Re: Dual Usb iBook vs Pb G3/333

2002-04-27 Thread Lorenzo B.
On 26-04-2002 17:07, "Remy Davison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I chose Lombard because of its screen, power, weight > (remembering iBook II wasn't released yet) and VGA out. I chose the iBook II over the lombard because: - I needed more speed and more power, a bigger hard drive and an X-compati

Re: Dual Usb iBook vs Pb G3/333

2002-04-27 Thread James Rohde
On 4/27/02 10:41 PM Lorenzo B edified us all by writing: >In fact I admit that I'm curious, I'd eagerly hear from you, Remy, and all >the other friends on the list about what was the point that made you decide >to go for a Pismo/Tibook/Bronze/whatever. For myself it was a few things: 1) At the

Re: Dual Usb iBook vs Pb G3/333

2002-04-26 Thread Remy Davison
>In fact I admit that I'm curious, I'd eagerly hear from you, Remy, and all >the other friends on the list about what was the point that made you decide >to go for a Pismo/Tibook/Bronze/whatever. > >As far as I'm concerned I chose the iBook II because, as I wrote before, I >really was longing for

Re: Dual Usb iBook vs Pb G3/333

2002-04-26 Thread Lorenzo B.
On 26-04-2002 7:09, "Remy Davison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Na, I was only joshing you, Lorenzo ;-) No problem Remy, I know that you did not mean to be agressive, neither was I. > Let's face it: if you gave me a choice between my old 5300 and a new > Windbloze laptop, I'd still take the 53

Re: Dual Usb iBook vs Pb G3/333

2002-04-25 Thread Walter R Basil
On 4/26/02 8:03 AM, "(G-Books)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there, I didn't mean to start a religions war ;-). > > Your reasons for sticking to the Pismo are as good as mine which made me > decide to trade the Lombard for an iBook. > > I'm not going to perorate my cause here as there is no

Re: Dual Usb iBook vs Pb G3/333

2002-04-25 Thread Remy Davison
>Hi there, I didn't mean to start a religions war ;-). > >Your reasons for sticking to the Pismo are as good as mine which made me >decide to trade the Lombard for an iBook. > >I'm not going to perorate my cause here as there is no cause to defend at >all; by saying that I'm happy with my new "toy

Re: Dual Usb iBook vs Pb G3/333

2002-04-25 Thread Lorenzo B.
On 25-04-2002 6:59, "Remy Davison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In defence of Lombard ;-) Hi there, I didn't mean to start a religions war ;-). Your reasons for sticking to the Pismo are as good as mine which made me decide to trade the Lombard for an iBook. I'm not going to perorate my cause

Re: Dual Usb iBook vs Pb G3/333

2002-04-25 Thread Alan Miller
Laurent Daudelin wrote: > on 25/04/02 00:59, Remy Davison at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > [snip!] > > - No upgrade path (G4/500 for Lombard and likely to go higher) > [snip!] > > A G4/500 for Lombard? I've never heard about this. Who is making it? > PowerLogix? Correct: http://www.powerlogix.com/p

Re: Dual Usb iBook vs Pb G3/333

2002-04-24 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 25/04/02 00:59, Remy Davison at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip!] > - No upgrade path (G4/500 for Lombard and likely to go higher) [snip!] A G4/500 for Lombard? I've never heard about this. Who is making it? PowerLogix? -Laurent. --

Was: Dual Usb iBook vs Pb G3/333 Now: Lombard/Pismo

2002-04-24 Thread Erick King
On Wednesday, April 24, 2002, at 11:59 , Remy Davison wrote: > In defence of Lombard ;-) > - No upgrade path (G4/500 for Lombard and likely to go higher) This one kills me. G4/500s for the Lombards, and nothing in sight for the PismosAround a 8-9 months ago, there were

Re: Dual Usb iBook vs Pb G3/333

2002-04-24 Thread Remy Davison
>Don't know if this might be of interest for any of you anyway here's my >rant: > >In the end I decided I was going to do the shift after all, so I traded >my Bronze Pb for a 500mhz iBook II ... well I now know I did the right >thing for sure! > >Faster, snappier, more responsive, lighter, thin

Re: Dual Usb iBook vs Pb G3/333

2002-04-24 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 24/04/02 17:46, Lorenzo B. at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [iBook praises deleted] > To cut a long story short: this little machine is worth every penny I've > been spending for it, now I wish I had made up my mind earlier ... Bah, you would have ended up with a slower iBook, maybe? So, by the ti

Dual Usb iBook vs Pb G3/333

2002-04-24 Thread Lorenzo B .
Hi all, Don't know if this might be of interest for any of you anyway here's my rant: In the end I decided I was going to do the shift after all, so I traded my Bronze Pb for a 500mhz iBook II ... well I now know I did the right thing for sure! Faster, snappier, more responsive, lighter, th

Dual Usb iBook vs Pb G3/333

2002-04-24 Thread Lorenzo B .
Hi all, Don't know if this might be of interest for any of you anyway here's my rant: In the end I decided I was going to do the shift after all, so I traded my Bronze Pb for a 500mhz iBook II ... well I now know I did the right thing for sure! Faster, snappier, more responsive, lighter, th

Dual Usb iBook vs Pb G3/333

2002-04-21 Thread l.biagiotti
Hi there, me again. First of all thanks to all those who cared to reply so far. On the other hand I'm sorry to keep posting bits and pieces but, while writing my first mail I really had forgotten about this additional fact: - When I upgraded the Pb to 384mb I had to remove the original 64 megs

Dual Usb iBook vs Pb G3/333

2002-04-20 Thread Walter R Basil
On 4/21/02 1:36 AM, "(G-Books)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'll try to cut a long story short: After using my Bronze G3/333 for more > than a year I've come, during the last days across an occasion which I find > quite good: > > A friend of mine has introduced me to an Apple resel

Re: Dual Usb iBook vs Pb G3/333

2002-04-20 Thread Thomas Bier
You could take the extra ram from for 333 and put it into the iBook. Or you could look into a CPU upgrade for your 333. -Thomas > Hi all, > > I'll try to cut a long story short: After using my Bronze G3/333 for more > than a year I've come, during the last days across an occasion which I find

Dual Usb iBook vs Pb G3/333

2002-04-20 Thread l.biagiotti
Hi all, I'll try to cut a long story short: After using my Bronze G3/333 for more than a year I've come, during the last days across an occasion which I find quite good: A friend of mine has introduced me to an Apple reseller he knows. This guy is selling "open box" new iBooks which have been us