Ok, hope those considering a 15" PB 1.5 will find this helpful. I wanted to wait til I was able to test it out a little to give a full report.
PB rev C 15" 1.5 mhz, 1 Gb RAM, 5400 rpm, 128 vram, 9600 graphix card.
Right out of the box it was perfectly built, no dead pixels, no warp or malfunction. I found it odd that the latch doesn't seem to close securely when I shut it but was assured that this was normal and the "play" between the two halves as well as the tiny space betw. was designed so that the keyboard doesn't bump the screen.
The screen is beautiful, bright and a pleasure to work with. I'm getting a 20" monitor as soon as this whole display thing shakes out b/c I want to edit video, and the PB use two monitiors or one in clamshell mode.
I am also using the BT mouse and kbd which work wonderfully.
Speed: It is a whole new world from my old Pismo, which I could eat lunch while it booted up. apps spring open in a second. It still takes a few more seconds to boot up on restart than I expected, but I guess there is an awful lot it has to do.
I have not yet maxed out its capabilities editing and capturing with FCP 4. I will report as soon as I do.
Xbench score: 135
(note, the score was much lower (108) until I took someone's advice at Xbench and switched my energy saver prefs to "optimal". Anyone know why this makes such a HUGE difference?) . Also, benchmark was not out of box but after I'd already thrown a lot of messy SW on it and downloaded tons of stuff.
Size:
I took it for a walk for the first time today. It didn't fit into my Manhattan Portage messenger bag as well as my pismo, but it just fit. It didn't seem particularly heavy. I was working in a cafe, I noted that it seemed a tad "bigger" , i.e. wider, than I was used to. Kind of like a mobile desktop? That actually began to seem cool after a few minutes, made it easier to focus on what I was doing, I could actually lean my elbows on the sides
and it didn't seem incongruous or ungainly.
WiFi: My pismo got more bars, which is wierd. But though the signal doesn't seem as strong in my home (1 room away from router) I've never had a problem with it crapping out.
Hope this helps. I love it, it's exactly what I needed (I hope to get a G5 dp to make video stuff go faster, but I feel this is totally sufficient and works as a desktop replacement as well as a portable machine, so I'm in no hurry)
sorry, no pictures, it looks just like all the other ones
PB rev C 15" 1.5 mhz, 1 Gb RAM, 5400 rpm, 128 vram, 9600 graphix card.
Right out of the box it was perfectly built, no dead pixels, no warp or malfunction. I found it odd that the latch doesn't seem to close securely when I shut it but was assured that this was normal and the "play" between the two halves as well as the tiny space betw. was designed so that the keyboard doesn't bump the screen.
The screen is beautiful, bright and a pleasure to work with. I'm getting a 20" monitor as soon as this whole display thing shakes out b/c I want to edit video, and the PB use two monitiors or one in clamshell mode.
I am also using the BT mouse and kbd which work wonderfully.
Speed: It is a whole new world from my old Pismo, which I could eat lunch while it booted up. apps spring open in a second. It still takes a few more seconds to boot up on restart than I expected, but I guess there is an awful lot it has to do.
I have not yet maxed out its capabilities editing and capturing with FCP 4. I will report as soon as I do.
Xbench score: 135
(note, the score was much lower (108) until I took someone's advice at Xbench and switched my energy saver prefs to "optimal". Anyone know why this makes such a HUGE difference?) . Also, benchmark was not out of box but after I'd already thrown a lot of messy SW on it and downloaded tons of stuff.
Size:
I took it for a walk for the first time today. It didn't fit into my Manhattan Portage messenger bag as well as my pismo, but it just fit. It didn't seem particularly heavy. I was working in a cafe, I noted that it seemed a tad "bigger" , i.e. wider, than I was used to. Kind of like a mobile desktop? That actually began to seem cool after a few minutes, made it easier to focus on what I was doing, I could actually lean my elbows on the sides
and it didn't seem incongruous or ungainly. WiFi: My pismo got more bars, which is wierd. But though the signal doesn't seem as strong in my home (1 room away from router) I've never had a problem with it crapping out.
Hope this helps. I love it, it's exactly what I needed (I hope to get a G5 dp to make video stuff go faster, but I feel this is totally sufficient and works as a desktop replacement as well as a portable machine, so I'm in no hurry)
sorry, no pictures, it looks just like all the other ones