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Update went without incident. I think that it is... 2,943 Views / 48 Replies  
Update went without incident. I think that it is a good thing that I ditched Leopard and reformatted to 10.4.10, as Leopard had a number of known bugs related to iTunes support. As for the phone...
Posted by Riemann Zeta, on Aug 3, 2007 at 12:35 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
While the newegg RAM prices are always tempting,... 3,235 Views / 41 Replies  
While the newegg RAM prices are always tempting, I have noticed that in general, computers that I have upgraded super-discount budget RAM seem to have more issues (just plain weird sh*t, like kernel...
Posted by Riemann Zeta, on May 10, 2006 at 06:54 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Quartz 2D Extreme, is it epiphenomal? 898 Views / 5 Replies  
Does Quartz 2D Extreme actually do anything? I have permanently enabled it on my PB 12" (1.5 GHz G4, 768MB RAM, 64MG GeFX5200) and I am not sure if it is helping or hurting my performance. ...
Posted by Riemann Zeta, on May 20, 2005 at 11:52 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I think a good prediction for the new PBs would... 5,942 Views / 51 Replies  
I think a good prediction for the new PBs would be:

12" Model

1.5 GHz Low-Voltage G4
ATi Radeon Mobility 9200 64 MB or same NVIDIA card
5400 RPM Hard Drive
Better battery, cooling

15" /...
Posted by Riemann Zeta, on Sep 10, 2004 at 07:10 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I have a Rev B. and it does not get that... 977 Views / 8 Replies  
I have a Rev B. and it does not get that hot--that is, not crotch-burning hot like those 'portable desktop' PC laptops. Of course, I am jealous of the Rev. C video card, as it has 64 MB of RAM, but...
Posted by Riemann Zeta, on Aug 20, 2004 at 07:02 PM, in Mac Notebooks
So I guess the only thing that is holding up a... 8,269 Views / 41 Replies  
So I guess the only thing that is holding up a 15/17" Powerbook G5 (90nm chip availability notwithstanding) is the super high-power northbridge/southbridge/DDR controller that IBM uses with the G5. ...
Posted by Riemann Zeta, on Aug 20, 2004 at 06:46 PM, in Mac Desktops
Why does everyone hate the ATI Radeon 9800XT--I... 12,578 Views / 73 Replies  
Why does everyone hate the ATI Radeon 9800XT--I think it's a ****ing powerful card. True, the just released NVIDIA 6800U is faster, but it also requires a 480W power supply, two separate power...
Posted by Riemann Zeta, on Apr 15, 2004 at 06:07 PM, in Mac Desktops
I doubt Apple will update the PB line without (or... 7,251 Views / 79 Replies  
I doubt Apple will update the PB line without (or before) updating the PowerMac line. I would expect to see new towers in the next month, then new PBs at WWDC.

New PB specs:


12"
1.25 GHz G4...
Posted by Riemann Zeta, on Apr 15, 2004 at 05:59 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Dumbass, some people are so stupid that they... 2,504 Views / 24 Replies  
Dumbass, some people are so stupid that they shouldn't be allowed to use computers. Unfortunately, long ago when I worked as a sys admin (and was relegated to dial-and-smile work one day / week), I...
Posted by Riemann Zeta, on Mar 11, 2004 at 03:16 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Re: Bluetooth 1.5 screwed Logitech BT Keyboard+MX900 solution up 712 Views / 4 Replies  
Just because one has an Apple keyboard does not mean that one is free of the BT 1.5 nightmare. BT 1.5 killed my keyboard--it will not re-pair despite every single possible troubleshooting solution. ...
Posted by Riemann Zeta, on Feb 16, 2004 at 11:22 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
I think that the BT upgrade 1.5 is fundamentally... 563 Views / 2 Replies  
I think that the BT upgrade 1.5 is fundamentally flawed. My Apple BT keyboard worked fine up until the update, now it is MIA and not coming back--I have been unable to repair, despite (1) upgrading...
Posted by Riemann Zeta, on Feb 12, 2004 at 02:51 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
My wireless BT keyboard died after using this... 2,492 Views / 49 Replies  
My wireless BT keyboard died after using this upgrade. I cannot get it to resync. :(
Posted by Riemann Zeta, on Feb 8, 2004 at 03:37 PM, in macOS
Re: Pismo 7457 G4 upgrade 601 Views / 3 Replies  
I have a sneaking suspicion that the PP 7457 is not pin-compatible with the Pismo duaghtercard. The PPC 7400 was (IIRC) relatively pin-compatible with the PPC 750. Hence, all that was required was...
Posted by Riemann Zeta, on Feb 7, 2004 at 10:56 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Features I would like to see: Attenuation of... 8,434 Views / 127 Replies  
Features I would like to see:

Attenuation of the metal interface. I know some people like it, but most users seem to hate it. I think that iApps could be metal, but all others (e.g. Finder,...
Posted by Riemann Zeta, on Jan 20, 2004 at 07:28 PM, in macOS
9.5 mm is the official limit, 12.5+ mm drives... 641 Views / 6 Replies  
9.5 mm is the official limit, 12.5+ mm drives block airflow in the machine.
Posted by Riemann Zeta, on Jan 20, 2004 at 07:14 PM, in Mac Notebooks
About 3:30-4:00, with max brightness and... 733 Views / 5 Replies  
About 3:30-4:00, with max brightness and "automatic" CPU. I often turn off Wi-Fi and BT if I need more battery time.
Posted by Riemann Zeta, on Jan 19, 2004 at 01:28 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Just went from a Ti 1 GHz to an Al 12" 1 GHz,... 1,261 Views / 16 Replies  
Just went from a Ti 1 GHz to an Al 12" 1 GHz, here is the rundown:

(1) Display: Yes, the widescreen display of the Ti is nice, and yes 1024*768 is ridiculously low-res. That said, however, it is...
Posted by Riemann Zeta, on Jan 14, 2004 at 04:36 PM, in Mac Notebooks
In theory yes, in practice, no way... 990 Views / 4 Replies  
I received a 12" 1GHz no-SD powerbook as a gift and decided that it was stupid to have two PBs, so I am selling my Ti 1GHz SD machine. Before I started the sales process, however, I thought that it...
Posted by Riemann Zeta, on Jan 11, 2004 at 05:16 PM, in Mac Notebooks
There will never be a dual processor laptop,... 2,642 Views / 21 Replies  
There will never be a dual processor laptop, underclocking notwithstanding. Such a machine simply makes no sense--the amount of cooling, power and space needed to support two G4s could easily be...
Posted by Riemann Zeta, on Jan 5, 2004 at 07:26 PM, in Mac Notebooks
In the PC world (and for G5 computers) this is... 1,233 Views / 11 Replies  
In the PC world (and for G5 computers) this is true. However, the G4 does not support a DDR bus. Hence, Apple's implementation of DDR is best described as "pseudo-DDR," in that the RAM talks to the...
Posted by Riemann Zeta, on Jan 4, 2004 at 07:34 PM, in Mac Notebooks
As a person who just switched from a 15" Ti to a... 1,198 Views / 5 Replies  
As a person who just switched from a 15" Ti to a 12" Al Rev2, I find it unfortunate that the 12" does not have enough video RAM to run two displays simultaneously. If the 12" had 64MB of RAM it...
Posted by Riemann Zeta, on Jan 1, 2004 at 03:29 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I received a 12" Powerbook G4 (1GHz) for xmas. ... 2,572 Views / 34 Replies  
I received a 12" Powerbook G4 (1GHz) for xmas. As an owner of the 15" 1GHz TiBook, I was skeptical about how the 12" would be valuable to me, as the 15" has been performing admirably. After bumping...
Posted by Riemann Zeta, on Dec 28, 2003 at 02:06 AM, in Mac Notebooks
A dilemma of 2 PowerBooks 2,047 Views / 10 Replies  
I just received a new PowerBook G4 12" 1 GHz machine for xmas--it is the Combo Drive edition. However, I already had a 15" TiBook 1 GHz with Superdrive. Which shall I keep? In other words, which...
Posted by Riemann Zeta, on Dec 26, 2003 at 01:36 AM, in Mac Notebooks
I have an old creative labs Extigy USB surround... 1,368 Views / 13 Replies  
I have an old creative labs Extigy USB surround processor. It is technically supported under Mac OS X, meaning that my TiBook recognizes its existence. It does not, however, actually work under OS...
Posted by Riemann Zeta, on Nov 17, 2003 at 07:11 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Quark has never been compatible with OS X--not... 2,902 Views / 35 Replies  
Quark has never been compatible with OS X--not even in classic mode. Quark 6 is the only version that remotely works (but most people say that Quark 6 sucks). Try Adobe ID.
Posted by Riemann Zeta, on Sep 29, 2003 at 10:48 AM, in Mac Notebooks
ORB Drive? Those never worked to begin... 4,708 Views / 77 Replies  
ORB Drive? Those never worked to begin with--they were only on the market for about a year. You should get better performance if you upgraded.
Posted by Riemann Zeta, on Sep 25, 2003 at 03:32 PM, in macOS
For graduate school, the 15" has been the best... 1,934 Views / 38 Replies  
For graduate school, the 15" has been the best possible choice. The screen is large enough to see an entire page in Word and have all of the formating options available--on the 12", all of the...
Posted by Riemann Zeta, on Sep 24, 2003 at 10:20 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Running a 1024*768 display and a 1280*854 display... 866 Views / 12 Replies  
Running a 1024*768 display and a 1280*854 display (both 32-bit color) without any problems. With a QuartGL graphics card and 64+ MB of VRAM, I do not see how multiple displays could be a problem,...
Posted by Riemann Zeta, on Sep 22, 2003 at 02:08 AM, in macOS
The real question is (new about screen logos... 16,878 Views / 186 Replies  
The real question is (new about screen logos notwithstanding): are there significant differences between this and 7B68. That is, have they further refined the Finder to remove all of the little UI...
Posted by Riemann Zeta, on Sep 21, 2003 at 02:52 PM, in macOS
The concept of a dual processor laptop is just... 1,899 Views / 20 Replies  
The concept of a dual processor laptop is just ridiculous. The G4 is not exactly a low-wattage chip, at a whopping .18 micron, it generates quite a bit of heat (consider the current Powerbooks and...
Posted by Riemann Zeta, on Sep 12, 2003 at 10:14 AM, in Mac Notebooks
The new video card is not that great, but it is... 5,117 Views / 65 Replies  
The new video card is not that great, but it is not that bad either.

"The NV34 is the successor to the GeForce4 MX but unlike the MX, it is not an overly castrated version of its older siblings....
Posted by Riemann Zeta, on Sep 8, 2003 at 08:08 PM, in Mac Desktops
Once again, Motorola dropped the ball and Apple... 2,657 Views / 36 Replies  
Once again, Motorola dropped the ball and Apple was ****ed. Same story as the infamous 500 MHz G4 tower year-and-a-half snafu. The G4 is an archaic design on an archaic process (what is it, .18...
Posted by Riemann Zeta, on Sep 3, 2003 at 12:16 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Does jaguar require that one have >= RAM in free... 1,146 Views / 15 Replies  
Does jaguar require that one have >= RAM in free HDD space for swap files? This certainly is the case in NT. It is not required in Linux, however, all Linux systems have a dedicated swap partition,...
Posted by Riemann Zeta, on Aug 27, 2003 at 12:57 AM, in Mac Notebooks
I am starting to wish I had bought the 3-year... 5,379 Views / 41 Replies  
I am starting to wish I had bought the 3-year AppleCare policy when I bought my Ti 1 GHz SD.
Posted by Riemann Zeta, on Aug 22, 2003 at 09:40 PM, in Mac Notebooks
In raw GHz, any PC will kick the sh*t out of a... 3,007 Views / 31 Replies  
In raw GHz, any PC will kick the sh*t out of a Mac. However, the downfall of most PC laptops is that they are really not laptops per se, they are mobile desktops. Most PC laptops (especially budget...
Posted by Riemann Zeta, on Aug 22, 2003 at 12:24 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Sniff around for a good deal on an existing 15"... 1,019 Views / 11 Replies  
Sniff around for a good deal on an existing 15" Ti 1 GHz SD machine. Considering that we are nearing the 1 year anniversary of this machine's release, you should be able to get some good deals. ...
Posted by Riemann Zeta, on Aug 21, 2003 at 01:58 PM, in Mac Notebooks
"Just wondering if this 7B39 beta will be the... 19,960 Views / 219 Replies  
"Just wondering if this 7B39 beta will be the last beta before the Panther release soon? What do you guysthink? I'd like to know if there's another Beta coming up or what?"


The OS itself is...
Posted by Riemann Zeta, on Aug 20, 2003 at 12:59 AM, in macOS
Ok, I'll bite. Windows XP is a fine operating... 4,975 Views / 54 Replies  
Ok, I'll bite. Windows XP is a fine operating system. I can't see how it is unstable--Windows NT 4.0 was "wildly unstable," Windows 2000/XP are rock solid. The file system (NTFS) is far better...
Posted by Riemann Zeta, on Aug 8, 2003 at 10:55 AM, in Mac Notebooks
A shot in the dark: Your HDTV was designed... 1,452 Views / 30 Replies  
A shot in the dark:

Your HDTV was designed to accept 1080i inputs, meaning 1080 lines of interlaced picture (540 lines per frame, alternating at 60 Hz). The computer outputs progressive scan at...
Posted by Riemann Zeta, on Aug 8, 2003 at 10:44 AM, in Mac Notebooks
There will be no 10.2.7 update. That is, unless... 879 Views / 3 Replies  
There will be no 10.2.7 update. That is, unless you purchase a G5. Recall what happened with 10.1.x--the new towers had a more modern build than was publicly available. This will be a similar...
Posted by Riemann Zeta, on Jul 31, 2003 at 10:48 PM, in macOS
The Sony adaptor is bullshit. It exists, of... 1,496 Views / 14 Replies  
The Sony adaptor is bullshit. It exists, of course, however, it does not prevent an irregularly shaped disc from getting stuck in the PB drive. My recommendation: an external FW CD-RW drive, they...
Posted by Riemann Zeta, on Jul 14, 2003 at 09:40 PM, in Mac Notebooks
As posted in the Arstechnica Mac forum, here is... 63,730 Views / 420 Replies  
As posted in the Arstechnica Mac forum, here is what I predict for new PBs:

All Al, all pseudo-DDR bus, all 802.11g/BT. Hopefully, all ATi mobile GPUs.

12.1"

1 GHz G4
133 MHz bus
Radeon...
Posted by Riemann Zeta, on Jul 12, 2003 at 01:50 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Just finished the install--I chose an upgrade... 45,140 Views / 400 Replies  
Just finished the install--I chose an upgrade install rather than a new partition. The OS is quite stable insofar as I can tell--I haven't encountered any life threatening bugs. I have, however,...
Posted by Riemann Zeta, on Jun 26, 2003 at 02:08 AM, in macOS
Poll: I've got a PB Ti 1GHz w/ Superdrive, so I doubt I... 5,477 Views / 86 Replies  
I've got a PB Ti 1GHz w/ Superdrive, so I doubt I will be upgrading. However, if they offered a PowerBook G5, I might be singing a different tune right now (hello eBay)...
Posted by Riemann Zeta, on Jun 22, 2003 at 04:41 PM, in Mac Desktops
What good is having over a gig of memory, the... 1,976 Views / 21 Replies  
What good is having over a gig of memory, the memory-performance curve starts to hit an asymptote at around 768 MB (unless you are using your PB as a massive database server). Above 1GB in a client...
Posted by Riemann Zeta, on Jun 14, 2003 at 04:06 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Quote: "- The plant contracted for... 1,913 Views / 30 Replies  
Quote:

"- The plant contracted for assembly of the new 15.4-inch Powerbook has just now begun manufacturing production Powerbooks with the PPC 970 processor."

From a rumor site...

I call...
Posted by Riemann Zeta, on Jun 10, 2003 at 08:43 PM, in Mac Notebooks
iBook. No contest. The PB is a first gen,... 734 Views / 10 Replies  
iBook. No contest. The PB is a first gen, meaning that it will have an 8MB 2D video card--insufficient for QuartzGL. As Mac OS X gets more and more eye-candy (hence, slower and slower on older...
Posted by Riemann Zeta, on Jun 9, 2003 at 04:16 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I think you might need a bit more than a 1 Ghz G4... 1,530 Views / 28 Replies  
I think you might need a bit more than a 1 Ghz G4 with a 4200 RPM HDD to do 1920*1200 HDTV (is HD compressed?) real time encoding and editing.

Edit:

Addressing the comment above: My...
Posted by Riemann Zeta, on Jun 7, 2003 at 01:00 AM, in Mac Notebooks
I had a Pismo that I bought on clearance after... 1,542 Views / 42 Replies  
I had a Pismo that I bought on clearance after the 1st gen TiBook was introduced. It eventually ended up being a G4 500/512 MB/30 GB/Airport/Dual Battery "tweaked-out" machine. The great thing...
Posted by Riemann Zeta, on Jun 6, 2003 at 06:27 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Does this update add any cool new features, like... 1,454 Views / 12 Replies  
Does this update add any cool new features, like 2x DVD burning and 1x DVD-RW ReBurning.
Posted by Riemann Zeta, on Jun 6, 2003 at 05:43 PM, in Mac Notebooks
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