I dunno, but I don't think OS X runs like absolute hell with 256ram. I was running a g3 ibook with OS x.2 and 128mb ram and it was ok, when I jumped up to 256ram it ran very very well. With X.3 and 256ram on my 700mhz G3, OS X runs decently well, true it starts to bog down when I have 7 Camino tabs open and iTunes playing, and adium open, and texedit running, and my terminal running, and xcode + IDE builder running. But it works, and its not exactly absolute hell. Im sure though with 512mb ram this ibook would run even better, but its not absolute hell right now.
It was previously outrageous because Apple had not updated their RAM prices for a year, but for the new powerbooks RAM prices arent that bad from Apple.
In fact, show me similiar 12" laptops in the PC world... Ohh thats right, you can't find any that compete that well with the powerbook or ibook, WOOPS!
Ohh and that is odd, you might have a problem with your mac mini. I have an older ibook that only has a 4200rpm drive, and it takes me no where near 20 minutes to copy a 17meg file, in fact it takes on average 3 seconds to copy a 17meg file.
First of all, Apple tries to mantain the same amount of pixel density on all of their displays, having a 1680x1050 display on the 15" screen makes things seem rather tiny.
Plus, the quality of the powerbooks display is amazing, my friend has a 17" Dell Ultrasharp LCD and I swear, the 15" powerbook has a nicer display. The viewing angle on the powerbook is perfect, and looks clear and sharp from almost any angle.
I was sitting next to my friends compaq p4 laptop, and I swear, the thing is a mini heater, I had to take off my sweater because that thing was spewing so much damned heat!
1.5ghz vs 1.2ghz 64mb geforce vs 32mb radeon 512ram vs 256ram 167bus vs 133 bus 5400rpm 60gb HD vs 30gb HD DVI out vs mirror VGA Having the powerplug on the same side as all the other ports vs the way the ibook has it which makes it slighlty uncomfortable to use on its side motion sensing vs nothing
I dunno, these new 12" powerbooks look like a great deal to me, especially for $1400 with a student discount!
You can scroll with the trackpad now in an ipod esque manner. Of course many PC laptops have had scrolling built into the trackpad, this new feature on the powerbooks might prove to be interesting.
Ohh and it is different from other features by the fact that first of all, it requires both fingers on the track pad, secondly you can either scroll up or down, left or right, or you can scroll in a circle.
I dunno, but on the portables I dont find ctrl+clicking to be that bad mainly because one of my hands is already in that general area ontop of the ctrl key, and the other hand on the trackpad.
Go away troll, Hate is the worst thing you can spread around. It is like a virus, blame everything on someone you hate... Makes life so much easier doesn't it?
You probablly have something odd done to your WC3 settings then, AFAIk last time I played WC3 on my laptop, ctrl+click would cause the units to move to a certain area or attack units.
Umm I dunno what version of WC3 your playing, buy on my ass old ibook, g3 700, when I play WC3, you just press ctrl+click and it works just like the right mouse button, makes the units move and whatnot.
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That is probablly what your going to get when you try to work with one of these "open" formats from MS.
I dunno, but I don't think OS X runs like absolute hell with 256ram. I was running a g3 ibook with OS x.2 and 128mb ram and it was ok, when I jumped up to 256ram it ran very very well. With X.3 and 256ram on my 700mhz G3, OS X runs decently well, true it starts to bog down when I have 7 Camino tabs open and iTunes playing, and adium open, and texedit running, and my terminal running, and xcode + IDE builder running. But it works, and its not exactly absolute hell. Im sure though with 512mb ram this ibook would run even better, but its not absolute hell right now.
It was previously outrageous because Apple had not updated their RAM prices for a year, but for the new powerbooks RAM prices arent that bad from Apple.
underpowered? show me how it is underpowered?
In fact, show me similiar 12" laptops in the PC world... Ohh thats right, you can't find any that compete that well with the powerbook or ibook, WOOPS!
Only on the 12" and that is because the 12" has 256mb RAM soldered onto the logic board.
The 15" and 17" come with 512mb ram on one stick.
you should upgrade to 512mb RAM.
Ohh and that is odd, you might have a problem with your mac mini. I have an older ibook that only has a 4200rpm drive, and it takes me no where near 20 minutes to copy a 17meg file, in fact it takes on average 3 seconds to copy a 17meg file.
First of all, Apple tries to mantain the same amount of pixel density on all of their displays, having a 1680x1050 display on the 15" screen makes things seem rather tiny.
Plus, the quality of the powerbooks display is amazing, my friend has a 17" Dell Ultrasharp LCD and I swear, the 15" powerbook has a nicer display. The viewing angle on the powerbook is perfect, and looks clear and sharp from almost any angle.
Heat Hah!
I was sitting next to my friends compaq p4 laptop, and I swear, the thing is a mini heater, I had to take off my sweater because that thing was spewing so much damned heat!
Warning: P4 may cook your balls!
Tomorrow is when the Powerbok G5 comes out!
There is dual link on the 15" too if you upgrade to the 128mb Radeon.
Or WWDC in july.
1.5ghz vs 1.2ghz
64mb geforce vs 32mb radeon
512ram vs 256ram
167bus vs 133 bus
5400rpm 60gb HD vs 30gb HD
DVI out vs mirror VGA
Having the powerplug on the same side as all the other ports vs the way the ibook has it which makes it slighlty uncomfortable to use on its side
motion sensing vs nothing
I dunno, these new 12" powerbooks look like a great deal to me, especially for $1400 with a student discount!
You can scroll with the trackpad now in an ipod esque manner. Of course many PC laptops have had scrolling built into the trackpad, this new feature on the powerbooks might prove to be interesting.
Ohh and it is different from other features by the fact that first of all, it requires both fingers on the track pad, secondly you can either scroll up or down, left or right, or you can scroll in a circle.
I dunno, but on the portables I dont find ctrl+clicking to be that bad mainly because one of my hands is already in that general area ontop of the ctrl key, and the other hand on the trackpad.
the 15" and 17" can now drive 30" cinema displays!
And optical audio out on the 17"
Plus, brighter backlight, better prices and 5400rpm drives across the board.
Now where is my powerbook G5 damnit!
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Go away troll, Hate is the worst thing you can spread around. It is like a virus, blame everything on someone you hate... Makes life so much easier doesn't it?
You probablly have something odd done to your WC3 settings then, AFAIk last time I played WC3 on my laptop, ctrl+click would cause the units to move to a certain area or attack units.
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Umm I dunno what version of WC3 your playing, buy on my ass old ibook, g3 700, when I play WC3, you just press ctrl+click and it works just like the right mouse button, makes the units move and whatnot.
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