Hello listers,
just bought a 12" Tibook for my wife. Fantastic machine! Sleek, whisper quiet, fabulous screen, so far it seems to be just about perfect.
A few questions, if I may:
- the 'book feels fairly warm to the touch in the area to the left of the trackpad. I'm running a program called 'temperature monitor' and the range of CPU temp. is from 42º to 58º Celsius. When doing WP tasks, the temperature is 42º and only hots up when copying large files or using Photoshop or whatever. So far it seems absolutely fine; it's just a fair bit warmer than my Indigo Firewire iBook. I think I've read widely on the web about the Powerbooks being warmish. The news today about the 15" PB with overheating batteries got me slightly worried, though. So the question is: is what I am describing normal for 12" Tibooks?
- my wife will use it both on the road and in her office. She will need to synchronize her files between the PB and her 17" FP iMac. I bought an Airport Extreme card for the iMac, and the two 'puters now talk to each other very easily indeed. What's the best file sync program in your view? I'm trying out 'File Synchronization' ($12), and I like its interface and ease of use. It seems quite functional even for backups to the LaCie Firewire Mobile Drive we use.
- the often-discussed question of fingerprints on the screen: on my iBook I always place the foam sheet that came with the machine on the keyboard before closing the lid. The Tibook seems to have two feet on the lid that may actually prevent the keys from touching the screen. I would be inclined to use the same strategy and place the foam thingie on the keyboard before closing the lid. Any thoughts?
I apologise if these questions are trite. They have probably been done to death on this list, which I have just joined. Any help/suggestions would be highly appreciated of course.
Walter
12" G4 1.33Ghz Powerbook 768Mb Ram 17" G4 1.25Ghz iMac 768Mb Ram G3 500Mhz iMac DVSE 384Mb Ram G3 366Mhz Firewire iBook 320Mb Ram all running OS 10.3.5
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