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I have a 17" LCD would that with a 12" be good enough for working area or
I was happy with my 17" crt till I got the 20" LCD.
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12" powerbook too small after a while?
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I was happy with my 17" crt till I got the 20" LCD.
mootpoint said:
That's the reason that i did it. I wanted detailed pics of the ports on the side, or the iCurve and its height elevation. Or the relative side of the apple keyboard. It has helped my friends switch a whole lot easier than the standard product pics from apple...
see... now I'm leaning towards a 12" PB mainly because I want a laptop that WONT be my main computer and that I can port around to WiFi spots...
what really is the difference in terms of ethernet speed between the two? (12" vs. 15") wouldnt it depend on your connection?
what really is the difference in terms of ethernet speed between the two? (12" vs. 15") wouldnt it depend on your connection?
Southbridge said:
It does. The 15" offers gigabit (10/100/1000 BASE-T) ethernet if you have something to plug it into that's spitting out at those speeds. The 12" offers only 10/100 BASE-T. For that type of connection there is no difference.
Do you mean WiFi speed difference? Officially, there is none, and any you hear reported are probably not major and depend on individual circumstances.
CaptainCaveMann said:
If you don't bang it into things, it doesn't.
But seriously, all anyone can tell you is what happened in certain situations, not what exactly will happen in your potential situation. No one can answer your question with any kind of surety, they can only speak from their unique experience. Most of the dents I hear about come from dropping. If you want to read more such stories, there are plenty in this forum.
Like any laptop, made of anything, if you hit/drop/kick/whatever it, it's not going to like it. I think that's the best thing about this anyone can tell you.
Man, you've been asking a lot of questions ... not that there's anything wrong with that. When are you just going to take the plunge? After a few recent posts about clamshell mode, I thought you got an iBook already?
Edit:
I just found a post of yours in a thread from earlier this month where you say the AlBook "dents much to easily." There you have it! We macrumors regulars are never mistaken, I swear.
Whats your point? Is that any of your business? I said it dented to easily based on what people tell me. Im always wanting new input from new people. There you have it. Sherlock.mcgarry said:
Yes i have a 12 inch ibook how many times must i confirm that. Do you want pics of me standing next to it? Do you want pics of me? lol Dude get over it and stay off my nutz.
CaptainCaveMann said:Whats your point? Is that any of your business? I said it dented to easily based on what people tell me. Im always wanting new input from new people. There you have it. Sherlock.
Just trying to help. Posting lots of questions over many months in a public forum makes it all of our business ... seriously, nothing wrong with that. No nutz involved. No pix necessary.
Anyone that gos back to find a members posts, seriously has way to much time on their hands. It shows a form of criticalism(if thats a word) in a person that is really annoying. I dont do that to anyone on this site since ive been a member. Im honestly to lazy and i honestly dont care. If someone wants to ask the same question 50 different ways, so be it. Ill get annoyed at 51.mcgarry said:
CaptainCaveMann said:Anyone that gos back to find a members posts, seriously has way to much time on their hands. It shows a form of criticalism(if thats a word) in a person that is really annoying. I dont do that to anyone on this site since ive been a member. Im honestly to lazy and i honestly dont care. If someone wants to ask the same question 50 different ways, so be it. Ill get annoyed at 51.
Normally, I would agree. But in this case I simply searched this forum for the word "toughness" (try for yourself if you want; it's the first result since it's recent) to find instances where I knew people had discussed PB denting. Your post turned up in one of the threads. I was not searching for posts by you, but I did find it odd that an answer to your question came from ... you, so I mentioned it in my post.
Maybe, but i wasnt asking myself. I was asking others, not even specifically you. In context, that was not an answer to my post.mcgarry said:
CaptainCaveMann said:
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I know you weren't asking yourself. It's just not everyday you see someone answering a question in one thread and asking it in another, in that order .... you have to admit, if you stumbled across something like this you might find it a bit odd. So in the context of actually doing my best to answer your question with the bulk ofmy post (I am part of "others" here), I mentioned it as an addendum. No offense intended. No big deal.
I wasnt answering my question. Maybe i wasnt specific enough. My question should have been "Do you guys think the aluminum pb dents to easily? Why or why not?" Is that better for you? That wasnt my question but thats what i meant.mcgarry said:
I love my 17"...dont think it's too big to carry around. But mostly i use it as a mobile desk top computer. (Travel for work...)
I don't think that the albooks dent easy...In the year I've had mine, never dented it, and just a minor scratch or two. (Wow, I've been a Mac user for a year now. Actually, a year yesterday!!!! Happy Mac B-day to me!!)
I don't think that the albooks dent easy...In the year I've had mine, never dented it, and just a minor scratch or two. (Wow, I've been a Mac user for a year now. Actually, a year yesterday!!!! Happy Mac B-day to me!!)
first of all cavemann, you need to slow your roll cause its easy to piss people off in here. Secondly, if you don't like the answers you're getting, don't argue about them, just go somewhere else for them. and last, i've had my PB for almost a month and when it leaves my desk or my iCurve i put it in a PowerSleeve from Radtech.us and then in my padded bag. I don't have any scratches or dents in it anywhere. I'm a college student and my iPod is beat to hell and back... but for some reason my PB seems to be still in pristine condition...
im a student who carries his PB around every day to no less than 3 campuses. 12" for me. fair play the 15" is faster but its bigger too. if i had endless money but i could only pick one, t'would either be the 12" or the 17" if portability wasnt an issue. and even then if it came to the 17" id rather get an iMac.
I just got back from CompUSA and nobody here seemed to mention that the resolution on the 12" powerbook screen really sucks...
I'm starting to look at the Sony Vaio S360...
I'm starting to look at the Sony Vaio S360...
Southbridge said:I just got back from CompUSA and nobody here seemed to mention that the resolution on the 12" powerbook screen really sucks...
I'm starting to look at the Sony Vaio S360...
Yeah, that's normal for a 12", it'd be more worth mentioning if it was somehow abnormal for a 12" to have 1024x768. All the Thinkpad X-series are the same, I believe. The Dell 12" "widescreen" is wider, but so is the laptop itself, not surprisingly. Similar for the 13" Sony. So you're right in general, but in the context of 12"ers, this is normal. If you don't like it, you can of course not get a 12", or live with it on the road and use it with a monitor at home.
For what it's worth, also remember that the Sony won't have Exposé to go with what still is a small screen.
mcgarry said:
Honestly I think for me screen resolution/color is a little bit more important than OS/Software...
Southbridge said:
Of course, to each his own, I wouldn't tell you not to get the Sony. If you don't like PB keyboards and screens, maybe PBs just are not for you. I mentioned Exposé specifically because it lets you sort of cheat on screen area in a way Windows doesn't. This forum has many accounts of switchers who are in love with it, esepcially for what it can do on smaller screens. Just a thought.
The Sony in consideration-- if I'm reading its page correctly-- offers no internal DVD-burner (external available for $400 from Sony) and has a 1GB RAM ceiling (and Sony's in-house RAM upgrade option makes Apple look inexpensive). All retailing for $1900 to start. But if you need it's keyboard and screen, that's what you need, or something else more like it. No problem with that.
mcgarry said:
well... also compusa is having a sale on the S360...
http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=317697&pfp=SEARCH
it definately feels and looks better than the 12" powerbook...