AlBook vs. TiBook :o/

2004-08-27 Thread Larry le Mac
At my previous job I managed to get my way and get an TiBook 550 and I was both impressed and happy with it. I subsequently changed jobs to another non-Mac company and have yet again managed to get a Mac as my computer, an AlBook 1GHz. I now have first hand experience and therefore a few comments

Re: AlBook vs. TiBook :o/

2004-08-27 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Friday, August 27, 2004, at 01:14 AM, Larry le Mac wrote: At my previous job I managed to get my way and get an TiBook 550 and I was both impressed and happy with it. I subsequently changed jobs to another non-Mac company and have yet again managed to get a Mac as my computer, an AlBook 1GHz.

Re: AlBook vs. TiBook :o/

2004-08-27 Thread Donald Keenan
On Friday, August 27, 2004, at 10:34 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: I'm not surprised, both utilize the case as part of the heat sink, and a 1 Ghz G4 and that video chip both put out more than a few watts ... What else is or can be used as a heat sink? I never thought about this before, just assuming

Re: AlBook vs. TiBook :o/

2004-08-27 Thread Larry le Mac
From: Bruce Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] serves you right for being a righty :-) There are too many lefties here in Sweden as it is.. oh, you mean right handed... ;o) --- but no matter which side you put which ports on, they're going to piss off *some* portion of the population. No, but being

Re: AlBook vs. TiBook :o/

2004-08-27 Thread Dana Sibera
On 28/08/2004, at 12:51 AM, Donald Keenan wrote: On Friday, August 27, 2004, at 10:34 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: I'm not surprised, both utilize the case as part of the heat sink, and a 1 Ghz G4 and that video chip both put out more than a few watts ... What else is or can be used as a heat sink?

Re: AlBook vs. TiBook :o/

2004-08-27 Thread Frank P. Eigler
Thanks! I have a 867MHz TiBk, but your comments make my waiting for the G5 PBk much easier ;-) On Fri, 27 Aug 2004, Larry le Mac wrote: At my previous job I managed to get my way and get an TiBook 550 and I was both impressed and happy with it. I subsequently changed jobs to another non-Mac

Re: AlBook vs. TiBook :o/

2004-08-27 Thread MTH
On Friday, August 27, 2004, at 03:14 AM, Larry le Mac wrote: At my previous job I managed to get my way and get an TiBook 550 and I was both impressed and happy with it. I subsequently changed jobs to another non-Mac company and have yet again managed to get a Mac as my computer, an AlBook 1GHz.

Re: AlBook vs. TiBook :o/

2004-08-27 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 8/27/04 4:14 AM, Larry le Mac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The AlBook gets as hot as the TiBook :o( Until the thin craze ends or water cooling is used for notebooks this will continue to be a problem for ALL notebooks. Extremely hot processors and cramped conditions mean heat. The ports on

Re: AlBook vs. TiBook :o/

2004-08-27 Thread Steve Fuller
On Aug 27, 2004, at 8:06 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 8/27/04 4:14 AM, Larry le Mac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The ports on the AlBook are placed in the stupidest of places, where I have my graphics tablet, the wires for network, my iPod etc. all lie across my tablet... :o( You think this is an

Re: AlBook vs. TiBook :o/

2004-08-27 Thread Clyde Kahrl
I just got a new 1.33 Gig Albook to replace my 550 TiBook. (Obviously, mine is a whole generation above the 1.Gig, since they stopped making the 1Gig family 5 months ago.) I have to say that every single aspect of the machine is better than the TiBook. It is really, REALLY, really more

Re: AlBook vs. TiBook :o/

2004-08-27 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 27/08/04 22:20, Clyde Kahrl at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip!] I thought that the old Tibook would be with me forever, but this new computer is really much more solid physically--Oh and you know, it's a little faster too ; ) -- it really feels smooth with no hanging. I hate it when things