I cannot wait to get my Pismo/400. BTW, if anyone wants to buy my WallStreet DVD Video Kit, all with original boxes and documentation (and about 5 more months of warranty left), I…

Hi all, Well I rented "The fifth element" DVD this weekend and it really made me friend again with my 500MHz powerbook. The movie was great, the quality of playback was increadibl…

Don't forget to get Keyspan's Digital Media Remote so that you can control the DVD from your couch!

I just wanted to note that just the 'jaggies' problem mentioned might still be that particular DVD, and not the player -- even if it plays fine on a PC or standalone. Not all deco…

Quote: Originally posted by mjansens: Boy would I like to have all this process done in one click (or even a player option ;-) )... You can, to a certain extent: …

To clear up a couple of things: I know what you are getting at with the "jagged lines that don't match up". It is also called the blind effect and it happens on more than just App…

I started to check out the Powerbook Forum, and here is a screen capture of what I was looking at. Something is just plain wrong. http://www.ece.concordia.ca/~s_donova/pbforum.tif…

That's sick! Not to mention very annoying...

Hi, I'm UNIX user turned MAC about a year ago because of the UNIX underlayer of OS X. I bought the new ibook when it came out. I couldn't stand the horrible speed. Then I change…

I've found I have the same problem with my 550 Tibook. OS X is still slow, but from what I hear Apple will be addressing many speed issues soon. My friend has a Dual 450 G4, and …

I'm using a Pismo 500Mhz with 384Mb of RAM. OSX is very zippy on my machine and much faster than a friends Ti 550Mhz PB with less RAM installed. OSX eats RAM and you get a vast imp…

FWIW, my new PowerBook G4 800 seems faster than my flat-panel iMac 800. I don't think that's a surprise, but it's just my observation.

Quote: Originally posted by jwtseng: <STRONG>FWIW, my new PowerBook G4 800 seems faster than my flat-panel iMac 800. I don't think that's a surprise, but it's jus…

Quote: Originally posted by DNA man: <STRONG> Do they use the same G4 chip and have the same cache levels? I haven't seen the new G4 PB yet but I was more than h…

Quote: Originally posted by jwtseng: <STRONG>FWIW, my new PowerBook G4 800 seems faster than my flat-panel iMac 800. I don't think that's a surprise, but it's jus…

Quote: Originally posted by DNA man: <STRONG> Do they use the same G4 chip and have the same cache levels? I haven't seen the new G4 PB yet but I was more than h…

Quote: Originally posted by skyman: <STRONG>Higher temp slows performance.</STRONG> Only computers with intelligent CPU temperature scaling are im…

Another thing that affects the TiBook's speed is the Hard Drive. Below 48 gig HD's run at 4200 rpm. while the 48 gig and higher runs at 5400 rpm. The average desktop HD runs at 720…

Dual-processor machines run OS X extremely well. I can't say the same for single-processor machines like the iMac.

I think it can be summed up in the fact that the iMac is a consumer machine, and the PB is a professional. The specs reflect this ie, FSB 100 to 133, L3 Cache and the video card, t…

The HD in my Ti/500 has been getting progressively louder since I bought it. It seems to have peaked at a noise level that is just short of unbearable- it's only fractionally quiet…

I had the same problem, it was the hard drive. Bought a new 40GB IBM drive and it's much quieter now! The drive is available at GoogleGear for about $145 now. [ 05-05-2002: Mess…

I bought a new Travelstar 30GB (~$120, 3-4 months ago) from www.newegg.com, they have great prices and a great tracking system. Make sure to buy the GN IBM series, those are the…

my Ti500 drive (travelstar 30gt) is pretty loud now also. i just started shopping around for a replacement drive. the IBM GN and GH series both have the fluid dynamic stuff and o…

Most hard drives I've used have gradually gotten louder with time, except for the fluid-bearing IBM Travelstars. I've had a 48GB installed since late last summer, and it's still p…