Re: Pismo upgrade 800MHz, New Form Factor?

2003-01-01 Thread wappling
RE;without repeating everything ,I cant agree more,Im soon to be on my third machine,and despite the promises of newer better to solve all my problems,since 7.5 Im still waiting for a browser that doesnt corupt and shaft my whole machine constantly.maybe someday a computer that just works

Re: Pismo upgrade 800MHz, New Form Factor?

2002-12-31 Thread hubert4delmes
Andrew Main [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: care if its design pleases me and works for me. Some things I like are new, some are old, some very old. Rounded edges are comfortable; sharp edges are not, and seem to me an emphasis of stylish appearance over real functionality. Style over substance.

Re: New Form Factor? Bronze-2 Ti-0.

2002-12-28 Thread hal9000x
On Saturday, December 28, 2002, at 02:52 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ti books are fairly rugged. However, their hinges do crack, people do feel like they would break easily, and man- they get scratched SO EASILY! This is so true. I have seen Ti books that look like they have been owned

Re: Pismo upgrade 800MHz, New Form Factor?

2002-12-26 Thread Andrew Main
rag bag wrote: i can't say i'm interested, especially at that price: i could sell my pismo and pick up a used ti-book for more or less the same total Well, yeah, I'd say it's worth it only if you prefer the Pismo to the newer 'Books. Which I do, for various reasons. Now that sounds

Re: New Form Factor?

2002-12-25 Thread Shawn King
On 12/25/02 12:07 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You've gotta be kidding? My pismo is bulletproof, ti-books are way too fragile, ask anyone who own's one. Well, I own one and, if you asked me, I wouldn't call it fragile. I abuse mine *way* too much (it has literally traveled

Re: New Form Factor?

2002-12-25 Thread Gary E Davis
I have a close friend who bought the TiBook when it first came out and believe me she has put it through the works, traveling , Hiking, Moving from one home to the next and it just keeps working like a charm. She's never had any overheating problems with it at all. Its a lot tougher then it looks

Re: New Form Factor?

2002-12-25 Thread David M. Ensteness
I read the original post on this topic and I strongly encourage everyone to send feedback to Apple. Everyone says that Apple has never listened to customers, and that has been a very resistant memory to dislodge, but it has and is changing. Apple now includes Provide Feedback in the

Re: New Form Factor?

2002-12-25 Thread Ryan Coleman
You've gotta be kidding? My pismo is bulletproof, ti-books are way too fragile, ask anyone who own's one. If moving forward means introducing a more fragile product that when first released, had overheating problems. I have heard more than one horror story from ti-book owners regarding hinge

New Form Factor?

2002-12-24 Thread James Rohde
On 12/24/02 2:30 PM, Andrew Main enlightened us by writing: Pismo going until I can get a 1GHz G4 iBook (with--I can dream--a more user-friendly case with rounded edges). Maybe all those of us who would like to see another Macintosh laptop come out with rounded corners and/or a better

Re: New Form Factor?

2002-12-24 Thread Donald Keenan
On Tuesday, December 24, 2002, at 06:31 PM, James Rohde wrote: On 12/24/02 2:30 PM, Andrew Main enlightened us by writing: Pismo going until I can get a 1GHz G4 iBook (with--I can dream--a more user-friendly case with rounded edges). Maybe all those of us who would like to see another

Re: New Form Factor?

2002-12-24 Thread Obi-Wan
On 12/24/02 3:31 PM, James Rohde [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: On 12/24/02 2:30 PM, Andrew Main enlightened us by writing: Pismo going until I can get a 1GHz G4 iBook (with--I can dream--a more user-friendly case with rounded edges). Maybe all those of us who would like to

Re: New Form Factor?

2002-12-24 Thread thecrow
You've gotta be kidding? My pismo is bulletproof, ti-books are way too fragile, ask anyone who own's one. If moving forward means introducing a more fragile product that when first released, had overheating problems. I have heard more than one horror story from ti-book owners regarding hinge

Re: New Form Factor?

2002-12-24 Thread Obi-Wan
On 12/24/02 10:07 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spew into the Cybertrough: You've gotta be kidding? My pismo is bulletproof, ti-books are way too fragile, ask anyone who own's one. If moving forward means introducing a more fragile product that when first released, had overheating

Re: New Form Factor?

2002-12-24 Thread Don
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip And as far as Hardcore PC users revering it as the most beautiful laptop design on the market, that and your reference to such a beautiful large screen that I often catch people looking over my shoulder at it in public places, get a grip. Believe it or not,