I was unaware of this, because i've never checked, but when the battery is charging, do the status lights flash?
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New 12" PowerBook: first thoughts
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Now an owner of a Rev B 12". I really do enjoy using it, save for the fact that it's now at Apple repair due to unexplained kernel panics that appear to be hardware related.
Like it a lot better than my old Rev A 12" iBook... man that thing was really trashy to me.
Also, everyone, please keep in mind that these are not gaming laptops... if you want to play games on a laptop and only a laptop GET A PC (sadly).
But right now I'm hoping Apple will replace my logic board with a Rev C since the one I bought was a refurb and evidently they screwed up in their "strict refurbishment process".
Like it a lot better than my old Rev A 12" iBook... man that thing was really trashy to me.
Also, everyone, please keep in mind that these are not gaming laptops... if you want to play games on a laptop and only a laptop GET A PC (sadly).
But right now I'm hoping Apple will replace my logic board with a Rev C since the one I bought was a refurb and evidently they screwed up in their "strict refurbishment process".
The clicking noises are the hard drive. Perfectly normal and nothing to worry about. No hard drive is completely silent. You'll notice the clicking sound comes from the left palm rest, which is where the hard drive is located.juicyapple said:
The lights on the bottom of the battery indicate its charge status. Useful only if you have the PB turned off when charging. If they are flashing, it indicates charging (e.g. 4 solid + 5th light flashing equals nearly charged, 1 solid + 2nd light flashing = charging but only currently at about 20% charge, etc). If they are solid, they just indicate, on a scale of 1 to 5, the amount of charge remaining.
About wobbling - mine wobbles on one part of my desk, but is perfectly even everywhere else. I'm assuming it's the desk and not the PB. There were some problems with rev A's I believe, but I think they have been ironed out now. No need to worry.
Sounds like your PB is in full working order!
after lots of calculations and stuff i have figured that if i sell my ibook and my b&w g3 i can afford an american 12" combo drive powerbook and have it brought over to the uk in september by my dads friend, and it costs £802 including sales tax in San Francisco.
i cant wait i'm so excited, ive never had a powerbook before
i cant wait i'm so excited, ive never had a powerbook before
Hector said:after lots of calculations and stuff i have figured that if i sell my ibook and my b&w g3 i can afford an american 12" combo drive powerbook and have it brought over to the uk in september by my dads friend, and it costs £802 including sales tax in San Francisco.
i cant wait i'm so excited, ive never had a powerbook before
I was thinking about doing this.. but remember - US keyboads are different, the power supply and cables are different, and if customs do a spot check on your bag on return to the UK, you will have to pay tax on it.. I decided it wasn't worth the worry, especially when educational discounts are pretty good anyway.
Im still debating if I should wait a few months for a new revision of the PB with tiger and possibly a better gfx chip (5200 is totally pants) seen as im in no big hurry atm, and the 4G Ipod is ugly compared to 3G(cram&jam deal)...
the keyboards are not too different, i have the nessisary power heads you just use fig 8 ones and i have the head from my ipod charger, as for spot checks he'll take it out of the packageing as if it was his powerbook.
the 5200 in the powerbook is ok because it has 128 bit memory the 5200's are hated in the pc world because they are crippled by 64 bit memory. it's ok but still not nearly as fast as the 9700.
the 5200 in the powerbook is ok because it has 128 bit memory the 5200's are hated in the pc world because they are crippled by 64 bit memory. it's ok but still not nearly as fast as the 9700.
Hector said:
It will still be problem if something goes wrong with it I imagine..
I currently have never owned anything apple (but have used them at college for 2 years..) and want a powerbook to be my first purchase but with Tiger so close to release im so very very tempted to wait a month or 2. Seen as the Cram and Jam offer ends in November, im assuming the new OS and any other possible updates (which might happen becuase of coreimage) will happen in December... just in time for the christmas sales rush...
Hector said:
I meant if there is a problem with the hardware..
Im not talking about a G5 update here.. just something better in the gfx department.. even a minor change like a switch to the Go5650. They can't keep that 5200 forever, and PB's seem to have minor revisions every few months don't they?
Hector said:
Interesting... Only thing is that you couldn't use the cram&jam money back thing which means that buy a full price ipod would wipe out pretty much all the savings. (if you interested in a new ipod that is...
) So you don't think there will be ANY changes to the PB config in the next couple of months then?