originally posted by maffioso: <STRONG>How much would you pay for my dream PB? Any extra suggestions?</STRONG> I'd pay double the price of t…

I think I'll sit on my 500 Mhz Ti another year at least, simply because it does the job (video editing, DVD, etc) well. I do plan to take the chipped paint off of the metal hinge e…

My 500 Mhz Tibook does the job just fine. I can email, surf, write, edit sound, update my website, retouch photo's do some lightweight video. Never a problem. Ofcourse it would be…

I've got a laptop with 2 optical drives- It's very handy. You can install 2 things at once, etc...

Quote: Originally posted by urrl5201: <STRONG>I do plan to take the chipped paint off of the metal hinge ends with paint remover. The Titanium underneath looks fan…

One other thing - note that this machine is not made by Toshiba, Sony, Dell or even Comcrap . . . Alienware? Eurocom is a company I know, and boy, do you ever want to stay away fr…

Quote: Originally posted by milhaus: <STRONG>One other thing - note that this machine is not made by Toshiba, Sony, Dell or even Comcrap . . . Alienware? Eurocom …

simple question. will a portable EVER be as fast as a desktop?

In the era of the Lombard PowerBook (USB & SCSI), the PowerBooks were just as fast as the blue G3 towers. tooki

Generally the chip fabs seem to be able to deliver a desktop-ready chipset (which runs hotter and uses more electricity) than the laptop-ready counterpart (which may have power man…

I seriously doubt a laptop will ever be as fast as a desktop. First, desktop cpus can run faster because they can run hotter. Second, it's a lot easier for desktops to sport dual…

It doesn't look like it will happen again, though as was mentioned in the past there were at least powerbooks with processors who's MHz rating was as high as the desktop (doesn't m…

Another factor is that the hard drives in PowerBooks generally spin at a slower rate than the drives in a desktop. This is done to conserve battery life, but performance takes a hi…

It's also because they're trying to save space. Notebooks use 2.5-inch drives, but desktops use 3.5-inch drives.

We will eventually get to the point where computer components have been miniaturized and refined so much that size will no longer really be a factor (in particular I am thinking th…

The speed differance for Apples desktops and laptops are increasing while in the wintel world it seems to be decreasing with the current laptops that actually use a 2.4Ghz Desktop …

Quote: Originally posted by maffioso: <STRONG> I can wish cant I Powerbook 1Ghz DDR 512MB 60GB 5400RPM GIGAWIRE Digital Audio Out Microphone ATI RADEON MOBILITY 7…

Quote: I think we will get only 933 Mhz... I totally agree, the move from 500 to 667 was roughly 33%. So going on that the next bump should be around the 86…

I doubt we'll have DDR ram, just because no Mac has made that leap, and I can't see it coming to the Powerbook at the same time it comes to the desktops. Besides that Alienware mon…

I got the first post about the new 800 mhz powerbooks! Long live the Macintosh! Give us the G5... I kevin leidecker of KevTV.COM have claimed the first post about the new 800 mhz T…