On 8/20/04 6:43 PM, "Anne Judge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Aug 20, 2004, at 8:53 AM, BobGir wrote: >> ...when SmallDog (and Apple) this year offered a reduced price on the >> sale of Aluminum Power Books, ... folks on the >> list cautioned me to first determine if they were Rev A and then, for a >> number of reasons, if they were, to give them a pass. >> >> I checked, they were Rev A, and I gave them a pass and got a 14" G4 >> iBook for my wife instead. >> > Whoa, I missed these posts, what were the reasons for avoiding rev. A?? > > (I picked up a 1st-gen 17" CompUSA store demo at Christmas, and hadn't > heard anything bad about it - at least, anything that an iBook was > better at.) > The original 12" alum PowerBook lacked an L3 cache resulting in rather lackluster performance for some applications. In everyday use (word processing, browsing, email) I found it to be peppier than my iBook but its lack of speed became apparent when using Photoshop and iMovie. At work we found it to be a solid computer just not as fast as one might have expected. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
