It would certainly be VERY cool if someone could get the ATI Mobility 128's DVD decoding to work. Hardware decoding enables you go watch a DVD in the background or in a little win…

Actually, from what I understand, Apple does use some of the chip's hardware. Just from looking at it on my Pismo, I would venture to say it does hardware scaling (because when you…

Quote: Originally posted by tooki: I agree that ATI should write a DVD player for the Mac, seeing as how Apple refuses to make the effort... And herein lies the one…

from the ATI RAGE 128 FAQ: Q13: Do the new RAGE 128 based Macintosh boards support DVD/Mpeg-2 acceleration? A13: While the RAGE 128 chip can "power" software DVD playback, for it…

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 have a PowerBook 3400c/200MHZ/603e/80M B/2.1GB, using Mac OS 8.1. A few days ago I tried to change the desktop picture. Somehow I don't know what happen, now I couldn't chan…

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…

How is it? I think the savings from the 800 model is worth getting the 667, and I doubt the speed is all that noticeable.... Please post thoughts. Thanks!

I very much agree with you, and it has been said that the new PB 667Mhz is 60% faster then the old 667Mhz, it seems to also run cooler, they are both great machines! Congrats Appl…

Must agree with previous post. It'll still be awhile before I buy, but the shop that I work for has one on display and I played around for a bit on it throughout today. The speed…

There is a $700 price difference between the two; is it really worth it? My mind is settling more toward the 667, especially since I can transfer my 48 gig 5400 RPM hard drive from…

Quote: Originally posted by urrl5201: <STRONG>There is a $700 price difference between the two; is it really worth it? My mind is settling more toward the 667, esp…

Is there some reason you can't install the 48 gig drive into the 800? I was considering ordering a custom 800 w/ the 30 gig drive, swapping it and the 48 in my Ti 500, and selling…