On 1/19/05 1:49 PM, Larry le Mac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Amber [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I know Larry really wants the PB and it does appear to be a good
deal but with the impact, there could be all sorts of hidden costs
down the road
But how ?
Both the complete mobo and the SuperDrive
From: mray [EMAIL PROTECTED]
True enough, I should have been clearer,
they were the early aibooks
Hmm...
Are we talking about an Artificial Inteligence Book here
or Arsenic Iodine Book ?!?
;o)
Larry
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From: Amber [EMAIL PROTECTED]
However, it appears that you are comfortable with the Superdrive,
and mboard replacement so perhaps you should go ahead and buy
the PB. I hope it works out to be a good investment for you.
I would just like to say (again?) that I have really enjoyed all these
Go for the PowerBook, it's alot more 'Book fer yer dough. If it's working
now it'll almost certainly keep on working just fine. Only caveat is the
same as with any mechanical-and/or-electronic device (used _or_ new) -
expect it to eventually fail in some way and be prepared for that
On 1/20/05 9:03 AM, Larry le Mac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Amber [EMAIL PROTECTED]
However, it appears that you are comfortable with the Superdrive,
and mboard replacement so perhaps you should go ahead and buy
the PB. I hope it works out to be a good investment for you.
I would
On Jan 19, 2005, at 2:13 PM, Larry le Mac wrote:
What happens if one uses an AirPort Xtreme card in a PowerBook
but an 11Mb/s basestation (802.11b) as far as the distance and all ???
In that case the Extreme card reverts to 802.11b mode, and is in all
respects just like an older airport card. It
From: Amber [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I understand that but you are going to have to make a
decision at some point, right ? :-)
I will have to make a decision tomorrow/this weekend.
I probably will go for it.
First of all I will run it for a while as it is and see how it suits my
needs and then make a
From: Timothy Luoma [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Go with the iBook.
And I was 95% set on the AlBook...
Not that I am swayed by whatever anyone else says, but I
have learned the value of listening to others and getting a
bigger picture!! :o)
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Not only is a dropped laptop forever tainted IMO
My Mac
On 1/19/05 4:18 AM, Larry le Mac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
the iBooks are said to have much better reception
than the Powerbooks
Can anyone comment on this ? If so, it's a very valid point
FOR ME!!
The tiBook had pretty lousy reception, no doubt. The alBooks are much
better; mine goes the
On 19 Jan 2005, at 20:18, Larry le Mac wrote:
From: Timothy Luoma [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Not only is a dropped laptop forever tainted IMO
My Mac service friend says the same thing.
Although you should be careful, if the logic board has been replaced,
and the display is working fine, the worst that is
On Jan 18, 2005, at 10:45 PM, Timothy Luoma wrote:
On Jan 17, 2005, at 4:49 PM, Larry le Mac wrote:
Mixed stuff, main Mac, but the reason for switching
from MDD 2x1GHz to 12 is mobility, so that I can sit
anywhere in the house or in the garden
Go with the iBook.
Not only is a dropped laptop
On 1/19/05 4:26 AM, Ben Dyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Not only is a dropped laptop forever tainted IMO
My Mac service friend says the same thing.
Although you should be careful, if the logic board has been replaced,
and the display is working fine, the worst that is likely to happen is
a
At work we were using Powerbooks, and had a hard time keeping a signal
(Could also have been due to all the metal in the building). While I
have been using an iBook for over a year now and I am getting too many
signals now, All the apartments in my daughters complex, across the
street. And at
On Jan 19, 2005, at 10:30 AM, mray wrote:
At work we were using Powerbooks, and had a hard time keeping a signal
(Could also have been due to all the metal in the building).
One, the original Titanium Powerbooks had problems, the aluminum ones
have redesigned antennae and do not.
While I have
On Jan 19, 2005, at 12:39 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
Two, signal reception is very environment dependent. You are talking
about three very different environments. the only way to reliably
compare would be to use the same systems at the same place.
One tiny, probably insignificant data point:
I
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Airport Extreme is like a circle within a circle; inside the smaller
circle you get high speed reception and when you step outside
that your speed drops to 802.11b speeds.
Understand 100%, but roughly, what are the radiuses (however
the plural of radius
Understand 100%, but roughly, what are the radiuses (however
the plural of radius is spelt ?!) of these circle going through
wooden walls and stuff ?
Plural = radii
Kevin.
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On Jan 19, 2005, at 12:06 PM, Larry le Mac wrote:
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Airport Extreme is like a circle within a circle; inside the smaller
circle you get high speed reception and when you step outside
that your speed drops to 802.11b speeds.
Understand 100%, but roughly,
From: Ben Dyer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Although you should be careful, if the logic board has been replaced, and
the display is working fine, the worst that is likely to happen is a hard
disk or optical drive failure. How long has the machine been operating
since it was repaired?
I went to look at
From: Timothy Luoma [EMAIL PROTECTED]
And I would still avoid a dropped laptop like the plague unless the price
was significantly lower.
That's the one:
For the price of a new iBook 12 box standard I get
AlBook 12, 768MB RAM, better videocard, (also Xtreme), SuperDrive
(mobo and SuperDrive
On 1/19/05 11:45 AM, Larry le Mac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I went to look at the PowerBook today, the gey's a web designer
and is still using it.
1. Car accident, the front left corner got bashed, smaller dent than
I thought.
2. Later on (seperate incident) he damaged the sound out
On 19/01/05 15:09, Larry le Mac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Timothy Luoma [EMAIL PROTECTED]
And I would still avoid a dropped laptop like the plague unless the price
was significantly lower.
That's the one:
For the price of a new iBook 12 box standard I get
AlBook 12, 768MB RAM,
On Tue, 18 Jan 2005, Timothy Luoma wrote:
[snip]
Go with the iBook.
Not only is a dropped laptop forever tainted IMO, but the iBooks are
said to have much better reception than the Powerbooks (I use mine
mostly in the same room with the base station, so it was a moot point
to me) and they
From: Amber [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I guess you will be the one making the final decision so it's up to you.
People here are just making suggestions/recommendations based on
your initial post.
I hope you're not making that comment due to my way of saying some
thing, as I have awhat may seem like a very
From: Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Then, I think you should go for the AlBook.
Does it still have AppleCare?
If it does, that would be pretty much a no brainer...
No, hence the serious brain activity to decide. ;o)
Larry
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At 10:39 AM -0700 1/19/05, Bruce Johnson wrote:
On Jan 19, 2005, at 10:30 AM, mray wrote:
Two, signal reception is very environment dependent. You are talking
about three very different environments. the only way to reliably
compare would be to use the same systems at the same place.
There are
On Jan 19, 2005, at 12:34 PM, Larry le Mac wrote:
From: Bruce Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Wooden walls would not block radio waves a whole lot. My house is all
concrete block, and my Airport Base Station is reachable from
everywhere in it.
In it yes, but I have a Swedish wooden house built in
From: Amber [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Consequential damage from any type of impact can cause hidden
damage that may not appear for some time. A hard drive or optical
drive failure may be the worst things that could happen but would
you want to even play with that possibility ??
The SuperDrive was
What happens if one uses an AirPort Xtreme card in a PowerBook
but an 11Mb/s basestation (802.11b) as far as the distance and all ???
Larry
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with an Extreme card inside. Hope that helps you.
Regards,
Aaron
From: Larry le Mac [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: G-Books G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 22:13:20 +0100
To: G-Books G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com
Subject: Re: Airport Xtreme (was To iBook or AlBook, that is the question
From: Aaron Willems [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Larry le Mac [EMAIL PROTECTED]
What happens if one uses an AirPort Xtreme card in a PowerBook
but an 11Mb/s basestation (802.11b) as far as the distance and all ???
No issues with the Distance.
Will it be shorter like the Xtreme ? Or longer like
On 19/01/05 16:28, Larry le Mac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Aaron Willems [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Larry le Mac [EMAIL PROTECTED]
What happens if one uses an AirPort Xtreme card in a PowerBook
but an 11Mb/s basestation (802.11b) as far as the distance and all ???
No issues with the
On 1/19/05 12:19 PM, Laurent Daudelin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Then, I think you should go for the AlBook. Does it still have AppleCare? If
it does, that would be pretty much a no brainer...
Actually, AppleCare does not cover accidental damage and any problems that
may appear to stem from
Technically your right. It should make no difference. All I can tell you, is
that both base stations were in the same spot, and I was only 12 feet away
right from the base distance, direct sight, no wall interference. I can't
explain it, but I'm much happier now.
Aaron
Hmm, na..
You had
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From: Amber [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I know Larry really wants the PB and it does appear to be a good
deal but with the impact, there could be all sorts of hidden costs
down the road
But how ?
Both the complete mobo and the SuperDrive was replaced after...
Larry
On Jan 19, 2005, at 3:04 PM, Larry le Mac wrote:
...and now I know I don't like the iBook...
Go for the Powerbook... your gut instinct is the most important detail,
and the accident doesn't sound as bad as it initially did. Sounds
like you did the best thing, saw them,
TjL
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G-Books is
True enough, I should have been clearer, they were the early aibooks,
again there was a lot of metal in the building, but when I had my ibook
at work (not often enough to reliably compare) I did not have the same
connection problems.
The two times I had one of the aibooks home the connection
On Jan 17, 2005, at 4:49 PM, Larry le Mac wrote:
Mixed stuff, main Mac, but the reason for switching
from MDD 2x1GHz to 12 is mobility, so that I can sit
anywhere in the house or in the garden
Go with the iBook.
Not only is a dropped laptop forever tainted IMO, but the iBooks are
said to have
On 1/15/05 8:36 AM, Larry le Mac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am pondering my next *Book purchase and the way I see it
I have two choices (need vs. budget and all...)
First, I would not purchase any laptop that was previously damaged in an
accident regardless of documentation that some repair
From: Amber [EMAIL PROTECTED]
If you can wait, buy an iBook that includes Tiger
+ for the iBook
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You don't go into great detail regarding what you
would be using this computer for
Mixed stuff, main Mac, but the reason for switching
from MDD 2x1GHz to 12 is mobility, so that I can sit
anywhere
From: Ben Dyer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The GPU may not seem like it's too important, but under Tiger,
none of the iBooks (nor the Mac mini, for that matter) will
support CoreImage.
Very valid point!
So this includes the 12 PB G4 1GHz ???
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The DVI out is another big thing -- if you want to upgrade the
From: Al Poulin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
+ SuperDrive (combo in iBook)
Do you need to burn DVDs?
I have a SuperDrive (DVD-RW) in my current MDD (which would end
up selling), but I also have a DVD+RW external FW drive. A choice
of format...
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+ DVI out (mini-VGA for the iBook)
For me this would be the
From: Clark Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I don't know what current PBs can take but
this new iBook has 1.25Gb in it.
The whole point here is that I am comparing a new iBook 12
with an older AlBook 12 but 1GHz as they work out at the
same price for me, due to the AlBook requiring a new battery.
Larry
I am pondering my next *Book purchase and the way I see it
I have two choices (need vs. budget and all...)
I will be using this as my main Mac with an external 17 TFT
in my study and then AirPort everywhere else in the house and
garden.
New iBook 12
or
A second hand AlBook 12 1GHz that I have
I'd recommend the PB 12 -- the screens are generally better, the GPU
is better, and they're more expandable. The GPU may not seem like it's
too important, but under Tiger, none of the iBooks (nor the Mac mini,
for that matter) will support CoreImage. This means you can't use
Motion, and you
Larry, I have no simple answer, but maybe a few thoughts to work on.
Larry le Mac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I will be using this as my main Mac with an external 17 TFT
in my study and then AirPort everywhere else in the house and
garden.
New iBook 12
or
A second hand AlBook 12 1GHz that I have
At 11:56 AM +1100 1/16/05, Ben Dyer wrote:
Also, PowerBooks can (officially) take more RAM (up to 1.25GB, I
believe, compared with 640MB for the iBooks). Newer, high-capacity
SODIMMs make this less of an issue, but it's still good to have over
1GB of RAM wherever possible.
I don't know what
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