Re: G5 absolutism. None of us are saying we have inside information and know for sure that there will never be a G5 powerbook (if we did, we'd be writing thinksecret columns :-). W…

Quote: Originally Posted by Randman Peace. Till 6 months from now and one of us can laugh at the other's stance. ;p Randman, I'm sorry, can't you read? Nowhere in any of th…

I'm in a bit of a mess right now. I've been on the prowl for a good used 12" Powerbook G4 just in case I couldn't afford or didn't want a new 12" iBook - and I found one. Here are…

No, the difference wouldn't be that noticable between 1ghz and 1.33ghz but I don't really understand your issue. If the difference in price is slim, why not go for the fastest comp…

An easy choice. Buy the new iBook. The used PB is almost three years old and you don't really know what it's been through. With the iBook, you get one year free warranty if things …

Thanks for the help. I guess I've always been drawn to Powerbooks due to their sleek, aluminum casing. I can't help myself sometimes. iBook it is!

Quote: Originally Posted by alimunnik An easy choice. Buy the new iBook. The used PB is almost three years old and you don't really know what it's been through. With the iBook, …

Quote: Originally Posted by volcano -the Powerbook is not covered by Applecare. -Which one would you choose? -my main purpose for the laptop is for all my term papers, essa…

Quote: Originally Posted by volcano Thanks for the help. I guess I've always been drawn to Powerbooks due to their sleek, aluminum casing. I can't help myself sometimes. iBook i…

i agree...unless youre looking at running an external display with all 32mb of VRAM dedicated to the external or want mini DVI...go with the iBook.

plus, go for the free ipod and printer - sell them on ebay if you don't need them and save a couple hundred bucks.

Would the 12" be better than the 14" since the 14 has the same resolution as the 12". Doesn't that mean that the 14" screen just "blows" up the 12 in screen. Thanks

Quote: Originally Posted by JMan09 Would the 12" be better than the 14" since the 14 has the same resolution as the 12". Doesn't that mean that the 14" screen just "blows" up t…

Can I connect things like USB pen drives to the newest version of iPods and transfer files back and forth between them? If so, how fast is that, relative to transfering between iP…

No. -t

Font book says the font is fine... it prints fine, I can generate PDFs that seem fine... there doesn't seem to be any issues... BUT... I get a quark error message saying they may …

Quote: Originally Posted by production_coordinator Font book says the font is fine... it prints fine, I can generate PDFs that seem fine... there doesn't seem to be any issues..…

Dont be worried. This is just (yet another) bug in XPress 6. Download the Badia FontAlertSilencer XTension (free) - that will shut it the hell up.

Quote: Originally Posted by siMac Dont be worried. This is just (yet another) bug in XPress 6. Download the Badia FontAlertSilencer XTension (free) - that will shut it the hell…

These are our initial milestones for the SETI@home (BOINC) project. The Milestones have been cloned from Predictor, on the theory that all BOINC projects will give much the same cr…

September 7, 2005, Milestones for the previous 7 days *Passed the 10 K milestone (1) . . DennisM *Passed the 100 K milestone (1) . . Knightrider

September 14, 2005, Milestones for the previous 7 days *Passed the 5 K milestone (2) . . William . . Scott Johnson *Passed the 25 K milestone (1) . . Yoshi

September 21, 2005, Milestones for the previous 7 days *Passed the 5 K milestone (2) . . amigoivo . . alexstabilini *Passed the 10 K milestone (3) . . William . . Philip D. Wasso…

September 28, 2005, Milestones for the previous 7 days *Passed the 5 K milestone (2) . . CWasko . . JudyM *Passed the 10 K milestone (5) . . alexstabilini . . CWasko . . amigoivo…

October 5, 2005, Milestones for the previous 7 days *Passed the 5 K milestone (4) . . markarntson . . Fourthman . . Cash . . Stuart *Passed the 10 K milestone (1) . . Brett *Pas…