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Poll: IMO, the Z600 + T3 option is too cumbersome...	1,023 Views / 11 Replies
IMO, the Z600 + T3 option is too cumbersome compared to the integration of the Treo 600. First of all, the combined weight would be higher, not to mention the size; if you haven't seen a Z600 in...
Posted by Sean Li, on Nov 2, 2003 at 07:44 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

Correct - with 10.3 it's able to read the DVD+R,...	1,311 Views / 13 Replies
Correct - with 10.3 it's able to read the DVD+R, but the Apple DVD Player probably needs another update before you can use it to playback a DVD+R. With 10.2.8, I would get a disc not recognized...
Posted by Sean Li, on Oct 17, 2003 at 04:04 AM, in Mac Notebooks

On my system, a DVD+R that wasn't readable with...	1,311 Views / 13 Replies
On my system, a DVD+R that wasn't readable with 10.2.8 is now readable with 10.3, although the DVD player application doesn't support it but VLC does. The Apple DVD player opens, and show a black...
Posted by Sean Li, on Oct 15, 2003 at 05:35 PM, in Mac Notebooks

Mine generally comes on when playing games, or...	1,290 Views / 17 Replies
Mine generally comes on when playing games, or burning DVDs. As ae86_16v said, the optical drive is noisier.
Posted by Sean Li, on Oct 5, 2003 at 07:17 PM, in Mac Notebooks

FWIW, I tried a DVD+R that was recorded by one of...	936 Views / 9 Replies
FWIW, I tried a DVD+R that was recorded by one of my company's departments, and it wasn't recognized at all by the PowerBook (new 15").
Posted by Sean Li, on Oct 1, 2003 at 07:23 PM, in Mac Notebooks

It's possible, but very delicate. My local Mac...	1,252 Views / 18 Replies
It's possible, but very delicate. My local Mac shop tells me that there are a number of cables that are connected via the top cover (don't need to remove the bottom cover), and that it takes them...
Posted by Sean Li, on Sep 26, 2003 at 09:46 PM, in Mac Notebooks

I only hear the fan come on when playing...	709 Views / 7 Replies
I only hear the fan come on when playing graphically intensive games. Apart from that, the new 15" gets slightly warm, but not uncomfortably. I agree with arrekusu that the pitch is lower. I've...
Posted by Sean Li, on Sep 26, 2003 at 02:34 AM, in Mac Notebooks

There's not much of a performance hit, if any. ...	926 Views / 5 Replies
There's not much of a performance hit, if any. VPC is still very usable. I was using a 17" Rev A before, and now on a 15" 1.25GHz. I remember reading somewhere that 10.2.8 has a positive impact,...
Posted by Sean Li, on Sep 24, 2003 at 10:13 PM, in Mac Notebooks

Mine's gotten warm, but not hot. And I have...	1,537 Views / 10 Replies
Mine's gotten warm, but not hot. And I have heard the fan come on; it's a different sound than the 17" - it doesn't pulse like the 17" - but it's definitely audible when it's on. It definitely...
Posted by Sean Li, on Sep 22, 2003 at 09:38 AM, in Mac Notebooks

Battery calibration makes a big difference. My...	3,706 Views / 40 Replies
Battery calibration makes a big difference. My new 15" ran down the battery pretty quickly on the first charge, but now it's fairly normal. I don't know how long it would actually last though. I...
Posted by Sean Li, on Sep 20, 2003 at 01:04 PM, in Mac Notebooks

I used Carbon Copy Cloner to copy everything...	724 Views / 2 Replies
I used Carbon Copy Cloner to copy everything over, then upgraded 10.2.6 to 10.2.7 using the supplied DVD. There were a couple of glitches: the system preference pane cache had to be deleted -...
Posted by Sean Li, on Sep 19, 2003 at 08:20 PM, in Mac Notebooks

Actually, I've just gone from a 17" PowerBook to...	1,168 Views / 5 Replies
Actually, I've just gone from a 17" PowerBook to a new 15", and the Airport range seems to be marginally better on the 17". Not much difference, but I have to move slightly closer to my basestation...
Posted by Sean Li, on Sep 19, 2003 at 01:27 PM, in Mac Notebooks

As bmhome1 suggested, turning off the eye candy...	1,413 Views / 21 Replies
As bmhome1 suggested, turning off the eye candy in WinXP makes a big difference. Most applications, other than games, are pretty usable.
Posted by Sean Li, on Aug 30, 2003 at 07:34 PM, in Mac Notebooks

Don't go by the specs alone; the PowerBook 2400...	1,165 Views / 15 Replies
Don't go by the specs alone; the PowerBook 2400 developed a good following, particularly in Japan where some fans are still upgrading their machines to keep them in good working order. Until the...
Posted by Sean Li, on Aug 27, 2003 at 03:57 AM, in Mac Notebooks

I wouldn't count on that kind of support any time...	706 Views / 4 Replies
I wouldn't count on that kind of support any time in the near future; RIM have other problems on their hands, having lost a patent infringement ruling and ordered to stop selling Blackberries (and...
Posted by Sean Li, on Aug 11, 2003 at 07:47 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

Completely Mac - there is nothing to install on...	936 Views / 10 Replies
Completely Mac - there is nothing to install on the PocketPC. One small issue is that it can't work with a firewall enabled. Other than that, it works really well.
Posted by Sean Li, on Jul 17, 2003 at 05:41 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

Flush, although there is an issue with Compact...	649 Views / 4 Replies
Flush, although there is an issue with Compact Flash cards that's been discussed but not resolved by Apple yet: at times it can take the PowerBook over 5 minutes to recognize the card properly,...
Posted by Sean Li, on Jul 15, 2003 at 10:23 PM, in Mac Notebooks

I'd wait until after MacWorld CreativePro as well...	1,278 Views / 11 Replies
I'd wait until after MacWorld CreativePro as well (July 16th). The PowerBooks are, in theory, next in line for an update. I'm guessing that we'll see speed-bumped 12" and 17" PowerBooks, and an...
Posted by Sean Li, on Jun 30, 2003 at 03:34 AM, in Mac Notebooks

Benchmarks are only one indicator of performance,...	1,664 Views / 24 Replies
Benchmarks are only one indicator of performance, IMO. Performance in real-world tasks, such as putting together a report in Word, editing an image in Photoshop, etc... aren't always accurately...
Posted by Sean Li, on Jun 30, 2003 at 03:20 AM, in Mac Notebooks

No, the custom buttons aren't usable yet. I...	1,068 Views / 10 Replies
No, the custom buttons aren't usable yet. I don't know if Microsoft will update their Intellimouse software to account for built-in bluetooth on the Mac either. Their PC software won't even work...
Posted by Sean Li, on May 29, 2003 at 07:11 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

Nope - built-in bluetooth is fine. Note though...	1,068 Views / 10 Replies
Nope - built-in bluetooth is fine. Note though that the response is not quite as smooth as with a regular mouse. It's OK for general tasks, but you probably wouldn't want to use it when playing...
Posted by Sean Li, on May 29, 2003 at 12:04 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

I got it to work without any special drivers. ...	1,068 Views / 10 Replies
I got it to work without any special drivers. One point to note though is that it will not work unless you log in with an account that has bluetooth configured for the mouse. In other words, it...
Posted by Sean Li, on May 28, 2003 at 10:58 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

I'm not sure what could be cause of the system...	1,079 Views / 11 Replies
I'm not sure what could be cause of the system crashes / kernel panics. I still get them if I remove a CF/PCMCIA card before it's been properly recognized by the system, but I've learned now that...
Posted by Sean Li, on May 21, 2003 at 05:00 AM, in Mac Notebooks

Seems to be an OS problem rather than a hardware...	712 Views / 12 Replies
Seems to be an OS problem rather than a hardware problem; I have the same issue with a 17" PowerBook with 10.2.5. The only pattern I've noticed is that it occurs after the PowerBook has been in...
Posted by Sean Li, on May 1, 2003 at 11:35 PM, in Mac Notebooks

I got the 7-in-1 reader from Addonics...	542 Views / 3 Replies
I got the 7-in-1 reader from Addonics (http://www.addonics.com/). The only thing it doesn't read are xd cards. Works pretty well; a little bit bigger than I would've liked though. I've seen...
Posted by Sean Li, on Apr 29, 2003 at 03:40 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

I saw one today (10GB version) - the keys are...	1,118 Views / 10 Replies
I saw one today (10GB version) - the keys are backlit red, a darker shade than what's shown in the picture above. It's a nice color, it just doesn't match the regular Mac color schemes. I would've...
Posted by Sean Li, on Apr 29, 2003 at 03:30 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

I wouldn't be surprised if this iPod actually can...	913 Views / 13 Replies
I wouldn't be surprised if this iPod actually can use Firewire 800. Notice how Apple's gone to a unified connector? There's complaints now that you can't use a regular firewire cable, but I'd say...
Posted by Sean Li, on Apr 29, 2003 at 03:16 AM, in Mac Notebooks

It's not black, it's supposed to be in the dark...	1,118 Views / 10 Replies
It's not black, it's supposed to be in the dark to show you the backlight effects on the screen and the new buttons.
Posted by Sean Li, on Apr 29, 2003 at 12:10 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

Actually, I've found that if the camera is...	566 Views / 4 Replies
Actually, I've found that if the camera is originally recognized by Image Capture or iPhoto, that its memory card inserted either into the PCMCIA slot or through an external Firewire or USB readers...
Posted by Sean Li, on Apr 24, 2003 at 05:50 AM, in Mac Notebooks

Yes, it's faster than USB. Not sure if it's...	566 Views / 4 Replies
Yes, it's faster than USB. Not sure if it's faster than Firewire though (I've seen conflicting reports). Personally, I've found it more convenient to have an adapter rather than an external reader....
Posted by Sean Li, on Apr 24, 2003 at 03:02 AM, in Mac Notebooks

Just to add another option and make things more...	2,099 Views / 37 Replies
Just to add another option and make things more confusing, check out Waterfield Designs at http://www.sfbags.com/ - they make the Racer-X for the 17", IMO one of the better bags out there,...
Posted by Sean Li, on Apr 15, 2003 at 05:20 AM, in Mac Notebooks

Re: Speed difference 12" to 15"	1,054 Views / 9 Replies
The speed difference will be small but noticeable. It really depends though on what you're going to use the PowerBook for. If it's just checking emails, using Word, etc... then it won't make much...
Posted by Sean Li, on Apr 14, 2003 at 04:41 AM, in Mac Notebooks

You can use it now for synchronization with some...	1,289 Views / 16 Replies
You can use it now for synchronization with some Palm PDAs. AFAIK, other than that and phones, other devices such as input peripherals and printers are not supported yet.
Posted by Sean Li, on Mar 6, 2003 at 02:08 AM, in Mac Notebooks

The 17" is definitely not available in Hong Kong...	3,854 Views / 40 Replies
The 17" is definitely not available in Hong Kong yet. If anything we're not going to see it in stores here until April. The photos you saw were from a marketing meeting held at Apple's offices. ...
Posted by Sean Li, on Mar 6, 2003 at 02:05 AM, in Mac Notebooks

Personally, I opted for the combo drive as...	697 Views / 6 Replies
Personally, I opted for the combo drive as burning DVDs is painfully slow unless you spend even more money on better DVD authoring software. As I tend to backup to CDs, use iTunes for music CDs,...
Posted by Sean Li, on Mar 4, 2003 at 10:47 AM, in Mac Notebooks

The photos are actually from the product launch...	1,954 Views / 8 Replies
The photos are actually from the product launch in HK on February 5th, and taken at Apple's offices. As far as I know, and according to my various contacts locally, no one in HK has taken delivery...
Posted by Sean Li, on Feb 9, 2003 at 08:20 AM, in Mac Notebooks

Approximately 1.7 AUS$ for 1 US$. Having said...	2,232 Views / 25 Replies
Approximately 1.7 AUS$ for 1 US$. Having said that their web prices include GST; I don't know how much that is nor whether they don't charge GST for overseas shipping. Or you could always fly to...
Posted by Sean Li, on Feb 8, 2003 at 09:57 PM, in Mac Notebooks

You kind of have to unscrew it - you need a coin...	584 Views / 2 Replies
You kind of have to unscrew it - you need a coin or something similar to unlock the battery latch. It's a better solution IMO compared to the 15", where I've popped the battery out by mistake just...
Posted by Sean Li, on Feb 8, 2003 at 03:33 PM, in Mac Notebooks

I'm in Hong Kong, and I still ordered the...	2,232 Views / 25 Replies
I'm in Hong Kong, and I still ordered the Sleevecase from Waterfield for my 12" PowerBook. I haven't found anything locally that comes close to the protection and quality of the Waterfield products....
Posted by Sean Li, on Feb 8, 2003 at 03:29 PM, in Mac Notebooks

I've been using the 12" for about a week now;...	2,005 Views / 21 Replies
I've been using the 12" for about a week now; while it does get very warm / hot (it's a very subjective qualification), it's certainly not unusable. I think in general there are tradeoffs that...
Posted by Sean Li, on Feb 2, 2003 at 10:17 PM, in Mac Notebooks

I've seldom had the fan come on, but it does go...	1,149 Views / 7 Replies
I've seldom had the fan come on, but it does go off after a few minutes. Of course it depends on what you're doing. With VirtualPC it will tend to stay on the high speed for a bit longer. ...
Posted by Sean Li, on Feb 1, 2003 at 10:48 PM, in Mac Notebooks

I've got both the 12" PowerBook, with 640MB RAM,...	1,502 Views / 21 Replies
I've got both the 12" PowerBook, with 640MB RAM, and the 15" TiBook 800MHz, with 1GB RAM, in front of me, and just ran XBench 1.0 on both simultaneously. The software configuration on both is...
Posted by Sean Li, on Jan 28, 2003 at 07:57 PM, in Mac Notebooks

Check out http://www.voodoopc.com/ They make...	1,004 Views / 11 Replies
Check out http://www.voodoopc.com/ They make a couple of laptops that break the 10lb weight limit, including the 3.06GHz Pentium, etc... but no nVidia (ATI RADEON 9000 instead). But still no...
Posted by Sean Li, on Jan 8, 2003 at 06:07 AM, in Mac Notebooks

Re: To TiBook 867mhz/1ghz Owners	2,648 Views / 46 Replies
Well said! A couple of additional pointers for those who have just received their 867MHz/1GHz PowerBooks: - The ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 is more powerful than the nVIDIA GeForce4Go 440. The...
Posted by Sean Li, on Jan 8, 2003 at 03:02 AM, in Mac Notebooks

LogoSender from the same company - <a...	574 Views / 4 Replies
LogoSender from the same company - <a href="http://www.macmedia.sk/ls.htm" target="_blank">http://www.macmedia.sk/ls.htm</a> - does support infrared. They don't list the 3360 on their compatibility...
Posted by Sean Li, on Jul 18, 2002 at 04:00 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

I had a 48GB hard drive shipped from the US to...	696 Views / 3 Replies
I had a 48GB hard drive shipped from the US to Hong Kong last year - they weren't available here at the time - with no problems, through TransIntl. I'd say that if it's not running, the hard drive...
Posted by Sean Li, on Jun 14, 2002 at 08:02 PM, in Mac Notebooks

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva,...	714 Views / 35 Replies
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Posted by Sean Li, on May 29, 2002 at 02:29 AM, in Mac Notebooks

As I said before, I generally advocate buying new...	714 Views / 35 Replies
As I said before, I generally advocate buying new machines sooner rather than later, but in this case I do get the impression that we will, at the very least, see Bluetooth integrated into the...
Posted by Sean Li, on May 28, 2002 at 03:07 AM, in Mac Notebooks

I usually advocate buying machines sooner rather...	714 Views / 35 Replies
I usually advocate buying machines sooner rather than later, but this time, in your position, I'd wait. You don't need the PowerBook until mid-August so there's plenty of time for Apple to make...
Posted by Sean Li, on May 27, 2002 at 09:47 AM, in Mac Notebooks

I agree that the machines may have been...	533 Views / 27 Replies
I agree that the machines may have been configured differently, however I spent some 45 minutes on the 800MHz model trying out different applications, web browsing, installing Return to Castle...
Posted by Sean Li, on May 6, 2002 at 10:39 AM, in Mac Notebooks

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