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powerbook 17 vs toshiba 17
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what are your thoughts. The toshiba is pretty cool. 64video 8x ram etc is about the same hd same. A lot less in price. Does'nt look that bad eather. What are your thoughts about it. Is apple falling behind. The mobile p4 is faster than the g4 according to barefeats.com
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I think one is a mac and the other is a PC.
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I, ASIMO.
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Originally posted by ASIMO:
I think one is a mac and the other is a PC.
And one is light and the other is heavy. Might as well make a whole new genre for those heavy laptops. Moveable compact PC or something
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Powered by a 15" alu powerbook superdrive
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I have no link to make a feature/price comparison.
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I will use my 'stock' response. Do not adjust your set;
The PC doesn't run OS X.
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This choice is what is commonly referred to as a "no-brainer". (Hint: not the PC).
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HyperNova Software, LLC
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Toshiba $2,699.00 P25-S607
Record movies or TV programs (via Microsoft Windows XP MCE); a 60GB 5400 rpm hard drive The DVD Multi drive combines the best of DVD-R/RW and DVD-RAM
Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 2.80GHz
Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center Edition
512MB PC2100 DDR SDRAM (256MB x 2)
17" diagonal Wide-Screen XGA (1440 x 900)
NVIDIA® GeForce? FX Go5200 GPU 8x w/64MB DDR memory
60GB HDD (5400 rpm)
DVD Multi (CD-R/CD-RW/DVD-R/DVD-RW)
Integrated Wi-Fi? (IEEE 802.11a/b)
Panasonic MotionDV Studio?, Microsoft® Works
4-USB (2.0) ports iLINK (IEEE 1394) port
1-FIR port SD media slot TV-Out port
10/100 Ethernet V.92/56K modemº Parallel port 4hours battery around average.
Powerbook 17 inch
1GHz PowerPC G4
512MB PC2700 DDR SDRAM
17-inch (diagonal), 1440x900 resolution, TFT widescreen
NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go 4x with 64MB of DDR SDRAM
60GB Ultra ATA/100 4200-rpm
Slot-loading SuperDrive
(DVD-R/CD-RW)
Built-in 10/100/1000BASE-T (Gigabit)
Built-in 56K V.92 modem
Built-in Bluetooth 1.1; built-in AirPort Extreme card Mac OS X v10.2 Jaguar
Apple DVI to VGA Adapter and S-Video to Composite Adapter
One FireWire 400
One FireWire 800
Two 12-Mbps USB 1.1 ports
One PC Card/CardBus slot supporting one Type I or Type II
Audio line in (minijack)
Headphone out (minijack)
Built-in stereo speakers with midrange-enhancing third speaker (12-inch model)
Two built-in stereo speakers (15-inch and 17-inch models)
Internal omnidirectional microphone
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The same factors apply to this comparison as any PC laptop vs PowerBook: the PC has better hardware but a crummy OS and software. Of course this one weighs 10 pounds and only quotes 2 hours of battery life. Doesn't even have a mobile Pentium 4... pretty crappy.
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I love your threads yoyoman! 
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I like chicken
I like liver
Meow Mix, Meow Mix
Please de-liv-er
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Laptops are notorious for breakdown and in my experience the build quality of Toshiba is the least and for Apple is the best. You get what you pay for.
aehaas
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Originally posted by yoyoman:
what are your thoughts. The toshiba is pretty cool. 64video 8x ram etc is about the same hd same. A lot less in price. Does'nt look that bad eather. What are your thoughts about it. Is apple falling behind. The mobile p4 is faster than the g4 according to barefeats.com
I saw the Toshiba at a nearby electronics store. At first I thought it was a masterpiece. I looks beautiful at first sight until I spent about 20 minutes with it and now I am even happier I bought the 17"PB.
The Toshiba appears as a TV dinner tray. The cabinetry is overly huge and it felt 2LBS heavier than the Powerbook and that was without it's huge battery.
It was way too heavy with the battery installed.
It was too uncomfortable to use on my lap so this thing is NO "Laptop", it is only made to be used on a desk so it's not good for daily portability.
YoYoMan, if you really look at the specs between the Toshiba and the Powerbook it's painfully obvious the Powerbook is much better. Aside from the MacOS vs. WinXP the Powerbook has more graphics memory and Gigabit Ethernet, Firewire 800 and not to mention that the Firewire in the Powerbook uses a full sized Firewire plug and not the minijack found on the Toshiba.
The PB's Firewire provides power to a lot of small firewire devices and the PC's iEEE1394 doesnot.
Last but not least, the Toshiba is made out of painted plastic like all PC's and it's still a PC, it's not a Mac. 
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iMac 24" 2.8 Ghz Core 2 Extreme
500GB HDD
4GB Ram
Proud new Owner!
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