My ebay mac buying advice: Only bid on items you can pick up in person and inspect first. I live in NYC and purchased 2 macs this way, a orange ibook and a green imac. Both were…

Beware of people with good histories. Some people buy hundreds of $1.00 stuff to gain enoprmously good records, and then "cash-in" on a huge score like a laptop or such.

Quote: Originally posted by Dr Reducto: Beware of people with good histories. Some people buy hundreds of $1.00 stuff to gain enoprmously good records, and then "cash-i…

Quote: Originally posted by siflippant: I'm travelling to the USA at the end of January '04 and was hoping to take my Ti800 along for the ride. On my last trip out there…

I agree with riverfreak 100%. Just some added tips from someone who travels too much of late ..... 1. Wear tennis shoes (sneakers) on the plane, they rarely ask you to take them…

Thanks for the advice guys! Much appreciated

Whether you'll have to take the laptop out of the bag or not really depends on the screener and the airport. I've been to places where they let me send it through while it was in …

Quote: Originally posted by docholiday: Alright, here's the thing: I have a 15" Albook with Panther and the Battery Update installed and... - I just got a new battery f…

Agree w/ Stradlater ^_^

Thanks for the quick reply. One more question: Wouldn't the fact that the new panther doesn't have the battery update affect the battery somehow?

That's why we suggest you install the new battery (in 2nd step) before reinstalling Panther. When you insert the new battery, your system will update the firmware in the batter. …

No. Once you install Panther, just run Software Update and let it install everything. The battery update will update any battery ever inserted. tooki

it seems you can get an Apple Refurb cheaper than this -- is it brand new?

2nd reaction: spend a bit more $$ and get a new 15"

Quote: Originally posted by vancenase: 2nd reaction: spend a bit more $$ and get a new 15" I might indeed be inclined to agree. But after I buy extra RAM, Panther…

find a friend in education ... base 15" starts at 1,799.00 w/ edu discount ...

Quote: Originally posted by vancenase: find a friend in education ... base 15" starts at 1,799.00 w/ edu discount ... Yeah, either that or go with a used one. …

Quote: Originally posted by selowitch: http://www.compubizusa.com/m8858lla.html I'm attracted to this model at that price b/c it has DVI out and a decent (though not bl…

Steer clear of this computer, for another 150 you can get a powerbook off an edu discount, or find an apple refurb with a better processor. Their bizrate ratings are not great, a …

Quote: Originally posted by macross: At that price no, find a friend with a student discount and ask him/her to get you a pb. Around that price i can get a new 15" pb w…

your sister should be able to walk into an apple store, if you like, say "i'd like one of these" ... then show proof of affiliation. actually, all i had to do was give the zip cod…

It is very hard to describe the performance trade off based on cache. I can tell you this is entirely upto the progams you used. L2 cache are on-die, which means the interconne…

From what I have heard L2 is much faster than L3, so you go for a higher l2 count. There is good discussion on this over at tomshardware.com.

Quote: Originally posted by selowitch: It seems as though some earlier PowerBooks had 1MB of L3 cache, whereas the newer ones have only 256k of L2. What's better? Are th…

Just thought I'd mention that the same program totally smokes anything else I've seen on a Power Mac G4 with dual 1.42GHz chips - 2MB L3 cache per chip. Unfortunately, I haven't ha…