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Crucial.com always seems to have the best prices on RAM - and today I found its no different for the PowerBook - for 512MB, it's $150 vs. $300 from Apple. That's Apple for you - trying to make a buck where ever they can - not a bad business practice when you have so many cult-like followers.
I called my local Apple Store today to see if they had any new PowerBooks in. They did (though they've sold out of their 15" with combo/super drives for the day), and now I'm here test-driving the 17" with 1.33 Mhz and 512 MB RAM. It wouldn't be right if I didn't compare this machine against these performance numbers. So here goes:
I'm not as disappointed as I thought I'd be. Good thing I left my wallet in the car!
In an attempt to get rid of Microsoft (believe me, I've tried everything), I installed OS X on my iPod this morning, and now I'm trying too boot from it. According to this article, all I need to do it hold down "T" when booting. I tried this and I get a blue screen with a firewire icon jumping around - and that's it, it just stays there, as if it's hung. Do I need to format my iPod before installing OS X on it?
I priced my ideal 15" and 17" laptops this morning. 15"/1GB RAM/5400 RPM/Extra Battery/AppleCare is $3,702.00, 17" version of the same is $4,002.00. Not much of a difference for a couple more inches on the screen. Is this the only difference between the two - or does the 15" have Aluminum and the 17" is the same as my old 15"/667 PowerBook?
Boy is it tempting to get one, but I can't seem to justify it. The only thing I can come up with is that I really *want* one, no need though. The mind wants, the pocketbook doesn't.
Anyone know when they'll be available in the Retail Stores - I'd love to take one for a test drive.
Charles has more. Too bad these suckers aren't faster - but the price is nice - and its twice as fast as my current one. It sure is tempting. As I'm writing this, I can't even price a 17" bad boy b/c the Apple Store appears to be getting hammered.
 
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Will Steve announce new PowerBooks tomorrow? I hope so!
Apple CEO Steve Jobs is scheduled to give a keynote presentation tomorrow at 9 a.m. GMT to start off the Apple Expo in Paris, amidst rumors that he may introduce new PowerBook models.
In an effort to free up some space on my PowerBook, I attempted to delete OS 9. To my knowledge, this is possible by deleting the "/Applications (Mac OS 9)" folder and the "/System Folder." Sure sounds good, but I can't get rid of the Microsoft Excel program in my Applications folder. When I try to delete it, the whole OS freezes up and the only thing I can do is reboot (by holding down the power button).
I took Mimi-Me into the Apple Store last weekend to see if they could help. They ran "Repair Permissions" and then ran Disk Warrior on it - which took several hours. They assured me that running Disk Warrior would fix it, but no dice. Any ideas?
I recently purchased a "SuperDrive" for my PowerBook from MacResQ. Here's the specs on this bad boy:
The PowerBook G4 SuperDrive upgrade is bootable and compatible with Apple's Mac OS X, Mac OS 9, iDVD, iTunes, Disc Burner, Apple DVD Player, Toast, and Retrospect. The drive reads at 24x, writes CD-R at 16x, writes CD-RW at 8x, and writes DVD-R/RW at 1x. A 1-year warranty applies.
Sounds pretty sweet right? To create a DVD (that Julie created in iMovie), we need to purchase iLife, which includes iDVD (which iMovie integrates nicely with, so I've heard). The problem? I went to the Apple Store today to buy iLife and I asked them about this DVD burner. They said that any third-party DVD burner will not work with iDVD. And if it does, it's illegal. So I asked, "If this DVD burner works with iDVD, who's breaking the law?" The tech retorted that both MacResQ is (for selling it) and I am (violation of the license of iDVD). Bummer. Do I care? Not really - I just want to know if iDVD will work with this drive?
If so, I'll buy iLife and be a happy little DVD-burning, software violating mo-fo - just like all the corporate workers who've installed their company's copy of Office on their home machine.
If you could pick between a new Dell Laptop or a new Powerbook, which would you choose? If performance was your top priority? If you were going to buy a Windows-based laptop, which would you buy (doesn't have to be a Dell)?
Update: OK, I'm at the Apple Store, on a 17" Powerbook with 512 MB of RAM. Let's do some performance numbers. If you have a laptop that you think I should get, post your numbers as a comment.
Did you know you can install OS X on your iPod and use it as your hard drive? Makes me wish I'd bought the 30 GB version.
backing up and restoring on my box were really simple. i plugged in my 30GB ipod and installed os x on it (which went smoothly, i just selected it as the drive to install to when the installer asked me). then with a few points and clicks, i got disk copy to create an image of my powerbook's drive and save it to my ipod. click, click, reboot while holding down "T" (to boot firewire target mode) -- instead of your laptop's drive whirring you'll hear the ipod happily clicking away. perfect. when booted, format your laptop's drive, then expand out the image onto the notebook's drive, and voila.
[Forwarding Address: OS X]
Good to know - now if I could just figure out how to use Apple's "Backup" program to backup to a network drive.
