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Panther eats up RAM, i have 512MB in my powerbook...	1,144 Views / 12 Replies
Panther eats up RAM, i have 512MB in my powerbook and it seems to be just fine. As soon as I can afford it I'm goign to get a 1GB stick.
Posted by anaphora68, on Apr 30, 2004 at 09:19 AM, in Mac Notebooks

I have no idea what the noise is. If it's coming...	1,308 Views / 11 Replies
I have no idea what the noise is. If it's coming from the fan it's possible that the fan itself is broken. I don't know what to tell you, if your computer was built over a year ago you're going to...
Posted by anaphora68, on Apr 30, 2004 at 09:15 AM, in Mac Notebooks

The keys on the aluminum do not mark the screen,...	635 Views / 3 Replies
The keys on the aluminum do not mark the screen, and my powerbook has had no problems with warping whatsoever.
Posted by anaphora68, on Apr 29, 2004 at 10:06 AM, in Mac Notebooks

I don't know about the cracking, but the clicking...	591 Views / 3 Replies
I don't know about the cracking, but the clicking is your hard drive. Not much you can do about that, replacing the hard drive in a pismo is not particularly easy.
Posted by anaphora68, on Apr 28, 2004 at 09:39 AM, in Mac Notebooks

I can't comment on the new powerbooks, but I have...	2,220 Views / 24 Replies
I can't comment on the new powerbooks, but I have a 15'' alubook with the 1Ghz processor and the fans almost never come on. They only come on when I'm playing a game or batch processing in photoshop...
Posted by anaphora68, on Apr 28, 2004 at 09:38 AM, in Mac Notebooks

installed 3.4.1 and everything that went bad with...	911 Views / 16 Replies
installed 3.4.1 and everything that went bad with 3.4 was fixed.
Posted by anaphora68, on Apr 27, 2004 at 11:17 AM, in Mac Notebooks

More VRAM is the same as more RAM the more you...	1,597 Views / 21 Replies
More VRAM is the same as more RAM the more you have the better off you are. If you do a lot of Photoshop work or video editing it will help. You might notice a marginal improvement in day to day...
Posted by anaphora68, on Apr 27, 2004 at 11:15 AM, in Mac Notebooks

Is your unformatted capacity 66gb or is that what...	743 Views / 6 Replies
Is your unformatted capacity 66gb or is that what is being displayed as free space?
Posted by anaphora68, on Apr 26, 2004 at 10:23 PM, in Mac Notebooks

I would say just get an ibook now, save your...	883 Views / 10 Replies
I would say just get an ibook now, save your money, and in a year or two get a newer more powerful mac.
Posted by anaphora68, on Apr 26, 2004 at 09:14 AM, in Mac Notebooks

If the 15'' has LCD problems and is "hot" i would...	921 Views / 10 Replies
If the 15'' has LCD problems and is "hot" i would definitely get the 17''.
Posted by anaphora68, on Apr 26, 2004 at 09:09 AM, in Mac Notebooks

I would wait. You won't see that significant a...	1,626 Views / 13 Replies
I would wait. You won't see that significant a speed increase. The biggest bottleneck when dealing with photoshop is RAM, not necessarily processor speed. Wait a couple of months.
Posted by anaphora68, on Apr 26, 2004 at 09:05 AM, in Mac Notebooks

I actually upgraded from a pismo to an aluminum...	980 Views / 10 Replies
I actually upgraded from a pismo to an aluminum powerbook and i love the aluminum. It stands up to college life very well. However, I feel that the pismo was a much more "solid" machine in terms...
Posted by anaphora68, on Apr 24, 2004 at 05:44 PM, in Mac Notebooks

Apple codes and posts those updates for a reason....	942 Views / 11 Replies
Apple codes and posts those updates for a reason. You should update, more for these updates fix holes and problems with the OS that someone might try and take advantage of. Don't say it doesn't...
Posted by anaphora68, on Mar 7, 2004 at 10:40 AM, in Mac Notebooks

A clicking noise is indicative of a hard drive...	847 Views / 6 Replies
A clicking noise is indicative of a hard drive problem. Back up your data ASAP, if you drive doesn't fail soon it will fail at some point. Hope it's still under warranty. See if running disk...
Posted by anaphora68, on Mar 6, 2004 at 04:25 PM, in Mac Notebooks

The latest and greatest is usually not worth the...	1,556 Views / 20 Replies
The latest and greatest is usually not worth the money. I bought my 15'' G4 powerbook because it meets my needs and exceeds them. If I wanted cutting edge I would have bought a G5 desktop, but I...
Posted by anaphora68, on Mar 6, 2004 at 04:18 PM, in Mac Notebooks

Well, just goes to show you the importance of...	2,506 Views / 24 Replies
Well, just goes to show you the importance of backing up once in a while. No pity for that guy. Feel bad for whoever had to answer that call though. I work at a computer help desk, man what a...
Posted by anaphora68, on Mar 6, 2004 at 04:16 PM, in Mac Notebooks

The card in the 15'' aluminum handles games just...	1,556 Views / 20 Replies
The card in the 15'' aluminum handles games just fine, but that's also why I have an xbox. The card handles graphics work more than capably. As far as screens, who knows. I happen to think the...
Posted by anaphora68, on Mar 3, 2004 at 11:29 AM, in Mac Notebooks

It's great how everyone here claims to be an...	1,556 Views / 20 Replies
It's great how everyone here claims to be an expert on microprocessor development and apple's internal planning process. I highly doubt a powerbook G5 anytime soon. If you are going to sit around...
Posted by anaphora68, on Mar 3, 2004 at 09:53 AM, in Mac Notebooks

I would have to say go with the 15'' and get a...	1,608 Views / 21 Replies
I would have to say go with the 15'' and get a second display. That's the setup I have, I have a 15'' hooked up to a sony trinitron 17'' CRT. The 12'' is simply too small with too low a native...
Posted by anaphora68, on Mar 2, 2004 at 10:45 PM, in Mac Notebooks

It could be any number of things. I am inclined...	561 Views / 6 Replies
It could be any number of things. I am inclined to say that it is hardware related, as there is a general system alarm of some sort. Have you run the hardware test utility? I would try that, it might...
Posted by anaphora68, on Mar 1, 2004 at 10:57 AM, in Mac Notebooks

Yep, you guys have USB 1.1, sorry. Apple's...	731 Views / 8 Replies
Yep, you guys have USB 1.1, sorry. Apple's support pages would have that kind of info for future reference.
Posted by anaphora68, on Mar 1, 2004 at 10:55 AM, in Mac Notebooks

It's great that the one button mouse is a symbol,...	1,291 Views / 33 Replies
It's great that the one button mouse is a symbol, but if we're paying 1,000 plus for a computer it would be nice to have a mouse that was actually functional. There is a functional right click built...
Posted by anaphora68, on Mar 1, 2004 at 10:49 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

You need to run the value pack installer and make...	728 Views / 2 Replies
You need to run the value pack installer and make sure that the optional language dictionaries are installed.
Posted by anaphora68, on Mar 1, 2004 at 10:46 AM, in Mac Notebooks

Is it a g4 or g3 based ibook? I would imagine...	1,247 Views / 14 Replies
Is it a g4 or g3 based ibook? I would imagine that you would be ok with a g4 ibook and halo, but you might have to bump some of the graphics settings down.
Posted by anaphora68, on Mar 1, 2004 at 10:43 AM, in Mac Notebooks

I doubt apple's going to do much because of that...	694 Views / 2 Replies
I doubt apple's going to do much because of that initial crack. If I were you i'd look into a powerbook, especially if you do photo work. I was considering an ibook a few months ago, but I do a great...
Posted by anaphora68, on Mar 1, 2004 at 10:40 AM, in Mac Notebooks

Honestly, if y'all are constantly waiting for a...	1,921 Views / 26 Replies
Honestly, if y'all are constantly waiting for a speed bump when the 1ghz comes around you're going to want the 1.25. Go with the 800 and bump the RAM to max, you'll see a more significant speed...
Posted by anaphora68, on Mar 1, 2004 at 10:38 AM, in Mac Notebooks

Welcome to the club! You're gonna love the...	421 Views / 1 Replies
Welcome to the club! You're gonna love the machine. Just wait until you plug a second display into it! Enjoy!
Posted by anaphora68, on Mar 1, 2004 at 10:17 AM, in Mac Notebooks

Actually, I have used the g4 15'' recovery DVD on...	509 Views / 3 Replies
Actually, I have used the g4 15'' recovery DVD on my old pismo. I lost my jaguar CDs and needed to put it on my pismo, and sure enough it booted of the restore DVD and installed. It should work in...
Posted by anaphora68, on Feb 29, 2004 at 05:37 PM, in Mac Notebooks

You needed to leave it off for at least 24 hours...	2,038 Views / 9 Replies
You needed to leave it off for at least 24 hours to give it a chance to dry out. I work computer/IT support and we have that happen quite a bit. It's most likely fried at this point, sorry. Even if...
Posted by anaphora68, on Feb 27, 2004 at 10:40 AM, in Mac Notebooks

It sounds like you don't have enough hard drive...	951 Views / 8 Replies
It sounds like you don't have enough hard drive space and your computer is slowing down due to a lack of real memory and virtual memory. Why did you partition your hard drive?
Posted by anaphora68, on Feb 26, 2004 at 09:32 PM, in Mac Notebooks

In my experience the powerbook has always been...	608 Views / 3 Replies
In my experience the powerbook has always been the better performing, more expandable "bigger brother" to the ibook. 512 MB RAM should be the minimum for what you are doing. 60 GB is good to...
Posted by anaphora68, on Feb 26, 2004 at 08:00 PM, in Mac Notebooks

Yeah, I'm going to go and talk to the apple rep...	533 Views / 2 Replies
Yeah, I'm going to go and talk to the apple rep at a local computer store that my school uses to fix macs. I might just wait for the turnaround time to drop as well. I need my computer for a lot (I'm...
Posted by anaphora68, on Feb 26, 2004 at 05:09 PM, in Mac Notebooks

The mice are a bit heavy, but honestly it beats...	18,090 Views / 126 Replies
The mice are a bit heavy, but honestly it beats using the cramped trackpad on a powerbook. Plus it's nice to have more than one button.
Posted by anaphora68, on Feb 26, 2004 at 12:11 PM, in Mac Notebooks

I bought the mouse at Best Buy. They had a few...	18,090 Views / 126 Replies
I bought the mouse at Best Buy. They had a few other bluetooth mice as well.
Posted by anaphora68, on Feb 26, 2004 at 10:12 AM, in Mac Notebooks

I have the MS Bluetooth Mouse and it works like a...	18,090 Views / 126 Replies
I have the MS Bluetooth Mouse and it works like a charm. All of the buttons work, I have some of the extra buttons configured for use with Expose. Now I'm just waiting for my second display and...
Posted by anaphora68, on Feb 26, 2004 at 09:30 AM, in Mac Notebooks

My powerbook does the same thing. I don't know...	735 Views / 6 Replies
My powerbook does the same thing. I don't know why the slot loading drive is so loud, but I don't really mind all that much to be honest. The machine is so quiet otherwise.
Posted by anaphora68, on Feb 26, 2004 at 08:35 AM, in Mac Notebooks

The Boot ROM on the new Powerbook, and on any new...	633 Views / 3 Replies
The Boot ROM on the new Powerbook, and on any new mac, does not support booting into OS 9. As far as I know there is no way to boot into 9 on any of these new macs. Sorry, but you're SOL.
Posted by anaphora68, on Feb 25, 2004 at 10:05 PM, in Mac Notebooks

Odd Hinge Noise	533 Views / 2 Replies
I have a 15'' Aluminum Powerbook. Lately, whenever I move the screen I hear a wierd hinge popping noise from left hinge on the screen. It's quite loud and it's a bit unsettling to be honest. The...
Posted by anaphora68, on Feb 25, 2004 at 09:57 PM, in Mac Notebooks

Upgrade, I did it and saw a very noticable speed...	770 Views / 9 Replies
Upgrade, I did it and saw a very noticable speed increase. Once you've used expose you'll never go back to panther.
Posted by anaphora68, on Feb 20, 2004 at 01:35 PM, in Mac Notebooks

I ordered their generic RAM last november for my...	1,589 Views / 21 Replies
I ordered their generic RAM last november for my AlBook running Panther and I have had no issues. No hang-ups, kernel panics. In other words, it has worked. Go with them. They have some of the...
Posted by anaphora68, on Feb 20, 2004 at 09:47 AM, in Mac Notebooks

Your best bet is to just settle for the 80gig...	3,866 Views / 31 Replies
Your best bet is to just settle for the 80gig 5400 RPM if you need that kind of capacity. For a laptop, that's the best you're going to do.
Posted by anaphora68, on Feb 19, 2004 at 12:04 PM, in Mac Notebooks

As of now there is no 80GB 7200 RPM laptop hard...	3,866 Views / 31 Replies
As of now there is no 80GB 7200 RPM laptop hard drive. Why not get an external firewire if you need it for editing?
Posted by anaphora68, on Feb 18, 2004 at 05:08 PM, in Mac Notebooks

Battery life on the 15inch is so-so. I'm a...	1,461 Views / 23 Replies
Battery life on the 15inch is so-so. I'm a college senior and when I take my laptop to the library (using iTunes, MS Word, Airport, doing a bit of web-browsing) I get a little bit over 2 hours on...
Posted by anaphora68, on Feb 18, 2004 at 05:05 PM, in Mac Notebooks

You might want to give apple a ring, if your...	611 Views / 2 Replies
You might want to give apple a ring, if your computer is still under warranty i would suggest getting them to send you a new battery. If you haven't tried running the battery update i would do...
Posted by anaphora68, on Feb 16, 2004 at 10:04 AM, in Mac Notebooks

It does sound like you're SOL, however, have you...	1,339 Views / 13 Replies
It does sound like you're SOL, however, have you tried backing out the screw with a torqued screwdriver? The extra leverage won't hurt with the screwdriver. Hope this helps, otherwise I don't...
Posted by anaphora68, on Jan 8, 2004 at 12:27 PM, in Mac Notebooks

anything that has mac drivers. You might want to...	789 Views / 6 Replies
anything that has mac drivers. You might want to pose this in another forum, as it is not really powerbook related but more wireless related. As far as I know all the pismos are airport ready,...
Posted by anaphora68, on Jan 4, 2004 at 06:41 PM, in Mac Notebooks

From what I have heard L2 is much faster than L3,...	1,234 Views / 11 Replies
From what I have heard L2 is much faster than L3, so you go for a higher l2 count. There is good discussion on this over at tomshardware.com.
Posted by anaphora68, on Jan 3, 2004 at 09:41 PM, in Mac Notebooks

Steer clear of this computer, for another 150 you...	989 Views / 9 Replies
Steer clear of this computer, for another 150 you can get a powerbook off an edu discount, or find an apple refurb with a better processor. Their bizrate ratings are not great, a lot of...
Posted by anaphora68, on Jan 3, 2004 at 09:38 PM, in Mac Notebooks

Travellers Impressions	820 Views / 2 Replies
Hey All, I just got back from a 2 week trip to Brazil and wanted to share my impressions on travelling with a powerbook. The only problem I had was in the United States, where I had to keep taking...
Posted by anaphora68, on Jan 2, 2004 at 09:05 AM, in Mac Notebooks

Hey I heard that it will be running the new 3D OS...	2,096 Views / 28 Replies
Hey I heard that it will be running the new 3D OS that apple's developing. Come on now, you won't even list your source. Bah humbug.
Posted by anaphora68, on Dec 21, 2003 at 07:57 AM, in Mac Notebooks

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