I realize that some folks are sick of threads that ask "should I buy a PowerBook now or wait?"; nevertheless, if you'll bear with me, I believe I have a new tack on this topic that…

The G4 powerbook prices will drop like a rock when the G5's Powerbooks are introduced. When that is..who knows. The G4's are nice machines though...I've used several G4 powerbook…

Quote: Originally posted by selowitch: With that in mind, I'm delaying placing my order until about mid-February, when I'll finally give up waiting. So what if th…

There is at least one rumour site out there that keeps track of the release and refresh dates of Apple hardware, and so that gives a *very* approximate indication of how far it is …

I doubt that with the pretty strong sales of the current group of PowerBooks that a price drop will happen anytime soon. The only case would be if new models are introduced, then …

Quote: Originally posted by NYCFarmboy: However, the G5's even if they are downclocked somewhat will still leave the G4's in the dust. I'm not sure about this for t…

The 700 trade in deal for ti books goes untill March. I bet thats when they release the new PB's. Anyone wanna buy my 17?

Quote: Originally posted by cambro: I'm not sure about this for the vast majority of uses.... One of the principal bottlenecks in the PB (or any other portable) is the …

I think nextag.com has a chart which tracks the price of various products over time. They don't provide any sort of analysis, though

i think the new powerbooks are coming out fall of next year?

Quote: Originally Posted by Arch. The 700 trade in deal for ti books goes untill March. I bet thats when they release the new PB's. Anyone wanna buy my 17? What do you mea…

OH MY GOD someone lock this thread it's from a year and a half ago.

Hi guys, I have: Rev. C Powerbook G4 667 DVI Firewire 400 768MB RAM OSX.2 4200RPM HD I am really tired of the spinning ball everytime I use the msnbc.com website, and the sluggis…

I'd stick with a 5400 RPM drive. From what I have seen in the benchmarks, the 7200's are nowhere near as fast as their RPM speed would lead you to think they are. That said, I we…

Quote: Originally posted by SuperGroove: In terms of performance, what is the better performing solutions; an external 7200RPM HD, which maxes out at 35MB/s, or an inter…

I'm not sure you would see any increase in speed on the MSN site with a fast HD. Info from page is coming over internet, not from your drive, so fast drive wouldn't have any effec…

I have to say that in principle HD speeds should not be the bottleneck for internet surfing, word, etc. But in reality, upgrading my wife's Pismo from a 4200 to a 5400 rpm interna…

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So, what kind of tools are available for developing a GUI for a pure java cross platform application? I take it that it is not possible to use Interface Builder and nibs if it's s…

Tools? you don't really need any. I always code the gui by hand. Java's Swing and AWT classes are really easy.

If you are learning Java then I would serially advise you to learn how to hand code swing applications by hand. Just so that you understand the basics. Many people have different …

The only thing I have really written in Java was a GUI to control a robot. It would display the position on a map it created along with the ability to move the robot to point X,Y …

Take a look at Foam. It's pretty interesting.

Unfortunately I'm not as big on Swing as the other posters here. I've used JBuilder's Swing GUI builder and it's pretty decent, though you still need to fill in some code by hand …

Different look and feels space object differently and even if you lock the window with absolute positioning, you will run into problems Apple does not recommend the use of absolute…