Re: New Powerbooks announced / I bought my first Mac today

2004-04-20 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Apr 19, 2004, at 8:11 PM, Timothy J. Luoma wrote: You can still find a bunch of it at www.peak.org/~luomat/ [which you are only allowed to visit if you agree not to mock the web design. It was the late 1990s.) I wish there were more such 'mockable' web sites on the net...neat, easy to

Re: New Powerbooks announced / I bought my first Mac today

2004-04-20 Thread James Rohde
On 4/20/04, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Apr 19, 2004, at 8:11 PM, Timothy J. Luoma wrote: You can still find a bunch of it at www.peak.org/~luomat/ [which you are only allowed to visit if you agree not to mock the web design. It was the late 1990s.) I wish there were more such 'mockable'

: G4 to G4 Megahertz comparison (was Re: New Powerbooks announced / I bought my first Mac today)

2004-04-20 Thread Clyde Kahrl
Doubling a processor speed usually does not result in doubling the computer speed because the rest of the computer does not keep up proportionately. With a powerbook, it helps to have a faster drive because of the slowness of the laptop drives in general. From what I have read, the G4s are

New Powerbooks announced / I bought my first Mac today

2004-04-19 Thread Timothy J. Luoma
http://www.apple.com/powerbook/ I have ordered my first PowerBook today :-) Product Name: PowerBook 1.5GHz (15.2 TFT) Options: 065-5069 1.5GHz PowerPC G4 with 128MB Graphics Memory 065-4861 512MB DDR333 SDRAM - 1 SO-DIMM 065-5068 80GB Ultra ATA drive @ 5400 rpm

Re: New Powerbooks announced / I bought my first Mac today

2004-04-19 Thread Jeff Hubatka
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 07:26:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Timothy J. Luoma [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: New Powerbooks announced / I bought my first Mac today http://www.apple.com/powerbook/ I have ordered my first PowerBook today :-) Product Name: PowerBook 1.5GHz (15.2 TFT) Options: 065-5069

Re: New Powerbooks announced / I bought my first Mac today

2004-04-19 Thread Eugene Lee
On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 02:28:48PM -0700, Jeff Hubatka wrote: : : Yay for you too. That 1.5ghz is the fastest G4 Apple has made. I didn't : think they would bump up the G4 speed anywhere since the G5 came out : last year. Hard to imagine three times faster than mine... 1. Apple is still trying

G4 to G4 Megahertz comparison (was Re: New Powerbooks announced / I bought my first Mac today)

2004-04-19 Thread Timothy J. Luoma
On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 14:28:48 -0700, Jeff Hubatka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yay for you too. That 1.5ghz is the fastest G4 Apple has made. I didn't think they would bump up the G4 speed anywhere since the G5 came out last year. Hard to imagine three times faster than mine... In the Pentium

Re: New Powerbooks announced / I bought my first Mac today

2004-04-19 Thread Timothy J. Luoma
On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 14:28:48 -0700, Jeff Hubatka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yay for you too. That 1.5ghz is the fastest G4 Apple has made. I didn't think they would bump up the G4 speed anywhere since the G5 came out last year. Hard to imagine three times faster than mine... I was holding out

Re: New Powerbooks announced / I bought my first Mac today

2004-04-19 Thread James Rohde
On 4/19/04, Timothy J. Luoma wrote: I have ordered my first PowerBook today :-) Product Name: PowerBook 1.5GHz (15.2 TFT) Options: 065-5069 1.5GHz PowerPC G4 with 128MB Graphics Memory 065-4861 512MB DDR333 SDRAM - 1 SO-DIMM 065-5068 80GB Ultra ATA drive @ 5400 rpm

Re: New Powerbooks announced / I bought my first Mac today

2004-04-19 Thread Kurt Appling
RE, congrats,welcome and best wishes. On Apr 19, 2004, at 10:26 AM, Timothy J. Luoma wrote: http://www.apple.com/powerbook/ I have ordered my first PowerBook today :-) Product Name: PowerBook 1.5GHz (15.2 TFT) Options: 065-5069 1.5GHz PowerPC G4 with 128MB Graphics Memory 065-4861

Re: G4 to G4 Megahertz comparison (was Re: New Powerbooks announced / I bought my first Mac today)

2004-04-19 Thread Phillip Burk
We'll have to wait until benchmarks are released... On Apr 19, 2004, at 5:58 PM, Timothy J. Luoma wrote: On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 14:28:48 -0700, Jeff Hubatka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yay for you too. That 1.5ghz is the fastest G4 Apple has made. I didn't think they would bump up the G4 speed

Re: New Powerbooks announced / I bought my first Mac today

2004-04-19 Thread Timothy J. Luoma
On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 18:18:05 -0500, James Rohde [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 4/19/04, Timothy J. Luoma wrote: I have ordered my first PowerBook today :-) Are you rubbing it in? ;-) No, rubbing it in would be telling you that I qualified for the educational discount price (-: Would it help

Re: G4 to G4 Megahertz comparison (was Re: New Powerbooks announced / I bought my first Mac today)

2004-04-19 Thread Timothy J. Luoma
On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 19:07:26 -0500, Phillip Burk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We'll have to wait until benchmarks are released... Well what about the difference between an 800 - 900 or 900 - 1ghz? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronics

Re: New Powerbooks announced / I bought my first Mac today

2004-04-19 Thread Terry McCune
http://www.apple.com/powerbook/ I have ordered my first PowerBook today :-) Product Name: PowerBook 1.5GHz (15.2 TFT) Options: 065-5069 1.5GHz PowerPC G4 with 128MB Graphics Memory 065-4861 512MB DDR333 SDRAM - 1 SO-DIMM 065-5068 80GB Ultra ATA drive @ 5400 rpm 065-4825

Re: New Powerbooks announced / I bought my first Mac today

2004-04-19 Thread Timothy J. Luoma
On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 17:24:19 -0700, Terry McCune [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You may or may not go YAY to your HP 5150 printer. I have one hitched to an eMac running Panther and your clothing could go out of style in the time it takes to print. Huh... strange... It has gotten largely positive

Re: New Powerbooks announced / I bought my first Mac today

2004-04-19 Thread Tom Zahm
Wow! I'm new to the G-Books list. I am absolutely honored to receive an email from *the* Timothy J. Luoma, if even indirectly. I have only a '98 Wallstreet, but I *do* still use a screamin' 400 MHz OpenStep (Intel) machine, and an '040 Cube to boot. Thanks again for all your contributions

Re: New Powerbooks announced / I bought my first Mac today

2004-04-19 Thread Timothy J. Luoma
On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 21:02:35 -0500, Tom Zahm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wow! I'm new to the G-Books list. I am absolutely honored to receive an email from *the* Timothy J. Luoma, if even indirectly. HA! I thought this was a setup. I have only a '98 Wallstreet, but I *do* still use a screamin'