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hm.. "customer service"? what do you mean with... 1,426 Views / 13 Replies  
hm.. "customer service"? what do you mean with "customer service"? waiting three weeks for a repair and afterwards waiting again three weeks for another repair and again? apple has the worst customer...
Posted by spotze23, on Oct 20, 2004 at 12:44 PM, in Mac Notebooks
i hope it will be not as slow as 10.2 on a g3... 9,074 Views / 78 Replies  
i hope it will be not as slow as 10.2 on a g3 powerbook. i had to turn off shadows and antialiasing in order to work with it.

i want to buy one because i sold my powerbook.
Posted by spotze23, on Oct 19, 2004 at 08:58 AM, in Mac Notebooks
no. it has not the required system to run "core... 9,074 Views / 78 Replies  
no. it has not the required system to run "core image"
http://www.apple.com/macosx/tiger/core.html
(bottom right)
Posted by spotze23, on Oct 19, 2004 at 08:50 AM, in Mac Notebooks
what about the gpu? is it 10.4 compatible? 9,074 Views / 78 Replies  
what about the gpu? is it 10.4 compatible?
Posted by spotze23, on Oct 19, 2004 at 08:42 AM, in Mac Notebooks
i think it is the cpu. there were threads about... 886 Views / 14 Replies  
i think it is the cpu. there were threads about this "sizzle" noise. perhaps its the same. my powerbook has the same annoying ticking. it comes up when i use any quicktime or java application.
...
Posted by spotze23, on Sep 29, 2004 at 03:54 AM, in Mac Notebooks
mine has this oilish rainbow colors, too. its... 1,648 Views / 15 Replies  
mine has this oilish rainbow colors, too. its annoying. i think about to get a replacement. i really want a product without even minor defects for this price.
Posted by spotze23, on Jul 29, 2004 at 07:42 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
finder produces strange noise 426 Views / 0 Replies  
hi

my finder produces a strange noise on my powerbook 15 ai. before this noise there was just the ordinary sizzling when using safari, quicktime or eclipse. i sent it in because of the whitespots,...
Posted by spotze23, on Mar 30, 2004 at 04:45 AM, in Mac Notebooks
thanks for your replies. the technical service at... 844 Views / 4 Replies  
thanks for your replies. the technical service at apple told me the same. they will repair it the whole first year. fine. but i have to send it in. thats another 2 weeks without my pb.
Posted by spotze23, on Mar 7, 2004 at 06:41 AM, in Mac Notebooks
uneven touchpad 15" ai 844 Views / 4 Replies  
anyone got an uneven touchpad, too? i sent my 15" ai to apple because of white spots, hdd-noise, fan-noise, lid and the uneven touchpad. in two weeks they did not have a look at the touchpad.

on...
Posted by spotze23, on Mar 4, 2004 at 03:11 PM, in Mac Notebooks
i think its not as hard to port a... 995 Views / 8 Replies  
i think its not as hard to port a linux-quake3-based game to os x than a directx9 pc game. i dont know how much they modified the engine itself.

but et was designed as an addon. if thats an...
Posted by spotze23, on Jan 30, 2004 at 11:45 AM, in Gaming
rtcw enemy territory source code released -> os x? 995 Views / 8 Replies  
splashdamage has release the gamesource of rtcw enemy territory. http://www.splashdamage.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=Downloads&file=index&req=viewsdownload&sid=8

is this a chance for a os x...
Posted by spotze23, on Jan 29, 2004 at 05:54 AM, in Gaming
internal and external harddrive performance 358 Views / 0 Replies  
hi

i just plugged a external firewire 400 case with a maxtor 80gb 7200 drive to my new 15al. the transfer rates are just 3mb/s in processmonitor. transfer of 15gb needs more than 1 hour. 600 mb...
Posted by spotze23, on Jan 26, 2004 at 06:18 AM, in Mac Notebooks
another nice detail: the internal drive of my... 822 Views / 6 Replies  
another nice detail: the internal drive of my powerbook (80gbfujitsu) only gets 6 mb/s, too. is it really mb/s or mbit/s. in mbit/s my external drive would get 24 mbit/s.

i heard hfs+ does not...
Posted by spotze23, on Jan 26, 2004 at 06:07 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
8gb of divx data in 47 minutes. thats a joke. 3mb... 822 Views / 6 Replies  
8gb of divx data in 47 minutes. thats a joke. 3mb per second in the process monitor. thats slower than a network transfer.

the preview of movies in the finder slows down the system when it does...
Posted by spotze23, on Jan 25, 2004 at 12:18 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
external firewire performance 822 Views / 6 Replies  
hi

i bought an icecube 400 external firewire case for my new powerbook. inside there is a 7200 80gb maxtor hdd. there are 2 hfs+ partitions on it.

now i copied 15 gb videodata from my internal...
Posted by spotze23, on Jan 25, 2004 at 10:34 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Poll: it would be better if they just printed the types... 1,434 Views / 11 Replies  
it would be better if they just printed the types black. backlit only works when its totally dark.
Posted by spotze23, on Jan 1, 2004 at 04:07 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Poll: my powerbook has got exactly the same uneven... 8,127 Views / 61 Replies  
my powerbook has got exactly the same uneven illumination on the right side. when it gets hot it becomes dark in the middle, too.

i have to send it in because of the whitespots. hope they will fix...
Posted by spotze23, on Dec 31, 2003 at 09:05 AM, in Mac Notebooks
on my powerbook 1.25 windows xp is not usable at... 2,189 Views / 13 Replies  
on my powerbook 1.25 windows xp is not usable at all. and windows 2000 is damn slow. i can not imagin that anyone could use vpc for working.

i just use it to run a quake3 shell command. it slows...
Posted by spotze23, on Dec 26, 2003 at 12:10 PM, in Mac Notebooks
hm. no. my pismo fan has never been on. even... 1,388 Views / 5 Replies  
hm. no. my pismo fan has never been on. even while working in cinema4d it never came on. these where the silent days. my new 15 fans everytime i launch an 3d-app.
Posted by spotze23, on Dec 25, 2003 at 06:13 AM, in Mac Notebooks
did anyone try to connect the powerbook direct to... 1,654 Views / 10 Replies  
did anyone try to connect the powerbook direct to a 12v car adapter? in europe there are standard 12v cigarette lighters in the cars.

my dad uses them for his pc-notebooks. it works. but i dont...
Posted by spotze23, on Dec 21, 2003 at 02:03 PM, in Mac Notebooks
the capacity of my battery goes down, too. it was... 957 Views / 6 Replies  
the capacity of my battery goes down, too. it was 3400 ah. some days later ist only 3100ah. the powerbook runs only 1 hour while internet browsing and writing. playing games shortens it battery-life...
Posted by spotze23, on Dec 12, 2003 at 09:24 AM, in Mac Notebooks
i cant remember any problems after updating to... 557 Views / 3 Replies  
i cant remember any problems after updating to 9.2. but do an update not a clean install...

wait. there were some problems with macromedia dreamweaver.
Posted by spotze23, on Dec 7, 2003 at 06:51 AM, in Mac Notebooks
this just worked with the first cd. you must just... 857 Views / 6 Replies  
this just worked with the first cd. you must just install the main system. do not check applications like ical, itunes... do not chek bsd-subsystem. just the plain system.

after the plain install...
Posted by spotze23, on Dec 2, 2003 at 02:04 PM, in Mac Notebooks
quake3 runs fine on my ai15. it was slow but ok... 949 Views / 8 Replies  
quake3 runs fine on my ai15. it was slow but ok on my pismo, too.

there is no uptodate versions for os9 anymore. you cant connect to online games if they use the actual version 1.32 (i think)....
Posted by spotze23, on Nov 2, 2003 at 06:10 AM, in Gaming
is safari collecting all the sites i ever surfed to? 642 Views / 3 Replies  
i normally use mozilla for browsing the web. today i used safari for the first time. i typed in "b" and it completed the url. it was superbad.com. theres more than one year ago that i was on...
Posted by spotze23, on Nov 2, 2003 at 06:05 AM, in macOS
everytime i use a 3d application (cinema4d,... 681 Views / 2 Replies  
everytime i use a 3d application (cinema4d, gtkradiant) it turns on. also macromedia software turns the fan on. its terrible. i did not buy a titanium because of the fan-issue...
Posted by spotze23, on Oct 30, 2003 at 08:07 PM, in Mac Notebooks
one issue: after some minutes using x11 the tcsh... 1,167 Views / 3 Replies  
one issue: after some minutes using x11 the tcsh needs 90% cpu. it does not quit with x11. i have to kill the process with activity monitor.
Posted by spotze23, on Oct 26, 2003 at 10:50 AM, in Mac Notebooks
i will wait untill the problem is solved. then i... 1,236 Views / 8 Replies  
i will wait untill the problem is solved. then i will send it in. if you let applesupport know about your problem you can send it in for replacement anytime.
Posted by spotze23, on Oct 25, 2003 at 09:52 AM, in Mac Notebooks
did anyone in germany who bought they powerbook... 1,042 Views / 17 Replies  
did anyone in germany who bought they powerbook before 8th okt manage to get an panther upgrade from apple?
Posted by spotze23, on Oct 22, 2003 at 04:04 PM, in Mac Notebooks
1 and 2 and a third 3cm right below spot 2. ... 5,455 Views / 61 Replies  
1 and 2 and a third 3cm right below spot 2.

did anyone return his powerbook and got a working one back?
what about the rumor that apple returns only refurbished powerbooks?
how many weeks did...
Posted by spotze23, on Oct 20, 2003 at 01:25 PM, in Mac Notebooks
are you blind? when i buy a new notebook i dont... 8,849 Views / 152 Replies  
are you blind? when i buy a new notebook i dont want to buy two weeks later a new os.

apple released new powerbooks. and they knew that nearly all buyers will buy panther some weeks later. thats...
Posted by spotze23, on Oct 9, 2003 at 07:42 PM, in Mac Notebooks
i am absolutely pissed, too! waited since... 8,849 Views / 152 Replies  
i am absolutely pissed, too! waited since january, got a bad screen, mainboard sizzles and now i should pay for the uptodate system.

the apple customer care was very unfriendly today. i think more...
Posted by spotze23, on Oct 9, 2003 at 04:28 PM, in Mac Notebooks
and now it sizzles. was there any reason for this... 678 Views / 3 Replies  
and now it sizzles. was there any reason for this or was the problem solved?

why can i never get a working apple?
Posted by spotze23, on Sep 24, 2003 at 08:58 AM, in Mac Notebooks
hm.. its just an brighter area near the middle of... 678 Views / 3 Replies  
hm.. its just an brighter area near the middle of the screen. from top to bottom. my pismo had something similar at the bottom of the screen.
Posted by spotze23, on Sep 24, 2003 at 08:31 AM, in Mac Notebooks
powerbook 15 screens 678 Views / 3 Replies  
hi

finally i got my 15 powerbook today. no dead pixels. but there are small shadows over the screen and in the edges. that would be ok, too. but theres a 2cm wide lighter stripe from top to...
Posted by spotze23, on Sep 24, 2003 at 08:02 AM, in Mac Notebooks
hey. i bought one, too. i waited since january.. ... 907 Views / 6 Replies  
hey. i bought one, too. i waited since january..
it sould be there on monday.

are there really two 256 sticks in the 1,25 ghz version? i hope theres one 512 stick in it.

what about dead...
Posted by spotze23, on Sep 21, 2003 at 07:34 AM, in Mac Notebooks
perhaps steve jobs said "the year of THIS... 63,737 Views / 420 Replies  
perhaps steve jobs said "the year of THIS notebook"...
Posted by spotze23, on Aug 29, 2003 at 04:05 PM, in Mac Notebooks
it worked! just installed items from the first... 1,026 Views / 27 Replies  
it worked! just installed items from the first cd. but now i do not have any administrator priviledges on the powerbook. root doesnt work. i cant even change the network settings. any hints?
Posted by spotze23, on Aug 17, 2003 at 08:44 AM, in macOS
ok. the installation worked from the g4 to the... 1,026 Views / 27 Replies  
ok. the installation worked from the g4 to the pb. but when i start the pb it still wants cd 2 for installation. the problem is that i cant boot from the pb anymore. it stops booting os x and want...
Posted by spotze23, on Aug 16, 2003 at 07:22 PM, in macOS
i cant click the "cancel"-button. it is grayed... 1,026 Views / 27 Replies  
i cant click the "cancel"-button. it is grayed out. i turned it in target mode again and run the installer from the g4. the installer runs. it seemed as it will work but then it quits with an error....
Posted by spotze23, on Aug 16, 2003 at 06:58 PM, in macOS
thats what i have done. but before the second cd... 1,026 Views / 27 Replies  
thats what i have done. but before the second cd it reboots. now i cant boot the g4 from the pb-drive. it shows a grey "do not enter" sign.

on the second cd theres the bsd-subsystem and the...
Posted by spotze23, on Aug 16, 2003 at 03:58 PM, in macOS
the pismo is in target mode. i installed the... 478 Views / 2 Replies  
the pismo is in target mode. i installed the first cd. now it boots and wants to install things from the second cd. its not possible to quit this dialogue.

i tried to boot the g4 from the pismo...
Posted by spotze23, on Aug 16, 2003 at 12:42 PM, in Mac Notebooks
now i tried to upgrade jaguar via firewire target... 1,026 Views / 27 Replies  
now i tried to upgrade jaguar via firewire target mode from a g4. it works until the 2nd cd. but then i cant boot again from the pb disk to install cd 2.

any hints to upograde the system or repair...
Posted by spotze23, on Aug 16, 2003 at 09:43 AM, in macOS
os x installation/upgrade with dead cd/dvd 478 Views / 2 Replies  
hi

my pismp cd/dvd died last week. it does not read any disk or dvd. it works a bit when i press it in. but not really.

now i tried to upgrade jaguar via firewire target mode from a g4 (someone...
Posted by spotze23, on Aug 16, 2003 at 09:30 AM, in Mac Notebooks
the jaguar installation has two cd images. how... 1,026 Views / 27 Replies  
the jaguar installation has two cd images. how can i use the second when i restore via images?
Posted by spotze23, on Jul 31, 2003 at 05:43 AM, in macOS
thanks for your help. the problem is that i dont... 1,026 Views / 27 Replies  
thanks for your help. the problem is that i dont have an os x server...

can i use netrestore from an another partition of the harddrive? and will netrestore like a standard installation / upgrade...
Posted by spotze23, on Jul 31, 2003 at 04:47 AM, in macOS
network installation? (cd/dvd broken) 1,026 Views / 27 Replies  
hi

is there a way to install osx (jaguar / panther) via network? the cd/dvd of my powerbook got broken today and i need to upgrade panther or move back to jaguar.

there are linux, osx and...
Posted by spotze23, on Jul 30, 2003 at 09:51 AM, in macOS
gravis in germany is very close to apple. since... 2,392 Views / 15 Replies  
gravis in germany is very close to apple. since more than three weeks there are no more powerbooks on stock. before they had all models on stock.
Posted by spotze23, on Jul 19, 2003 at 11:44 AM, in Mac Notebooks
no 4,173 Views / 74 Replies  
no
Posted by spotze23, on Jul 16, 2003 at 02:52 PM, in Mac Notebooks
when is the keynote of this joz? 4,173 Views / 74 Replies  
when is the keynote of this joz?
Posted by spotze23, on Jul 16, 2003 at 08:54 AM, in Mac Notebooks
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