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Any significant reason to opt for Rev B 17" instead of a great deal on a Rev A 17"?
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Join Date: Mar 2003
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I have the opportunity to buy a Rev A 17" at a pretty darn good price, still new in box. I know what the specs are of the two machines, I'm just curious if anybody has real world experience with the two, and if so have you noted any significant differences in day to day operation. Is the Rev B model noticeably faster? Is the video card that much better?
Also, are there any Rev A bugs that I should be on the lookout for?
Any input would be appreciated.
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Join Date: Jan 2004
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No real world experience with both, but I have a RevA and it's just great. If you plan to do a bunch of heavy-duty gaming, the 9600 on the RevB is very fast.
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Join Date: Oct 1999
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I believe other than Speed the only other difference with the rev A and rev B is the video card.
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"Evil is Powerless If the Good are Unafraid." -Ronald Reagan
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Join Date: Nov 2002
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Don't forget USB2 and 2X DVD burns, although the latter can be hacked on rev A Powerbooks.
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Happily using a Mac since '89
MacPortable: 16Mhz 1meg/40meg System 6.0.8 - 16lbs Yeah baby!
Powerbook 17" 1.33Ghz 2GB/100GB 8x Superdrive
Powerbook 12" 867Mhz 1.125GB/80GB 2xDVD-R RPC1
MacbookPro 17" 2.33Ghz
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Senior User
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: London, England
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The rev A will be left in the dust when the G5 powerbooks come out. If you get the rev B, you won't feel quite so bad 
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LC 16Mhz • LC 475 25Mhz • Centris 650 25Mhz • Performa 6200/75Mhz • G3 266Mhz • Snow iMac DVSE 500Mhz
G4 QS 733Mhz • 17" Powerbook 1.33Ghz • 15" MacBook Pro Core Duo 2.16Ghz • Mac Pro 8-Core 3.0 Ghz
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: texas
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I own a rev a 17 and it works good for me. im happy with it. my brother has a rev b, weve tried doing similar task on them with the same file no significant diffrence..
(maybee a bit of speed) very little, i keep it nice and clean so speed is good, o and by clean i mean religiosly do system back ups and dont keep large files or clutter :> 
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