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Apple Updates PowerBooks
Tablespork writes "Apple this morning has updated the PowerBook G4. The new models feature 1.5 or 1.67 ghz processors, 8x superdrives, 512MB memory standard, Bluetooth 2.0, updated graphics cards, a sudden motion sensor, as well as a scrolling trackpad. Looks like we'll have to wait a little longer for the PowerBook G5."
Some kind of self defense mechanism to guard against the fury of the user only having one mouse button?
Now where is my powerbook G5 damnit!
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Tuesday, duh....
Tedious Bloggy Stuff - hooray?
Woohoo! Now I can lug a 30" display wherever I go!
They probably intended it for people who want to leave a big display at home, but what'd be the fun in that?
Great, can't wait for the article about some guy trying to stuff a pc laptops guts into the 12" PB and claiming success even though you have to use an external optical drive and use two little wires to connect the battery that will no longer fit, but it works damnit!
Come one! Get to it Apple people!
Sam
But.. but.. I heard from somebody who read some story on some website about some company having a 1x1 pixel placeholder jpg with "g5" in its title, so the G5 powerbook will be released very soon! ..Right?
Indeed I have. Today I experimented by dropping PowerBook G4's (PB G4) from various heights, hammering a nail into a piece of maple with the PB G4, and finally attempting to bat against the Australian bowling attack using the PB G4.
From these test, I can only conclude that Apple is falsely advertising the merits of the Sudden Motion Sensor, in each and every case, not only was the data corrupted, the PB G4 broken beyond all recognition, but the most staggering result being the complete destruction of my bank account.
Please take these experimental results as a note of severe caution when purchasing your next computer.
All those artsy "mac-only" people have a hard time with their left's and right's ... so in the interest of a simple UI we have the reft mouse button, er, the light mouse button ... I mean ... the mouse button.
Maybe they were using a beta release of iCal - the current beta is pretty bad.
You don't need a right mouse button. Of course, you can use a mouse that has a right mouse button and a mouse wheel, and they all will be supported by Mac OS X, but you don't really need them (at least the right mouse button).
Dude, of course you need a right mouse button. And a scroll wheel. How else are you going to change weapons and use the alt-fire in Unreal and other FPSs?
Fly me to the moon Let me sing among those stars Let me see what spring is like On jupiter and mars
Oh my god, i am still looking for that G5-spot while using my two fingers...
I can explain why this speedbump occured when it did: I just bought one of the previous models this month. They're just doing it to spite me.
(annoying popup)
"Hi! I'm Clippy the official Microsoft paper fastener mascot! It looks like you are trying to use your computer while in a vehicle that is in motion. Are you:"
- Wardriving? Unauthorized use of a wireless connection is a federal offense, buster. Just so ya know.
- Operating your computer while talking on a cell phone, using an electric razor, applying chapstick, and drinking a latte? Get a friggin' chauffeur.
- About to throw up? Turn your head - its not easy to get used penne pasta alfredo out of a laptop keyboard.
No mod points, no meta-moderating/Firehose/all the other free work Slashdot wants me to do.
I just purchased a Mac mini and 23" monitor. I wanted the 30", but didn't want the bulky monster that the G5 tower is (the only machine that could drive one as of a few hours ago). It wasn't so much a price issue (duh... the 30" is still over $3000) but the size of the machine itself. Grrrrrrrrrr. Oh well, I'll wait for the Mac mini G5 that will probably be released by the end of the year (yeah right) and give my wife the 23" and current Mac mini. ;-)
512MB standard. Finally someone was thinking.
I love my 12" powerbook but 256MB is not enough, especially if you run java applications.
Open Source Java Web Forum with LDAP authentication
Wonder how much cache those 80GB and 100GB drives have. Most 5400RPM laptop HDs these days come with 8MB of cache, but there are 16MB versions too which really remedies the problem of slower performance of laptop HDs. I put a 60GB 16MB cache 5400RPM Toshiba drive in an IBM T21 and the performance difference compared to the previous HD (4200RPM, barely any cache) was simply amazing. Although, the only problem was that the drive was too hot for the poor T21 and RAM was located above the HD slot, so things got really unstable after about 10 minutes of operation.
Is this one of those don't try this at home stories?
If you want a faster Mac laptop, just kill Aqua and use the command line!
They don't give you a desk with it either. How are you supposed to use a desktop PC without a desk?
Apple are just taking the piss!
That was classic intercourse!
But these go to eleven...
Slashdot still doesnâ(TM)t support Unicode after it was added to the HTML standard in 1997.
Mac user Jeff S.> Dude, my mac has stopped working...
Apple tech> I see you have had two acceleration events in the last week, abuse is not covered...
Who still expected a G5 Powerbook any time this year. TOO MUCH HEAT, PEOPLE.
But what about those pictures taken in the French elevator of the aluminum backpack and hose connected to that laptop... clearly this is the new prototype G5..
There are 10 types of people in this world, those who can count in binary and those who can't.