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simon1
Jan 19, 2004, 03:34 PM
Hi,

Looking at the Griffin PowerMate. What are the positive/negitives of this device?.

Also, any recommendations for speakers to get with my PB i've just ordered.

Cheers.

Simon1



Pilgrims Pro
Jan 19, 2004, 03:39 PM
I have a Powermate, I love this thing. My iBook would not be the same with out it. It makes scrolling so much easier in Safari, Word, Excel, Mail etc. I haven't used it with iMovie yet, but I heard it works really well.

Gymnut
Jan 19, 2004, 04:00 PM
Yeah I've picked one up at my local Apple store. Got the brushed alluminum version although the black one would have complimented my G4 quite nicely. It's pretty cool although I use it primarily to control the system volume and haven't used it navigate iMovie and FCP3. There's a blue LED light located at the bottom and in the System Prefrences you can set it to pulse which adds a pretty cool effect. Since they've come down in price, not a bad investment. Oh, and by depressing the top mutes the volume. Great when that phone rings and you've got some tunes rattling the ceiling plaster.