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What do you think of the PowerBook updates? (Page 2)
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What about heat issues? (7200 RPM)
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7200s supposedly run about the same temp as other mobile drives...and take up about the same amount of power. that was the reason for their delay for so long though from what I understand. they were not able to make 7200s cool enough to included in a laptop. now they are. 7200s are only available from 60GB and below at the moment. 80GBs have been announced, but none are shipping that I am aware of.
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Originally posted by kelix:
I just bought a maxed out 15" PB (2gb ram, faster HD) and then apple does this? do I have any legs to complain on? I mean im a power user and need the ram and the faster HD. This really bugs me that less than 2 weeks later the DVD burning speed is doubled, new GPU with more VRAM and 250mhz faster CPU! what can/should i do.... this is (was) a 7K rig!
You may be within the return period, I'd call Apple now. If not, don't complain, because there isn't much they can do for you. You paid for what you ordered and received. Aparently at that time, that machine met your needs. Just because the new machine came out doesn't mean yours will get magicially slower.
Apple is never going to preannounce a new machine too much. Doing so kills sales, and keeps too many people on the ropes. Rare exceptions are products like the G5 Powermac, but they still made money on the preorders.
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dont complain about buying something then something better coming out soon after. something better is ALWAYS on the horizon. be happy that apple has such a loyal following and there are reliable leaks about new hardware and software coming soon from them. would Dell tell you a new computer is coming out? no. would HP? no. would Gateway? no. get my point?
Apple even had a "premature specification" a few days before the G5 came out. remember? no guess not. you must not keep up with the apple community that closely. no company in their right mind will tell you that a new and better product is only days/weeks away. it would kill sales. the G5 was a bit different. that was a case of Steve trying to sell the architecture and letting people know what the early stages of the 970 roadmap looked like.
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Originally posted by dwishbone:
7200s supposedly run about the same temp as other mobile drives...and take up about the same amount of power. that was the reason for their delay for so long though from what I understand. they were not able to make 7200s cool enough to included in a laptop. now they are. 7200s are only available from 60GB and below at the moment. 80GBs have been announced, but none are shipping that I am aware of.
Yeah, when it's released I'll be all over that OS X.4 15" PowerBook with 1.8 GHz G5, & 7200 rpm 80 GB drive.
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