Heyyyyy, new Powerbook, Opinions?

#1 Lord Commander Anic

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Posted 06 November 2002 - 05:22 PM

G4 titanium, 1GHz, 60G, DVDR. Hmmmmm
But is titanium passee? Is this the ultimate, or merely an interm stepping stone to next year's new model, made of an even cooler metal (113 Uut perhaps).
My bakelite G3 needs replacing...

So should I get the new powerbook or not.....

Opinions?

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Oh, so it is another bug hunt then...

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#2 FF-fanatic

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Posted 06 November 2002 - 06:11 PM

I'd get the new powerbook. Seeing that now it's at 1 GHz and that it has the great superdrive. Least that's what I would do. It's a great buy. I don't think they will come out with something too updated next year. Maybe some price drops, and speed bumps. But I'd say for the the new powerbook.

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Posted 07 November 2002 - 06:43 AM

Has anything heard anything on how feasible it is to incorporate IBM's new PowerPC chip into a notebook?

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#4 Patrick

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Posted 07 November 2002 - 05:01 PM

heres an article on the 970. dunno if it has power stuff but I'm too lazy to look and see Posted Image

[url="http://"http://arstechnica.com/cpu/02q2/ppc970/ppc970-2.html"]http://arstechnica.c...0/ppc970-2.html[/url]

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Posted 07 November 2002 - 07:32 PM

Prevent me from drooling

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#6 Beeblebrox

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Posted 11 November 2002 - 04:08 AM

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Prevent me from drooling

Here's a waste-saliva bin. Posted Image

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#7 Lord Commander Anic

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Posted 11 November 2002 - 07:01 PM

Well, its done.

One new Powerbook ordered.
I'll be Ariesing in style! Posted Image

the new IBM chip, the (soon to be) G5? Another year I'd say before it makes it to a powerbook. I think it runs slower than the G4 qt the moment...

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Oh, so it is another bug hunt then...

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#8 Beeblebrox

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Posted 11 November 2002 - 11:59 PM

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Originally posted by Lord Commander Anic:
Well, its done.

One new Powerbook ordered.
I'll be Ariesing in style!

the new IBM chip, the (soon to be) G5? Another year I'd say before it makes it to a powerbook. I think it runs slower than the G4 qt the moment...

I'm so jealous it's unhealthy!

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#9 Pallas Athene

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Posted 12 November 2002 - 03:54 PM

You ordered a PBG4? While I'm waiting to hear which model, I suppose someone should pass me that drool bin...

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#10 Lord Commander Anic

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Posted 14 November 2002 - 06:44 PM

The top of the range of course, with Super Drive, 1GB RAM... Posted Image

Heh!

I have to wait two weeks before it is available though.
I have been holding out for a superdrive PB for a few months now. A bit more RAM would have been nice though. (you can never have enough RAM Posted Image

sic)

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Oh, so it is another bug hunt then...

Oh, so it is another bug hunt then...

#11 The Journalist

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Posted 14 November 2002 - 06:46 PM

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Originally posted by Beeblebrox:
Here's a waste-saliva bin.

10q

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Posted 17 November 2002 - 09:02 PM

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10q

Clever. Disturbing, but clever.

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Posted 19 November 2002 - 06:21 AM

Nice.

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Posted 23 November 2002 - 03:12 PM

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Clever. Disturbing, but clever.

what's disturbing?

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