hey guys I got my itrip LCD today from a UK Store!!!(Amazing as we always seem to be last with everything) was so surprised as the pre order date was for in two weeks time they mu…

Quote: Originally Posted by mdc has anyone used one and compared it to the regular itrip? Sounds like mixed reviews here. Haven't used the regular one, but my friend has the…

I had bought an iTrip when i bought my 3rd gen iPod when they first came out and that iTrip was absolutely horrible. The quality was subpar to even normal FM radio. My father bough…

I need some information regarding audio encoding. When I purchase a song from iTunes, it has been encoded with 128 AAC. If I want to burn it to CD, it gets encoded as an AIFF Fil…

The AIFF file format is NOT compressed, while AAC files ARE compressed. Make sense?

I'm moving to Japan later in the year to live for 6 months or so, thought it would be good time to get a new powerbook as I'm pretty sure they'd be cheaper there than here (I'm in …

One important note, the Japanese PowerBook might have different keyboard layout to cater the Japanese market. (I remember I saw the different keyboard layout when I was in Japan l…

Damn man, you sound just like me 5 months ago. I'm off to Japan early next month and first chance I get, i'm heading to either Ginza or Shibuya to pick myself up a PowerBook. Fir…

RE: Bilingual keyboards. Case comparison. I purchased my 12" G4 Powerbook in South Korea. It has both English and Hangul (Korean) characters without any layout differences (the …

Not much difference. If you need an english layout keybroad and a cheap pb, why not go to Japan via HongKong? All I can say is that the computers in Hongkong are much more chea…

Regarding the keyboard: You can type in any language you want regardless of what type of keyboard layout you have. All you need to do for that is to enable/disable languages in th…

>> I don't know whether you've ever tried to type anything in Korean on a keyboard, but they use the exact same *layout* as a standard US keyboard.<< Read my posting a…

I bought all of my PowerBooks in Tokyo, and they were several times more expensive (my PB 170 was 4 x the U.S. price after currency conversion) than in North America, but Apple has…

Well, when you compare i.e. the price for a 12" PB (Superdrive) on Apple Store Australia (2749$; around 233000 Yen) and on Apple Store Japan (199290 Yen), it's way cheaper to buy …

Hey, I was just in Japan, at the Ginza store, the guy there said it is no problem to swap the keyboard out on a notebook for an english only one if you wanted.

Quote: Originally Posted by B Gallagher Regarding the keyboard: David Copperfield - why the ? on your last sentence? Typo? Anyways, you can easily get an English layout keyboa…

Quote: Originally Posted by hapachris Well, when you compare i.e. the price for a 12" PB (Superdrive) on Apple Store Australia (2749$; around 233000 Yen) and on Apple Store Jap…

thanks everyone, thats some useful info - didn't mean to start WW3 tho! I'm going on a working holiday visa, hopefully to work in graphics but my nihongo is a dogs breakfast so…

Quote: Originally Posted by david_copperfield Not much difference. If you need an english layout keybroad and a cheap pb, why not go to Japan via HongKong? All I can say is …

Quote: Originally Posted by yugyug does anybody know if the powerbook dvd drives are still region locked or specific? The drive on the PB will come, out of the box, region-l…

Quote: Originally Posted by Ulrich Kinbote RE: Bilingual keyboards. Case comparison. I purchased my 12" G4 Powerbook in South Korea. It has both English and Hangul (Korean) c…

This is what I was referring to, notice the keys around "Return" key are different from the US keyboard layout. Also, the spacebar is shorter as well

Quote: The drive on the PB will come, out of the box, region-locked (RPC2). In order to make it region-free, you have to somehow flash the firmware (making it RPC1). How…

Here's a comparison of PB prices (non-educational) in HK and Japan. 12" ComboDriveJapan - ￥178,290 (USD 1,600.44)Hong Kong - $11,900 (USD 1,533.25) 12" SuperDriveJapan - ￥199,290 …

Quote: Originally Posted by crazeazn is there a way to obtain this keyboard without going to korea? my apple store in the US cannot seem to obtain the bloody thing for me. =( an…