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15inch PowerBooks Missing and the 19th?
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It's not avatar worth, but:
You can find it at www.ebola.com, at the bottom. I found it 3 years ago doing a research paper on Ebola :lol:
I think this is finally the real deal. If not, then I will be forced to kick someone square in the nuts.
edit: vbulletin pisses me off.... I didn't realize IMG tags were off, which is understandable, but when I went to edit it wouldn't let me attach an image! AH well, just click the link.
It's not avatar worth, but:
You can find it at www.ebola.com, at the bottom. I found it 3 years ago doing a research paper on Ebola :lol:
I think this is finally the real deal. If not, then I will be forced to kick someone square in the nuts.
edit: vbulletin pisses me off.... I didn't realize IMG tags were off, which is understandable, but when I went to edit it wouldn't let me attach an image! AH well, just click the link.
Exactly!
PB 15" was updated about 10 months ago. Hello, 10 months ago!!!!
Then, since its introduction 20 months ago (!!), iMac increased its processor power/speed by only f*cking 200 MHz?!?!?!
I think that G4 line absolutely stinks!
We'll see next update only when they move their lazy bottoms and figure out how to put G5 into their lines.
Apple Corp. is an idiotic company. Thousands of people are waiting to buy NEW toys, and they do nothing ... for 10 months!!! Or, in iMac's case, even worse (twice!) than that!!
Ahhh.... Welcom to Steve's world. Where it's Steve's way or the highway. He's probably been flying around the world in his jet with a G5 15" PB since January laughing at the plebians like us clamoring for a piece of the shiny 15" Al Pbook.
i want my 15pb and i want it yesterday damn it!
...i mean it steve!
...for the love of god man, i need a new pb!!!!
...i'm ok... really (sob)
...i mean it steve!
...for the love of god man, i need a new pb!!!!
...i'm ok... really (sob)
Re: Yoiu got a Z1
I am so very happy to say that yesterday I went to the apple store and just couldnt handle it anymore. I GOT A 17 Inch Powerbook and this thing is AMAZING. I just sent the Sony Z1 laptop back to sony and couldnt feel better about it. Plus, if on tuesday a new one comes out i can bring this one back and get the new one no problem.
The new powerbook is charging as we speak but since i have no power at my house this is coming to you live from my office.
I am so very happy to say that yesterday I went to the apple store and just couldnt handle it anymore. I GOT A 17 Inch Powerbook and this thing is AMAZING. I just sent the Sony Z1 laptop back to sony and couldnt feel better about it. Plus, if on tuesday a new one comes out i can bring this one back and get the new one no problem.
The new powerbook is charging as we speak but since i have no power at my house this is coming to you live from my office.
Re: Re: Yoiu got a Z1
Lucky you
I sat in my powerless Queens apartment last night wishing I had a powerbook to play with. I can't wait till the new 15" comes out!
Lucky you
I sat in my powerless Queens apartment last night wishing I had a powerbook to play with. I can't wait till the new 15" comes out!Don't know if this has been posted already, but the Apple education price for individual purchase has been lowered to match that of a school purchase - it's now $1799.
In fact all individual purchase prices for powerbooks and imacs have been reduced in line with school purchases - are Apple trying to clear the last few?
$1799 is for the 867 machine, as a student here in the UK we are looking at £1835.35 for the 1ghz machine still. (1.5x1) I have to admit that i am experiencing the same torture as everyone else on the release of the 15" machine, but I am intersted that everyone had dropped the idea that a machine of some sort may exist with both a PPC and an (was it) Itanium chip in it...
Re: Keyboard marks on screen
Or you can spend a penny on a sheet of paper and put it between the keyboard and screen. Why spend $12 on a screen protector when a penny will suffice?
Or you can spend a penny on a sheet of paper and put it between the keyboard and screen. Why spend $12 on a screen protector when a penny will suffice?
Dear Lord. I've been optimistically awaiting PowerBook updates since May, became imptaient and bought a 1GHz PowerBook with 1GB RAM. It's wonderful, and I don't regret it in the slightest.
I'll be eagerly awaiting the 19th to see if it brings anything new, but I'm not counting on it. I'm perfectly happy with my TiBook (Who I've named "Bernard Shaw". My 800 MHz TiBook was named "Orson Welles".) though I daresay if, whenever the updates come, there are sufficient kick-ass features that I'll I'll pitch Bernard on eBay, through in few hundred extra bucks, and get new 15".
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I'll be eagerly awaiting the 19th to see if it brings anything new, but I'm not counting on it. I'm perfectly happy with my TiBook (Who I've named "Bernard Shaw". My 800 MHz TiBook was named "Orson Welles".) though I daresay if, whenever the updates come, there are sufficient kick-ass features that I'll I'll pitch Bernard on eBay, through in few hundred extra bucks, and get new 15".
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I can not wait for the new powerbooks to come out, because I will buy one then NEVER goto another forum like this again till I'm in the market for another Apple machine... which will be atleast 2 years from now. You guys make me go crazy. Stop scaring away all the switchers
i've set my deadline... the 19th. if nothing new comes out on the 19th, i'll buy what they have now.. i know i wont be dissapointed, but i'd prefer something new. i leave for school on the 20th, so getting it that day probably wont be too easy. so many people are like "oh, i'll just have to wait a little longer on my 700MHZ tibook" me? i'll be sitting still on my 233 mhz imac rev b. hehe, oh well.
anyhow, when do you guys think shipping will be? that day? or september like the g5s? Christmas? hehe, i dont think it'll be quite that long..
anyhow, when do you guys think shipping will be? that day? or september like the g5s? Christmas? hehe, i dont think it'll be quite that long..
I think it varies from machine to machine. I got the marks on my 800MHz TiBook, but haven't had any on my 1Ghz model, yet I treat it and use it the exact same way. And the marks were quite easy to get off, actually. Spray some Windex on a Kleenex, and they came right. No pressure scrubbing or anything.
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I think it depends on usage as well. I've seen G3 powerbooks with major screen markings and G4 powerbooks with screen markings as well. I've also seen old G3 powerbooks with years of use with no screen markings. After seeing all those machines, when I bought my G4/800 Powerbook, I've always put a piece of paper between the keyboard and screen. I know for a fact that the screen markings are the worst when you carry the computer around a lot so that there is pressure pushing the keys into the screen. This is not just on Apple laptops, but it is more common on them because they make a nice keyboard and they have such thin machines. The combination means that squeezing the computer will mark up the screen.
Matthew
I know that everything always comes out on Tuesdays, but is there a specific reason for that? I always wondered.
We've got about 100 Dell Latitudes at the school I work at, the the marks on the screens are very common.
Originally posted by Six
i've set my deadline... the 19th. if nothing new comes out on the 19th, i'll buy what they have now.. i know i wont be dissapointed, but i'd prefer something new. i leave for school on the 20th, so getting it that day probably wont be too easy. so many people are like "oh, i'll just have to wait a little longer on my 700MHZ tibook" me? i'll be sitting still on my 233 mhz imac rev b. hehe, oh well.
anyhow, when do you guys think shipping will be? that day? or september like the g5s? Christmas? hehe, i dont think it'll be quite that long..
You are in the exact same boat as me. I just went for it and got the 17 inch Powerbook and let me tell you, "I love it". I never used a MAC before so its a learning experience but I love it so far. Also, if a new one comes out Tuesday and is available I can bring mine back and get that one since I have 10 days to get it. But if not I am off to the island of St. Kitts for 3 years with my 17 inch Powerbook.
Also, like you said, if they do announce it Tuesday it still may not be available for a while so only time will tell and I can promise you one thing, I will be awake nice and early Tuesday awaiting all news of Apple products.
This might be a little random, but i always read about people running disk utility to repair permissions, where can i find disk utility? and btw, my brand spankin new, first new mac since my IIGS, 17"PB is amazing, i dont know why i spent all those years on dells
Applications -> Utilities -> Disk Utility will repair permissions in its First Aid tab after selecting the hard disk. It can take 5 to 15 minutes.
To repair disk, use the Disk Utility on your Installer CD or DVD-ROM that came with your computer. That Disk Utility is only available after forcing the installer to start the computer by double clicking its application on the CD. Once the installer has started the computer you will have an Installer menu which has a Disk Utility and in that Disk Utility is a Repair Disk button in the First Aid tab. If Repair Disk fails after four tries to say "The hard disk appears to be OK", you'll need to backup your data to another drive first, and run Alsoft.com's Disk Warrior on your machine. I emphasize the importance that you backup your data frequently as when the Disk directory needs repair that repair disk can't do, either the directory is very seriously damaged, or the hard drive is near failure. A badly damaged directory will be fixed by Disk Warrior. But a drive near death can't be recouperated. Don't run Repair Permissions from this Disk Utility unless your computer is otherwise unbootable and a Repair Disk shows no errors and the machine is still unable to boot off the hard drive.
The Repair Permissions is unique that version of Mac OS X which is on the installer CD, and has been updated in the Disk Utility for each new update of Mac OS X since that installer CD was made. For further tips, visit my FAQ:
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Anyone here have experience with Klear Screen?
I received a sample pack at MacWorld and used it on my 15" TiBook's screen (already had considerable markings from the keyboard). Hmm... I must have done something wrong, because my entire screen is streaked and smudged.
Fed up... I decided to buy the competitor's screen cleaner (Radtech) and Screensaverz cloth. It removed the smudges, but left an outline of the keys on my screen...