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michael
on from the public-service dept.
Beelsebob writes "Apple have put out a recall on a certain group of PowerBook G4 batteries. If you have a PowerBook G4 (Aluminum) 15" and your battery's model number is A1045, and its serial number starts HQ404, HQ405, HQ406, HQ407, or HQ408, then you could be at risk of it overheating."
suprisingly with student discount the 15" pb was cheaper than a similarly equiped ultra thin thinkpad (you know the worlds thinest laptop)..
i believe the thinkpad had 40 gig hard drive, 14.1" screen, and geforce 5200 go or something like that
the powerbook had 60gig hard drive, 15" widescreen, ati radeon 9700... for $50 more i think i got the better deal
umm... i'm an apple fan boy? since this powerbook is my first mac product ever? hrm... ya ok.. i've owned 10+ pc's during my computer using existance and i've had 1 mac... yup, apple fan boy.
The IBM laptop that is called the "worlds thinnest laptop" is the X40 the X40 has a 12 inch screen, is.8x10.3x8.5" at 2.7 p It has a 7-11.5 hour battery life depending on options it's maximum CPU speed is 1.2 ghz It's not the same market as the PowerBook, not even if you include the 12" powerbook, which is 4.6 pounds, "up to" 5 hours of battery life, and all sorts of crap I don't want or need (like the optical drive that I might use on the occasion that I reinstall)
IBM vs. Apple Notebooks...
by
MsGeek
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Oh yeah, and the X-series also uses 1.8" hard drives, which are standard on the iPod but not really a standard for notebooks. Might pose a bit of a problem around upgrade time.
I'd rather have a T-series ThinkPad over an X-series. The T-series are the heirs to the 600 series (I currently have a 400MHz 600e) and weigh about five pounds. You can get one with Centrino Inside or Pentium-M with a different wireless chipset. (hint: the Cisco wireless is currently the most Linux friendly of the three available for this machine.)
Actually ThinkPads and PowerBooks/iBooks compare pretty favorably to one another. Both are built to last. The choice between IBM and Apple is more a question of which platform you prefer rather than quality.
BTW both IBM and Apple have had battery problems in the past. The 600 series battery is notorious for losing capacity, and the PB 5300 might have caught fire a few times thanks to a flaw in its LiIon battery.
-- Knowledge is power. Knowledge shared is power multiplied.
Re:I used to be sold on PowerBooks
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radish
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You forgot:
6) Overpriced 7) Hard to use touchpad (at least, every one I have ever used has had me wishing for a real mouse, unlike some other notebook's touchpads) 8) Too heavy
I recently bought my first personal notebook, and although I'm usually a PC person I like how Apple's look, and people always say how great they are. So I walked, credit card in hand, into the Apple store. Then 30 mins I walked straight back out, with no notebook. They felt slow, they are heavy, they're expensive, and the accessories are such an amazing ripoff I just couldn't bring myself to give this company any money.
I'm loving my 4lb (including optical drive) Fujitsu lifebook.
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suprisingly with student discount the 15" pb was cheaper than a similarly equiped ultra thin thinkpad (you know the worlds thinest laptop).. i believe the thinkpad had 40 gig hard drive, 14.1" screen, and geforce 5200 go or something like that the powerbook had 60gig hard drive, 15" widescreen, ati radeon 9700... for $50 more i think i got the better deal
Kyle
http://www.unlogikal.net/
Queue iPod battery debate in 5... 4... 3...
umm... i'm an apple fan boy? since this powerbook is my first mac product ever? hrm... ya ok.. i've owned 10+ pc's during my computer using existance and i've had 1 mac... yup, apple fan boy.
Kyle
http://www.unlogikal.net/
The IBM laptop that is called the "worlds thinnest laptop" is the X40 .8x10.3x8.5"
the X40 has a 12 inch screen, is
at 2.7 p
It has a 7-11.5 hour battery life depending on options
it's maximum CPU speed is 1.2 ghz
It's not the same market as the PowerBook, not even if you include the 12" powerbook, which is 4.6 pounds, "up to" 5 hours of battery life, and all sorts of crap I don't want or need (like the optical drive that I might use on the occasion that I reinstall)
Buttsex.
I'd rather have a T-series ThinkPad over an X-series. The T-series are the heirs to the 600 series (I currently have a 400MHz 600e) and weigh about five pounds. You can get one with Centrino Inside or Pentium-M with a different wireless chipset. (hint: the Cisco wireless is currently the most Linux friendly of the three available for this machine.)
Actually ThinkPads and PowerBooks/iBooks compare pretty favorably to one another. Both are built to last. The choice between IBM and Apple is more a question of which platform you prefer rather than quality.
BTW both IBM and Apple have had battery problems in the past. The 600 series battery is notorious for losing capacity, and the PB 5300 might have caught fire a few times thanks to a flaw in its LiIon battery.
Knowledge is power. Knowledge shared is power multiplied.
You forgot:
6) Overpriced
7) Hard to use touchpad (at least, every one I have ever used has had me wishing for a real mouse, unlike some other notebook's touchpads)
8) Too heavy
I recently bought my first personal notebook, and although I'm usually a PC person I like how Apple's look, and people always say how great they are. So I walked, credit card in hand, into the Apple store. Then 30 mins I walked straight back out, with no notebook. They felt slow, they are heavy, they're expensive, and the accessories are such an amazing ripoff I just couldn't bring myself to give this company any money.
I'm loving my 4lb (including optical drive) Fujitsu lifebook.
---- Den ene knappen er powerknapp, den andre er Bender voice knapp "Bite My Shiny Metal Ass"