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12" Powerbook on its way!

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snowfall

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I was going to wait until Amazon had some of the new 12" Powerbooks in stock again and take advantage of their $100 mail in rebate when I stumbled across the current Apple Certified Refurb deals on the Apple Store.

$1099 for a 12" 1.33 GHz Combo-Drive Powerbook, 256MB RAM, 60GB Hard drive, etc. (The same PB with a Superdrive is going for $1299).

Even with having to pay sales tax from the Apple Store, and $50 for 512 MB from Amazon (with a coupon I had), I think it's a great deal! Of course, here's hoping the refurbs are as good as everyone says they are!

SOOOOOOO . . . E - X - C - I - T - E - D!!

I said this in a previous post, but I worked at Apple in the mid-90's and could never justify owning a Mac myself, even with the discounts I had. Though in my group, we did all of our work on Sun workstations; the new guy always got the oldest Unix box, but the new guy also got the newest Mac. So while I coveted their Sparc 5's, they were coveting my 8500. Then I left, Steve Jobs came back, and everything changed . . .

It will be nice to finally own a Mac!
 
Thanks,

even with our brother at Microsoft, many of my siblings use Macs. It will be nice to finally have one of my own.

I love online shopping, but what's with this pesky shipping!
 
for the first time i finally found my mini-dvi to VGA adapter to hook up my relatively new 17" LCD monitor to my 12" powerbook and it is really freakin cool. All i have to do now is buy a KVM switch to use my windows box to play solitare... You will love it. Now do a search in these forums to find the best accessories... Congrats on the switch and welcome back to the familyy...
 
h0e0h said:
for the first time i finally found my mini-dvi to VGA adapter to hook up my relatively new 17" LCD monitor to my 12" powerbook and it is really freakin cool.
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Hmm,

the order sheet didn't mention the mini-DVI cables, did the last rev of powerbooks come with them, or is that only with the current rev. Guess I'll see on Saturday!
 
snowfall said:
Hmm,

the order sheet didn't mention the mini-DVI cables, did the last rev of powerbooks come with them, or is that only with the current rev. Guess I'll see on Saturday!
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Starting with Rev. Bs, 12 inchers have come with mini-DVI to VGA and mini-DVI to DVI adapters while the mini-DVI to S-Video/composite adapter is sold separately.
 
I have mine for a year now and quite frankly, my 1.33Ghz 12" PB has been my best computer investment, if you can call computer investments. It's been very reliable, I've only had to do a cold boot of it 6 times since owning it. Make sure you get Airport Extreme. Nothing like surfing the web on a sofa or typing this post on the can.
 
Enjoy, My 12" PB has been my only computer for almost a year now after switching from PC and I have to say its been great.
 
o Tigre

Zaty said:
Yes, in September :)
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And since I made the decision I wasn't going to buy the first iteration of Tiger any ways, no point in waiting a couple of weeks either.

Besides my well worn HP Omnibook is literally falling apart, four years and it's about ready to give up the ghost.
 
DVI/VGA cabling

Snowfall, I ordered the exact same refurb on the same day you did. It just arrived today, and I can confirm (at least mine) came with the mini-dvi to dvi and mini-dvi to vga cables. So it's a pretty safe bet yours will too. Enjoy!
 
Joining the 'excited' club!

I too have a 12" powerbook on its way!!!
Its the new rev D model, my first mac.

I've been saving for a year now! (student) and finally its on its way,
Thanks to everyone for the advise over the past year, im finally joining the world of mac, and i can't wait.
 
Congrats! You'll love it!

I purchased the same PB only I opted for the SuperDrive.

Remember to look at EVERYTHING, and I mean EVERYTHING, mine had a couple of issues: click here

After getting Apple to deal with those issues, I've had NO PROBLEMS, and my PB (Naomi) is on pretty much 24/7!

Peace!
 
Cheers

Ok, I’ll do a quick check for dead pixels, missing screws on ram panel, and other general stuff,

Then I’ll brew a broth, and sit down to involve myself in the mac world….

(forget the broth, I aint risking that)

Cheers for the check info….

Quick question,
I’m going to be using all ilife applications, not at the same time… Along with Microsoft office and safari… expect 3 apps open at a time…

Is the 512 going to hold itself up, or should I consider more. I have never owned a mac and so don’t know this.

Cheers.
 
Open-Your-Eyes said:
Ok, I’ll do a quick check for dead pixels, missing screws on ram panel, and other general stuff,

Then I’ll brew a broth, and sit down to involve myself in the mac world….

(forget the broth, I aint risking that)

Cheers for the check info….

Quick question,
I’m going to be using all ilife applications, not at the same time… Along with Microsoft office and safari… expect 3 apps open at a time…

Is the 512 going to hold itself up, or should I consider more. I have never owned a mac and so don’t know this.

Cheers.
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512MB of ram should be good enough.. but if you have the money, then upgrade to 1GB of ram... Its always better to have the little extra.

When you get your PB, download a program called MenuMeters (just google it) and it will show you how much memory is being used and how much is free ... it loads in the top bar.. that will help you decide if you need more or not..
 
I also bought a 12" PB recently. I like its compact shape and large hard drive and other features for this size. This is an ideal notebook for people on the go. I cannot wait for my next business trip so that I can take it with me.
 
It's here!!

I was gone on a business trip the past several days, and on my return my new PB was waiting for me, I'm typing this message on it right now!

It's fantastic, what a great little machine, and yes it did come with the cables. Love the keyboard and the display (which was my biggest concern). Just waiting for the extra memory to come in tomorrow.

I'll take a look and see if there are any issues. The F1 key is a little tilted, and the latch sometimes takes a couple of attempts to latch on, but I don't know if that's normal or not.

Thanks again folks!
 
manuals

snowfall said:
I'll take a look and see if there are any issues. The F1 key is a little tilted, and the latch sometimes takes a couple of attempts to latch on, but I don't know if that's normal or not.
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Well, just realized it shipped with the wrong manual, Apple sent me one for an iBook G4, and possibly the wrong software (don't know if it's different for the iBook and PB). I definitely prefer getting the right machine and the wrong manual to getting the right manual and wrong machine! But hopefully Apple will correct the situation. I just need to find which number to call.
 
snowfall said:
Well, just realized it shipped with the wrong manual, Apple sent me one for an iBook G4, and possibly the wrong software (don't know if it's different for the iBook and PB). I definitely prefer getting the right machine and the wrong manual to getting the right manual and wrong machine! But hopefully Apple will correct the situation. I just need to find which number to call.
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FYI... Apple Sales Support at 1-800-676-2775 or 1-800-275-2273 for technical assistance

F1 button tilted, and wrong Manual? First call Apple, and tell 'em about the situation. Then, go to your nearest Apple store. Maybe they'll have a PB Manual floating around, and get your F1 button fixed.

Tell 'em you're not satisfied with the button, the repair will only take 5 MIN.

Good Luck!

P.S. Try to get this done ASAP.
 
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