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But they CAN have a DVD burner! Pay $100 or $200... 1,729 Views / 19 Replies  
But they CAN have a DVD burner! Pay $100 or $200 and you'll have your slick new laptop with a DVD burner if you want.
With the 12" iBook you cannon have a DVD burner!

All you can do is pay about...
Posted by gioele, on Aug 1, 2005 at 05:33 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I buy a 12" to be as much portable a possible and... 1,729 Views / 19 Replies  
I buy a 12" to be as much portable a possible and then I go around with an external DVD writer? :P
Posted by gioele, on Jul 30, 2005 at 03:59 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Was the font I used for '12"' too little? :) ... 1,729 Views / 19 Replies  
Was the font I used for '12"' too little? :)

I think that writing on DVDs is as common as on CDs. I can get a DVD-R for about the price of a CD-R and I can put 5 times more things on it. On my...
Posted by gioele, on Jul 29, 2005 at 02:33 PM, in Mac Notebooks
New iBooks but still no DVD writer 1,729 Views / 19 Replies  
I can't understand how Apple does not offer, even as BTO, DVD writers with the 12" iBook.

What are they waiting for? To have Blu-ray writers on the PowerBooks?
Posted by gioele, on Jul 27, 2005 at 01:37 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Mac mini airport board 535 Views / 1 Replies  
Where can I buy an airport board for a mac mini?
What is its the part number?
Posted by gioele, on Jun 26, 2005 at 08:37 AM, in Networking
Replacing the old combo with a DVD+RW drive 618 Views / 1 Replies  
I'd like to replace my old iBook combo (sony crx800e) with a dvd+rw writer.

Can you suggest me some models that fits the current combo slot? I need a model where I can replace the cover with the...
Posted by gioele, on Mar 12, 2005 at 12:13 PM, in Mac Notebooks
From the US webstore to Italy. Possible? 550 Views / 4 Replies  
Do you know if it is possible to buy from the US webstore for someone who lives in Italy?

Buying from US would save me 400+ euro!!!

Why european PBs are so overpriced?
Posted by gioele, on Jan 6, 2005 at 07:37 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Re: Re: re: new PBs 9,801 Views / 89 Replies  
What would be the use of PCMCIA/PCCard in 2005 where all the external devices are USB or FireWire based?
Posted by gioele, on Nov 28, 2004 at 03:43 PM, in Mac Notebooks
That is the last fully linux-compatible iBook. ... 712 Views / 5 Replies  
That is the last fully linux-compatible iBook.
All the periferals (modem, cdwriter, airport) work great with current linux releases.

And I hope to find one at bargain price :)
Aren't there shops...
Posted by gioele, on Nov 12, 2004 at 01:15 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Where can I buy an 800MHz iBook 712 Views / 5 Replies  
Hi,

I'd like to buy a new (or something like that, I need it to have a warraty) iBook 12" crystal combo 800MHz (the last crystal model with 32MB VRAM).

I'm in Europe, do you know where I can...
Posted by gioele, on Nov 10, 2004 at 12:47 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Miglia "virtual" 5.1 sound card 559 Views / 1 Replies  
The Miglia's Harmony Express (http://www.miglia.com/pdfcenter/eng/HarmonyExpress_ENG.pdf) is an USB sound card with virtual 5.1 output.

What does virtual 5.1 mean?
Posted by gioele, on Nov 3, 2004 at 09:40 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Re: next powerbook revision. just your speculation! 16,439 Views / 106 Replies  
these are not my speculation, but my hopes for the next 12" PB

* latest radeon with 128MB vram
* dualcore G4
* price drop for the cheapest model
* better quality screen
Posted by gioele, on Oct 30, 2004 at 09:13 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Probably the other ethernet card don't understand... 1,166 Views / 20 Replies  
Probably the other ethernet card don't understand the 1Gb handshake, so set himself to 10Mb. Your PB do the same and you end in a 10Mb connection :(

If the other card is gigabit-able manually set...
Posted by gioele, on Oct 4, 2004 at 06:04 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Apple announced the latest iBook with 16MB VRAM... 12,404 Views / 85 Replies  
Apple announced the latest iBook with 16MB VRAM few weeks before requiring 32MB for many QE extensions...
So you had a portable able to run QE (as it requires only 16MB) but unable to use 80% of it!...
Posted by gioele, on Sep 25, 2004 at 09:17 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Strictly speaking G5 are not PowerPC but POWER4... 12,404 Views / 85 Replies  
Strictly speaking G5 are not PowerPC but POWER4 chips.
Luckly POWER4 and POWER5 chips are compatible with PPC chips.
Posted by gioele, on Sep 25, 2004 at 02:17 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Re: New PowerBook G4 coming? 12,404 Views / 85 Replies  
s**t :( still that stupid GPU in the 12"!
If these sources are correct, Apple will put out another expensive toy unable to cope with Tiger CoreImage improvements... nice done
Posted by gioele, on Sep 24, 2004 at 01:53 PM, in Mac Notebooks
MacExpo 2004 is planned for 18 November. What... 751 Views / 2 Replies  
MacExpo 2004 is planned for 18 November.
What do you think, will Apple surprise us with a new PowerBook line?
Posted by gioele, on Sep 15, 2004 at 01:02 PM, in Mac Notebooks
many lcd feature an horizontal DVI socket so,... 903 Views / 7 Replies  
many lcd feature an horizontal DVI socket so, even with vesa adapters, you have to leave 5 or more centimeters from the wall. This is not nice :(

Anyway, can someone suggest something less...
Posted by gioele, on Sep 13, 2004 at 01:42 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
a DVI monitor hung at the wall 903 Views / 7 Replies  
Are there DVI monitor that can be hunged at the wall?

I fear that most of the current monitor have ventilation holes or dvi connectors on the back, so one can't hang them at the wall.
Posted by gioele, on Sep 13, 2004 at 07:30 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
All I really want (aside a longer battery... 5,956 Views / 51 Replies  
All I really want (aside a longer battery performance) is an ATI 9800 with 64 MB (128MB BTO) in the 12" PowerBook.

OSX Tiger is going to be greedy on the GPU, so the very old nvidia card that is...
Posted by gioele, on Sep 11, 2004 at 03:27 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Dual-core processors are drop-in replacement for... 24,727 Views / 113 Replies  
Dual-core processors are drop-in replacement for actual processors. No major architectural mods are needed unless Apple plains to explot the other on-chip abilities like the Gigabit controller.
...
Posted by gioele, on Sep 9, 2004 at 07:08 PM, in Mac Notebooks
If this can make you feel better, PowerBook and... 18,613 Views / 381 Replies  
If this can make you feel better, PowerBook and iBook users share the same fate :(
Posted by gioele, on Sep 1, 2004 at 01:29 PM, in Mac Desktops
Next occasion for powerbook upgrade 751 Views / 2 Replies  
Now that the expo is over (wrt harware anouncements), what is the next good day for an upgrade to the powerbook line?

http://buyersguide.macrumors.com says


171 days - 135 days = less than one...
Posted by gioele, on Sep 1, 2004 at 06:33 AM, in Mac Notebooks
All I want from the new PB 12" is a ATI Radeon... 24,727 Views / 113 Replies  
All I want from the new PB 12" is a ATI Radeon video card instead of the NVidia GeForce.

And frontal CD loader if possible.
Posted by gioele, on Aug 29, 2004 at 10:13 AM, in Mac Notebooks
5+1 wireless speakers system? 646 Views / 3 Replies  
Are there home theater/5+1 systems with wireless speakers?
Can you suggest any?
Posted by gioele, on Aug 19, 2004 at 05:30 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Inverter cable in Italy or EU 476 Views / 0 Replies  
Instead of paying EUR 300 for LCD repair, I'll replace that Inverter cable myself.

Where can I find an inverter cable in Italy or in the EU?
Posted by gioele, on Aug 18, 2004 at 02:13 PM, in Mac Notebooks
USB + Firewire front panel 413 Views / 0 Replies  
Can you suggest me a (cheap) front panel (5") with one or more USB ports and one or more Firewire ports?
Posted by gioele, on Jul 10, 2004 at 08:57 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Why still no Firewire 800 on G5s? 1,564 Views / 16 Replies  
Why Apple insist on use Firewire 400 instead of Firewire 800 on the new serie of PowerMac G5?
Posted by gioele, on Jun 9, 2004 at 11:08 AM, in Mac Desktops
How to clean the touchpad 1,123 Views / 10 Replies  
Can you suggest me a way to clean the touchpad after two years of usage?
Please don't suggest specific products as I'm in Italy and they rarely available.
Posted by gioele, on Jun 9, 2004 at 08:56 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Re: Not waking from sleep 567 Views / 3 Replies  
My friend's iBook G4 showed the same behavior twice this week.
iBook goes to sleep
he plugs in the power coords
the iBook stops to sleep (no blinking light) but remain black
he must reset
He...
Posted by gioele, on May 21, 2004 at 05:24 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Is the PB 12" monitor better than the iBook 12"... 3,919 Views / 45 Replies  
Is the PB 12" monitor better than the iBook 12" one?
Posted by gioele, on Apr 28, 2004 at 05:02 AM, in Mac Notebooks
[Apr '04] Can I still suggest an iBook to my friends? NO! 1,201 Views / 9 Replies  
I'm very disappointed by latest update to iBook and PowerBook line.

Since I bought an iBook about 2 years ago I suggested everybody to buy a mac: iBook for mobile computing and iMac for classical...
Posted by gioele, on Apr 19, 2004 at 01:53 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I would prefer the IBM G3+Altivec. The G4... 1,451 Views / 15 Replies  
I would prefer the IBM G3+Altivec.

The G4 architecture is mainly born to give G3 a bit of SMP (multiple processor) support. But iBook don't need SMP.
After the G4 was born, G3 makers focused on...
Posted by gioele, on Apr 15, 2004 at 03:56 PM, in Mac Notebooks
C'mon Apple! No Firewire 800? No DVI? No... 1,451 Views / 15 Replies  
C'mon Apple!

No Firewire 800?
No DVI?
No Better display?

I hope the 12" iBook will get a processor > 1GHz and an ATI card (NVidia one of no use with Linux)...
Posted by gioele, on Apr 15, 2004 at 09:10 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Re: iBook cracked... anyone else? 10,765 Views / 61 Replies  
Did not Apple switch from the great Crystal to the toysh Opaque to avoid scratches and other esthetic problems?
Posted by gioele, on Apr 8, 2004 at 02:08 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Is my iBook covered by the logic board program? ... 888 Views / 4 Replies  
Is my iBook covered by the logic board program?
The serial number is in the correct range, but is my problem the same that Apple describes?
Posted by gioele, on Apr 8, 2004 at 02:02 PM, in Mac Notebooks
My screen "blinks" 888 Views / 4 Replies  
For the last two months my screen has been blinking, the light goes from full brightness to half and back.
I think this is an hardware problem, because moving the screen a little solves the problem...
Posted by gioele, on Mar 20, 2004 at 10:51 AM, in Mac Notebooks
This is true. Stll I can't see why a teacher... 1,758 Views / 16 Replies  
This is true. Stll I can't see why a teacher should require Linux. Is he really teaching his students about Linux details/implementation as ALSA?

A CS (I suppose) professor should teach methods,...
Posted by gioele, on Mar 15, 2004 at 02:15 PM, in Mac Notebooks
All power functions are supported: Battery... 1,758 Views / 16 Replies  
All power functions are supported:
Battery indicators, CPU slowdown to save energy, brightness dimming, sleep when little power is left and on lid-close.


I don't see a real need, just launch...
Posted by gioele, on Mar 13, 2004 at 04:53 PM, in Mac Notebooks
What is the latest Crystal iBook? 711 Views / 2 Replies  
What is the latest iBook Apple produced with crystal look?

800MHz? 900MHz?
What video card onboard?
Posted by gioele, on Mar 13, 2004 at 04:51 PM, in Mac Notebooks
What do you have: a G3 or a G4 iBook? G3... 1,758 Views / 16 Replies  
What do you have: a G3 or a G4 iBook?

G3 iBooks are fully working with every distro that supports PPC out of there.
I suggest you Gentoo or Mandrake.

G4 iBooks iBook are not well supported...
Posted by gioele, on Mar 13, 2004 at 04:43 PM, in Mac Notebooks
is iBook G4 case worst than iBook G3 862 Views / 1 Replies  
I own an iBook G3/700 crystal, and I saw an iBook G3/900 opaque: it is ugly!

It has a plastic feeling; and the material under you hand is rougth, unpleasant. It seems a toy!

Is the new iBook G4...
Posted by gioele, on Nov 18, 2003 at 04:03 PM, in Mac Notebooks
what processor? 687 Views / 3 Replies  
What processor is inside the ibook G4?
Which is inside the powerbook 12"?
Are them the same?
Posted by gioele, on Nov 4, 2003 at 08:55 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Post some pictures of G4s 887 Views / 2 Replies  
Lucky owners of iBook G4s, can you send some pictures of it?
Posted by gioele, on Nov 3, 2003 at 08:10 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Lost :) I use Linux 2.4 and GCC 3.2. BTW are... 860 Views / 6 Replies  
Lost :) I use Linux 2.4 and GCC 3.2.

BTW are there improvements on the PowerPC side of GCC from Apple?
Posted by gioele, on Oct 29, 2003 at 08:11 AM, in Developer Center
G3 iBook Airport in new G4 iBook 601 Views / 2 Replies  
Can I put my G3 Airport card in a G4 iBook?
Posted by gioele, on Oct 28, 2003 at 02:12 PM, in Mac Notebooks
G3 vs G4: how much faster is gcc? 860 Views / 6 Replies  
I have a G3/700 iBook and I use it 90% of the time to compile (gcc and g++).
Every app takes ages (from linux kernel to KDE) to compile :(
Now I am thinking of replacing it with a G4/800 (bloody...
Posted by gioele, on Oct 28, 2003 at 02:07 PM, in Developer Center
12" iBook LCD display size 540 Views / 1 Replies  
Can someone tell me the width and the height (in millimeters) of the 12" LCD display?

Thanks
Posted by gioele, on Sep 10, 2003 at 09:28 AM, in Mac Notebooks
That cable is only for the old iBook, newer ones... 933 Views / 8 Replies  
That cable is only for the old iBook, newer ones have a mini-VGA connector, not that strange jack.
Posted by gioele, on Jul 8, 2003 at 06:26 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
iBook SVideo out + audio 933 Views / 8 Replies  
Hi,

I got the cable that connect the mini-vga to my TV via SVideo... fine... but how can I hear something?

The sound is sent to the iBook's speakers, not to the TV :(

I think I need another...
Posted by gioele, on Jul 5, 2003 at 04:13 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
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