On Sun, Jul 13, 2003 at 01:25:30PM -0400, Geoff Doctor wrote:
:
: Last year about this time, I ended up buying a Lombard 400, and 3
: months later sold it and bought a Pismo 500. I never regret doing that,
: this pismo is a much better computer, and here are some reasons why I
: prefer it.
:
I've been following this thread as I contemplate the next used PowerBook to buy. I
currently have a PB3400 so I would like to get up into the G3 realm next. I see some
really good deals on used iBooks but the Pismos seem to be very popular and are
usually about the same money or more than a
On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 8:51 am -0400, Tom Roth wrote:
I've been following this thread as I contemplate the next used PowerBook
to buy. I currently have a PB3400 so I would like to get up into the G3
realm next. I see some really good deals on used iBooks but the Pismos
seem to be very popular
Biggest question is what do you intend to do with the machine? If it just a
word processor and internet/chat machine, then a wallstreet or clamshell
iBook would do. (For video-out, a later model iBook would be needed.)
I have only recently upgraded to a white iBook (from a 1400). Man, this
thing
the oportunity to buy a Pismo or an iBook for say,
$800 and the hard drive, RAM, etc where all about the same; which would you get and
why?
-tom
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From: Tim Hodgson
Subject: Re: Buying new Powerbook
On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 8:51 am -0400, Tom Roth wrote:
I've been
I've been following this thread as I contemplate the next used
PowerBook to buy. I currently have a PB3400 so I would like
to get up into the G3 realm next. I see some really good deals
on used iBooks but
Okay... FWIW, I should probably go into more detail about my decision
stream. I was
On Monday 14 July 2003 12:35 pm, Steve Fuller wrote:
It also has this shock and awe effect on people. Pismos, Lombards and
Wallstreets all just have this look at me, I'm bitchen vibe. The big,
bright TFT screen, the luminous white apple shining on the Stealth
Black lid
of the case...it
On 14/07/03 16:33, Michelle Klein-Hass [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Monday 14 July 2003 12:35 pm, Steve Fuller wrote:
It also has this shock and awe effect on people. Pismos, Lombards and
Wallstreets all just have this look at me, I'm bitchen vibe. The big,
bright TFT screen, the luminous
The upside down Apple wasn't meant to be upside down. All PowerBooks
had it set to face the user when they were sitting with it closed on
their lap. The Pismo was the last to have it that way, starting with
iBooks and the PowerBook G4 they flipped it so it would be right side
up to observers.
Michelle Klein-Hass wrote:
Yes. The jolly, candy-like UPSIDE DOWN Apple. They fixed it on the Pismo,
right?
No, they didn't 'fix' it on the Pismo. The reason for this is that
before Steve Jobs the apple on your powerbook was for you to see,
nowadays it's meant to be seen by other people.
on 7/14/03 2:20 PM, jdc at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Michelle Klein-Hass wrote:
Yes. The jolly, candy-like UPSIDE DOWN Apple. They fixed it on the Pismo,
right?
No, they didn't 'fix' it on the Pismo. The reason for this is that
before Steve Jobs the apple on your powerbook was for you to
On Monday 14 July 2003 02:20 pm, jdc wrote:
Michelle Klein-Hass wrote:
Yes. The jolly, candy-like UPSIDE DOWN Apple. They fixed it on the Pismo,
right?
No, they didn't 'fix' it on the Pismo. The reason for this is that
before Steve Jobs the apple on your powerbook was for you to see,
This group is beyond belief; arguing that the Apple is upside down on one
machine and the right way on another. That's like deciding that last year's
minivan model with only three doors was wrong, then it was fixed when this
year's included a four door version. NEITHER IS WRONG--THEY'RE ONLY
This group is beyond belief; arguing that the Apple is upside down on
one
machine and the right way on another. That's like deciding that
I dunno that it got that intense. What I read here was it's more
sensible for the apple to be right way up when the machine is open.
My only beef with
Lewin A.R.W. Edwards wrote:
Hmm. I could care less about the cellphone (email lets me deal with
things in my own time), but an MP3 wristwatch sounds like a cool idea.
ASCII shall recieve!
http://www.geek.com/hwswrev/conel/mp3watch/
--
Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Lewin A.R.W. Edwards wrote:
Hmm. I could care less about the cellphone (email lets me deal with
things in my own time), but an MP3 wristwatch sounds like a cool idea.
There's one made by Casio.
Joaquim
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G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and...
Small Dog Electronics
on 7/14/03 4:32 PM, jdc at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Lewin A.R.W. Edwards wrote:
Hmm. I could care less about the cellphone (email lets me deal with
things in my own time), but an MP3 wristwatch sounds like a cool idea.
There's one made by Casio.
Joaquim
not mac compatible
--
http://www.geek.com/hwswrev/conel/mp3watch/
Pretty cool. I wonder why they didn't make the MMC removable. Looks
like there ought to be enough space in that fat body.
-- Lewin A.R.W. Edwards
Available for ARM, 8051, x86, Linux, technical writing/proofreading and
other contract projects.
:Re: Buying new Powerbook
On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 8:51 am -0400, Tom Roth wrote:
I've been following this thread as I contemplate the next used
PowerBook
to buy. I currently have a PB3400 so I would like to get up into
the G3
realm next. I see some really good deals on used iBooks
New 700mhz CD only under $800. If it were up to me I'd pony up for a
new iBook- its the first new mac I've bought in the last 13 years.
Ummm.. not meaning any offense, but why? The last time I bought a new
computer was in 1990. That was a high-end 386 IIRC, close to being
cutting-edge
on 7/14/03 4:28 PM, Bruce Johnson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Lewin A.R.W. Edwards wrote:
Hmm. I could care less about the cellphone (email lets me deal with
things in my own time), but an MP3 wristwatch sounds like a cool idea.
ASCII shall recieve!
http://www.geek.com/hwswrev/conel/mp3watch/
Requires Windows 98 and USB; doesn't work with Win95 or MacOS
Which is pretty stupid, really - it would have been easy to make it
appear as a storage class driver - but I guess it's pretty old and the
storage class wasn't widely implemented back
I have recently upgraded from a 266MHz WallStreet (192MB RAM) to a 500MHz
Pismo (640MB RAM).
This has allowed me to switch to OS X full time. On the WallStreet Mac OS
X was rock solid, but the video performance was just good enough to run
all the eye candy in the OS X Finder. I was booted in
Your assumptions are not entirely accurate. I bought my son's ibook
for $1200. Used average on ebay at the time, for combo drive older
model only about $130 less with slower processor, smaller hard drive,
slower combo drive, and weaker video card, out of warranty. SmallDog
selling Apple
slower combo drive, and weaker video card, out of warranty. SmallDog
selling Apple refurbed 800mhz combo drives for under $1000 for next 3
Whoa! Apple refurbed is not new. It's B-stock. By new new I mean A-
stock, never been sullied by the hands of Joe Consumer. Let's compare
apples and
I disagree
Doesn't matter. B-stock is B-stock. It doesn't matter how much/little
an article has been used, if it has been decapsulated by the end-user
and returned to the factory, it is B-stock. It would only be A-stock if
it had gone to an Apple store, been overstocked, and gone
so what's your point?
-BE
On Monday, July 14, 2003, at 09:47 PM, Lewin A.R.W. Edwards wrote:
I disagree
Doesn't matter. B-stock is B-stock. It doesn't matter how much/little
an article has been used, if it has been decapsulated by the end-user
and returned to the factory, it is B-stock. It
so what's your point?
Excellent question. At this point, I've no idea. I'm sitting up
injecting concentrated coffee into my eyeballs waiting for two banks on
opposite sides of the world to acknowledge a transaction so I can feed
the guinea-pigs and get a few hours' sleep.
-- Lewin A.R.W.
Thanks for the smile!
I'm sitting at my kitchen table replying to email on the cool powerbook
I got which looks feels and smells like a new machine that I got for
$100 or so savings...not to mention the refurbished airport extreme
card...
-BE
On Monday, July 14, 2003, at 09:56 PM, Lewin
I am thinking of buying a new Powerbook, currently I have a Wallstreet series 292 mhz.
I am thinking of getting either the 400 or 500 mhz pismo. Will the ram I just
purchased work in the Pismo? What are some opinions on the Pismo? Or should I go
with the Lombard? Thanks for any insight!
The Pismo uses 100 or 133MHz SODIMM SDRAM modules
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am thinking of buying a new Powerbook, currently I have a Wallstreet series 292 mhz. I am thinking of getting either the 400 or 500 mhz pismo. Will the ram I just purchased work in the Pismo? What are some opinions
Go for a Pismo over a Lombard. Pismos are very nice PowerBooks. They
come in 400 and 500 G3 models as you know. They will take up to 1GB of
RAM and will use PC-100 SDRAM SO-DIMMs. It can also use faster PC-133
RAM but can not use PC-66. Your Wallstreet can use PC-66, 100, and 133.
As long as
Last year about this time, I ended up buying a Lombard 400, and 3
months later sold it and bought a Pismo 500. I never regret doing that,
this pismo is a much better computer, and here are some reasons why I
prefer it.
The Pismo has the Rage Mobility 128 Graphics chip, and although it only
I am thinking of buying a new Powerbook, currently I have a
Wallstreet series 292 mhz. I am thinking of getting either
the 400 or 500 mhz pismo. Will the ram I just purchased work
in the Pismo? What are some opinions on the Pismo? Or should
I go with the Lombard? Thanks for any insight!
FWIW
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