Quote: Originally posted by Chris Allbritton: <STRONG>I'm not sure why everyone is so hepped up over clock speed. hell, most software doesn't even take advantage o…

I really hope that Apple has a huge TiBook update....this Alienware laptop is very temping...

Quote: Originally posted by KellyHogan: <STRONG>Those Alienware machines look FANtastic. True hardcore gaming machines capable of doing anything else thrown at the…

Quote: Originally posted by Spheric Harlot: <STRONG> "SADLY"!? WTF!? Thank God! Apple is in the LAPTOP business. That machine is a portable computer. Big differ…

Quote: Originally posted by maffioso: <STRONG>And that market being what? Apple charges a premium for sub par technology if you call that a market, then Apple has …

Quote: I didn't mention the MHz Myth. 667 MHz is not comparable to 2.4GHz. However, if you're going to compare like hardware, you do have to compare desktop hardware to…

Quote: Originally posted by maffioso: <STRONG>When is a G4 processor a mobile processor? When its in a laptop, so the entire idea of comparing laptop hardware to d…

Quote: Originally posted by maffioso: <STRONG>If you can honestly tell me that in its current form a PB is worth $2800 then you have way too much money.</STRONG…

By taking the Alienware comp down to a 1.8ghz P4, the price drops to $2384. Mac or not, that is a good deal. However, I am loyal to Apple. I just hope that they can boost the TiBoo…

...oops... http://www.sagernotebook.com/index.html There goes another one at $1995. Somebody SLAP me... ...yikes... http://www.eurocom.ca/ Remember; I must wait for the new v…

Quote: Originally posted by Spheric Harlot: <STRONG> You link to that Toshiba laptop. Nice machine. Cheaper than a tiBook. Also lower-specced. Need FireWire? Whoo…

Thats awesome! It can have 2 cd-drives in there at once. But it too has an ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 64MB DDR . I sure hope that the next Tibook revision comes with the 64mb versio…

My Dell Pentium90 laptop also had the ability to change batteries on-the-fly - back in 1995...and so does every laptop made since then. Also, if you close the lid on ANY laptop ma…

Quote: It is also a quite well-known fact that the lower-specced Powerbook ($2000) is a better deal, price/performance-wise. This has been the case at least since the…

The only real bummer is that it weighs about 10 lbs; twice the weight of my little lovely Ti. http://homepage.mac.com/bhardy3/PhotoAlbum3.html [ 04-19-2002: Message edited by: urr…

Quote: Originally posted by urrl5201: <STRONG>The only real bummer is that it weighs about 10 lbs; twice the weight of my little lovely Ti. http://homepage.mac.com…

Hey, you're not supposed to talk me into buying one! I'm calling the MacHead Police on you!

VERY VERY VERY UNLIKELY: Powerbook Ti 1Ghz 400Mhz FSB 512MB DDR ATI RADEON 7500 64MB 60GB Harddrive Superdrive(removable) so an extra battery can be added! Bluetooth Increased sc…

Quote: Originally posted by maffioso: <STRONG> Well take a look at these figures it may interest you... Powerbook: 550Mhz G4 100Mhz FSB 256MB SDRAM 20GB Harddri…

Wow, I never get tired of reading threads like these. On one side we have the guy who says Apple's hardware is a ripoff (even if it is roundly praised by every tech publication an…

Quote: Originally posted by maffioso: <STRONG>How much would you pay for my dream PB? Any extra suggestions?</STRONG> I'd pay double the price of t…

I think I'll sit on my 500 Mhz Ti another year at least, simply because it does the job (video editing, DVD, etc) well. I do plan to take the chipped paint off of the metal hinge e…

My 500 Mhz Tibook does the job just fine. I can email, surf, write, edit sound, update my website, retouch photo's do some lightweight video. Never a problem. Ofcourse it would be…

I've got a laptop with 2 optical drives- It's very handy. You can install 2 things at once, etc...

Quote: Originally posted by urrl5201: <STRONG>I do plan to take the chipped paint off of the metal hinge ends with paint remover. The Titanium underneath looks fan…