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I would get 12" PowerBook. TiBook has many...	1,030 Views / 12 Replies
I would get 12" PowerBook. TiBook has many outdated features and designs, such as 1 GB RAM capacity (and obsolete and harder to find PC133 kind), ATA/66 hard disk interface, no DVD-RW, no 802.11g, no...
Posted by Filburt, on Nov 7, 2005 at 09:39 PM, in Mac Notebooks

If running Aperture is important, I would wait....	4,533 Views / 53 Replies
If running Aperture is important, I would wait. Although Apple specifies "15- or 17-inch PowerBook G4 with a 1.25 GHz or faster PowerPC G4 processor" as compatible systems, one should take its...
Posted by Filburt, on Nov 3, 2005 at 03:58 PM, in Mac Notebooks

If running Aperture is important, I would wait....	4,533 Views / 53 Replies
If running Aperture is important, I would wait. Although Apple specifies "15- or 17-inch PowerBook G4 with a 1.25 GHz or faster PowerPC G4 processor" as compatible systems, one should take its...
Posted by Filburt, on Nov 3, 2005 at 03:57 PM, in Mac Notebooks

Choosing color should be a matter of personal...	2,366 Views / 33 Replies
Choosing color should be a matter of personal preference. Purely speaking from objective point of view, white is better because (1) far greater number of iPod accessories are available in white and...
Posted by Filburt, on Oct 27, 2005 at 05:33 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod

12-inch needs to catchup to 15- and 17-inch --...	914 Views / 11 Replies
12-inch needs to catchup to 15- and 17-inch -- widescreen LCD, higher RAM capacity, similarly spec'd G4 and GPU, gigabit ethernet, FireWire 800, and backlit keyboard. That said, for the price of...
Posted by Filburt, on Oct 7, 2005 at 02:41 PM, in Mac Notebooks

Since 'Books all have scrolling trackpad, that's...	10,283 Views / 103 Replies
Since 'Books all have scrolling trackpad, that's unlikely. It is possible for new Powerbooks to adopt touch sensitive button technology found on new Might Mouse, however.
Posted by Filburt, on Aug 22, 2005 at 01:53 PM, in Mac Notebooks

For PowerBook, a 2 GHz G4 would represent the...	17,085 Views / 112 Replies
For PowerBook, a 2 GHz G4 would represent the most significant CPU upgrade in a long time. Not because its clock runs 20% faster (which isn't a big deal), but other benefits this new G4 processor...
Posted by Filburt, on May 19, 2005 at 06:51 PM, in Mac Notebooks

I don't think is a trolly post. Mac OS X's weak...	793 Views / 5 Replies
I don't think is a trolly post. Mac OS X's weak Open GL support has been widely acknowledged, particularly during Doom 3 discussion. That said, there are supposedly a dozen developer-strong Apple...
Posted by Filburt, on May 7, 2005 at 03:32 PM, in macOS

According to AppleInsider...	1,385 Views / 13 Replies
According to AppleInsider (http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1058) report, upcoming 10.4.1 release will address the font issue. So perhaps your issue will be addressed.
Posted by Filburt, on May 5, 2005 at 02:02 PM, in macOS

Yeah, it's a plain Radeon 9600 with 200 MHz...	5,451 Views / 32 Replies
Yeah, it's a plain Radeon 9600 with 200 MHz memory and 325 MHz core. This thing (with 256 MB) sells for about $100 on the street and it's not really a screamer by any stretch of the imagination. I...
Posted by Filburt, on May 4, 2005 at 02:16 PM, in Mac Desktops

If you don't mind fuzzy bitmaps scaled up high,...	1,004 Views / 7 Replies
If you don't mind fuzzy bitmaps scaled up high, Tiger's new resolution independent UI can help (you will need to install Quartz Debug, part of xCode 2.0 installation. (Click the following to see...
Posted by Filburt, on May 3, 2005 at 04:57 PM, in Mac Notebooks

My setup looked terrible out of the box as well....	1,385 Views / 13 Replies
My setup looked terrible out of the box as well. After making sure font smoothing is set to automatic, calibrate your display (System Preferences \| Displays). Just to be safe, reboot or logout/login...
Posted by Filburt, on May 3, 2005 at 04:47 PM, in macOS

Huh? How do you get that from this? It...	1,813 Views / 33 Replies
Huh? How do you get that from this? It says, "[PowerBook] may have a wide-screen display that has native resolution of..." As for bundling 23" display along with 17" PowerBook, that won't happen...
Posted by Filburt, on Apr 4, 2005 at 01:18 PM, in Mac Notebooks

Let's just call a spade a spade. PowerBook G4 is...	1,960 Views / 26 Replies
Let's just call a spade a spade. PowerBook G4 is not a speed demon. Anybody who thinks G4 on PowerBook can perform as well as comparably equipped Centrino notebook is deluding him/herself. It may be...
Posted by Filburt, on Mar 29, 2005 at 07:47 PM, in Mac Notebooks

:hmm: Mac mini (the cheapest Mac on the...	1,714 Views / 8 Replies
:hmm: Mac mini (the cheapest Mac on the planet) offering a good deal of performance of much more expensive PowerBook G4 is a good news for PowerBook G4? While I do realize that PowerBook being...
Posted by Filburt, on Jan 24, 2005 at 08:30 PM, in Mac Notebooks

Re: Re: Re: I Love My New Printer	728 Views / 4 Replies
I have the LaserJet 1160 as well (posted a review on Amazon, in fact). Although I love it too, I am not sure about it being a good value. It costs $100 or more than competitors. That said, I have...
Posted by Filburt, on Dec 27, 2004 at 05:21 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

While G5 does not perform that much better than...	1,928 Views / 33 Replies
While G5 does not perform that much better than G4 clock-per-clock under Mac OS X 10.3, with 10.4, it is quite a bit improved. Many functions have been optimized/recompiled for G5. The situation is a...
Posted by Filburt, on Dec 11, 2004 at 05:11 AM, in Mac Notebooks

HP's AC adapter is not that heavy -- not much...	1,495 Views / 18 Replies
HP's AC adapter is not that heavy -- not much more than Apple's own, if at that. We are not talking about that heavy of a 'book here, especially considering its 15.4-inch screen. Granted, Apple and...
Posted by Filburt, on Dec 11, 2004 at 04:57 AM, in Mac Notebooks

Yes, my girlfriend owns the 15-inch model. The...	1,495 Views / 18 Replies
Yes, my girlfriend owns the 15-inch model. The 15-inch model (zt3000) weighs about 6.5 lbs and 14-inch model (dv1000) weighs 5.3 bs. In practice, an extra 0.8 lbs is not going to make that much of a...
Posted by Filburt, on Dec 10, 2004 at 07:25 PM, in Mac Notebooks

PowerBook revision is long overdue. It has been...	1,928 Views / 33 Replies
PowerBook revision is long overdue. It has been 234 days since it was last revised. The latest January San Francisco MacWorld rumor mill points to revised eMac and PowerBook. Redesigned eMac with...
Posted by Filburt, on Dec 9, 2004 at 05:27 PM, in Mac Notebooks

I won't argue that Sony makes considerably...	1,495 Views / 18 Replies
I won't argue that Sony makes considerably slicker and more luggable notebooks, but HP is considerably cheaper. And it's really not that big and bad looking in person, at least for running Windows...
Posted by Filburt, on Dec 9, 2004 at 05:23 PM, in Mac Notebooks

HP has steadily improved its notebooks, to a...	1,495 Views / 18 Replies
HP has steadily improved its notebooks, to a point where I wouldn't hesitate recommending them (if you need to run Windows). Of course, they are nowhere as slick nor refined as Apple, but they are...
Posted by Filburt, on Dec 9, 2004 at 01:56 AM, in Mac Notebooks

As JKT said, PowerBook G4s are approaching EOL...	5,469 Views / 52 Replies
As JKT said, PowerBook G4s are approaching EOL (end of lifecycle), much like Power Mac G4s few years ago. Like Power Mac G4s, Apple is holding off certain innovations (e.g., higher resolution LCD,...
Posted by Filburt, on Dec 7, 2004 at 04:35 PM, in Mac Notebooks

I would be very surprised if iPhone, at least in...	722 Views / 2 Replies
I would be very surprised if iPhone, at least in hardware form factor, surfaces within the next few years. VoIP-enabled iChat, on the other hand, will likely happen. That said, Apple is testing...
Posted by Filburt, on Dec 1, 2004 at 08:06 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

I bought it about a month ago. I am not using it...	541 Views / 1 Replies
I bought it about a month ago. I am not using it under Mac OS 9 though (but it does come with an appropriate driver). It works great in Mac OS X 10.3.6 (my printer is connected to AirPort Extreme...
Posted by Filburt, on Dec 1, 2004 at 01:36 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

In addition to existing features... ...	9,808 Views / 89 Replies
In addition to existing features... Processor and Memory: - Mobile G5 or dual-core G4 with appropriate clock speed, L2, and FSB - 3 SO-DIMM slots on 17" Storage: - SATA 2.5" hard disk with...
Posted by Filburt, on Nov 30, 2004 at 07:41 PM, in Mac Notebooks

Re: G5 Powerbook... June 2005?	4,496 Views / 14 Replies
By June 2005, PowerBooks should use one of the followings: Freescale 7448: 90-nm G4 that consumes less than 10W at 1.4 GHz (existing 7447A G4 consumes 21W or more at 1.4 GHz) and has 200 MHz FSB...
Posted by Filburt, on Nov 16, 2004 at 07:01 PM, in Mac Notebooks

Which one are you: Your eyes cannot see...	2,101 Views / 46 Replies
Which one are you: Your eyes cannot see much beyond 100 DPI. Therefore, you believe no one should be allowed to use high resolution screen. Your eyes can see 200 DPI and you think small fonts...
Posted by Filburt, on Nov 16, 2004 at 06:07 PM, in Mac Notebooks

Don't get Samsung. While Samsung printers...	874 Views / 7 Replies
Don't get Samsung. While Samsung printers represent outstanding value, Samsung has discontinued support for Mac OS X completely. Although HP costs more, you can't go wrong with LaserJets....
Posted by Filburt, on Nov 10, 2004 at 04:41 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

In terms of beauty, the PowerBook is in a class...	10,641 Views / 103 Replies
In terms of beauty, the PowerBook is in a class of its own. Although some Sony and HP models are quite presentable, there's a big gap between even the best looking Wintel notebooks to PowerBook. Take...
Posted by Filburt, on Sep 30, 2004 at 08:19 PM, in Mac Notebooks

If you can wait, wait. If you can't, don't. :P	903 Views / 10 Replies
If you can wait, wait. If you can't, don't. :P
Posted by Filburt, on Sep 26, 2004 at 07:18 PM, in Mac Notebooks

Firmware is basically ROM BIOS. For optical...	809 Views / 3 Replies
Firmware is basically ROM BIOS. For optical drives, it is an embedded software that operates that controls and operates the optical drive transport and translate into signals your computer can...
Posted by Filburt, on Sep 25, 2004 at 10:22 PM, in Mac Notebooks

Elgato's EyeTV 500...	769 Views / 3 Replies
Elgato's EyeTV 500 (http://www.elgato.com/index.php?file=products_eyetv500) is the only Mac-specific FireWire HDTV receiver that I am aware of. I don't think your PowerBook is fast enough for it...
Posted by Filburt, on Sep 25, 2004 at 10:18 PM, in Mac Notebooks

Region-free firmware for the latest PowerBook G4s...	809 Views / 3 Replies
Region-free firmware for the latest PowerBook G4s are not yet available. Don't despair though. Visit Mac DVD Resource (http://www.wormintheapple.gr/macdvd/download2.html) page occassionally. It...
Posted by Filburt, on Sep 23, 2004 at 08:58 PM, in Mac Notebooks

Very true and good observation. However, iMac G5s...	1,573 Views / 18 Replies
Very true and good observation. However, iMac G5s are significantly cheaper than PowerBook G4s and aside from GPU, they perform faster. PowerBook G4s rank poor in cost-to-performance ratio.
Posted by Filburt, on Sep 23, 2004 at 01:30 PM, in Mac Notebooks

The existing PowerBook G4s are significantly...	1,573 Views / 18 Replies
The existing PowerBook G4s are significantly slower than Pentium-M notebooks. Although slower front-side bus speed is one of the factors, it is one of many reasons. Most significantly, Pentium-M CPUs...
Posted by Filburt, on Sep 20, 2004 at 05:15 PM, in Mac Notebooks

Unless you own Bose speakers already, don't...	1,787 Views / 38 Replies
Unless you own Bose speakers already, don't bother. Bose speakers are among the worst speakers for the money. Among not so expensive 2.1-ch speakers, I favor Altec Lansing MX5021. Not perfect and...
Posted by Filburt, on Sep 16, 2004 at 09:01 PM, in Mac Notebooks

Unless you are really short on space, do not get...	1,787 Views / 38 Replies
Unless you are really short on space, do not get the all-in-one printer, particularly from HP. Many all-in-one printers don't work well with Mac OS X, particularly if you are planning on hooking it...
Posted by Filburt, on Sep 16, 2004 at 04:18 PM, in Mac Notebooks

Re: Re: PowerBooks are dogs	10,641 Views / 103 Replies
I wasn't trying to say PowerBooks are good for only basic tasks. I was just responding to common defense PowerBook zealots use to defend its yesterday performance ("Why do you need such power? It's...
Posted by Filburt, on Sep 15, 2004 at 01:55 PM, in Mac Notebooks

PowerBooks are dogs	10,641 Views / 103 Replies
It's sad to see people forgiving PowerBook's yesterday performance with phrases like "PowerBooks are plenty fast for web browsing, word processing, etc." Although PowerBooks are beautiful and...
Posted by Filburt, on Sep 14, 2004 at 08:46 PM, in Mac Notebooks

Re: What is the DPI of PowerBook screens?	654 Views / 2 Replies
12-inch iBook (12.1" viewable image size): 105.8 DPI 14-inch iBook (14.1" viewable image size): 90.8 DPI eMac (16" viewable image size): 100 DPI 17-inch iMac: 99.9 DPI 20-inch iMac: 99.1 DPI...
Posted by Filburt, on Sep 10, 2004 at 11:04 PM, in Mac Notebooks

I have an aging (and cosmetically worn out)...	5,957 Views / 51 Replies
I have an aging (and cosmetically worn out) 15-inch PowerBook G4 667 MHz (with combo drive). My must have items: - Higher resolution LCD, either standard or built-to-order option (if Tiger...
Posted by Filburt, on Sep 10, 2004 at 04:00 PM, in Mac Notebooks

With AirPort, it can be. I have HP LaserJet 1300...	1,122 Views / 13 Replies
With AirPort, it can be. I have HP LaserJet 1300 (not the network model) hooked up to AirPort Extreme Base Station's USB port (AirPort Express should also work). Both Windows XP and Mac OS X clients...
Posted by Filburt, on Sep 8, 2004 at 05:29 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

Speaking as a TiBook owner.... Should be...	4,994 Views / 86 Replies
Speaking as a TiBook owner.... Should be much faster for the price (I will wait for the PowerBook friendly G5) Low resolution display... OS X should support DPI as well (I will wait for...
Posted by Filburt, on Aug 4, 2003 at 08:44 PM, in Mac Notebooks

Poll: Please explain what you mean by UI bloat. You...	6,365 Views / 153 Replies
Please explain what you mean by UI bloat. You won't know what tab is in Chimera unless you start opening new tabs using Command-Tab or via menu (total of 4 menu items are in reference to tab).
Posted by Filburt, on Jan 13, 2003 at 08:28 PM, in macOS

Not to spoil the party, but I've evaluated T68i...	1,463 Views / 17 Replies
Not to spoil the party, but I've evaluated T68i about a month ago and was really disappointed (on trial for a week from AT&T Wireless). First of all, let me start with the positives. I really dig...
Posted by Filburt, on Dec 9, 2002 at 08:27 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

I am aware of that, but I shouldn't have to. ...	992 Views / 24 Replies
I am aware of that, but I shouldn't have to. I really hope moderating members of MacNN QA the forum with Chimera, which is quickly becoming very popular among Mac users.
Posted by Filburt, on Dec 9, 2002 at 07:39 PM, in Feedback

To keep my OS X installation as pure as possible,...	729 Views / 7 Replies
To keep my OS X installation as pure as possible, I've installed 9.2.2 on my iPod. Its root contents via 'ls -a' (minus iPod related files): Applications (Mac OS 9) Cleanup At Startup ...
Posted by Filburt, on Dec 3, 2002 at 02:55 PM, in macOS

Chimera	992 Views / 24 Replies
The font size is altogether too small for Chimera 0.6 (and Mozilla) as well. I must select View \| Bigger Text to make things legible. Otherwise, I quickly get a headache squinting my eyes. Please...
Posted by Filburt, on Dec 3, 2002 at 12:34 AM, in Feedback

I would check the contents /var/vm directory...	1,113 Views / 14 Replies
I would check the contents /var/vm directory before shelling out money for more memory. If you consistently have 2 or more swap files (1 is the normal minimum), then adding more memory would help....
Posted by Filburt, on Sep 18, 2002 at 12:03 PM, in Mac Notebooks

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