I have two now. One I ordered way back in January and it arrived about 3-4 weeks ago. This one I ordered last week. A good friend of mine is taking this one off my hands.
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dont rub it in,
The dont mention it to people like me, who is till waiting and reading so much info on these thigs so i know as much as i can, just binding my time.
The dont mention it to people like me, who is till waiting and reading so much info on these thigs so i know as much as i can, just binding my time.
damn that looks nice wats the web site that sells em and whats the price on those things??? those covers???
biggest 17 inch complaint
the battery life is horrible, does anyone know how to justify the 4.5 hours? i can barely get 2.5 and that is with backlight half way down
how do i even get 4.5, even if it isnt usable?
~Andreas
the battery life is horrible, does anyone know how to justify the 4.5 hours? i can barely get 2.5 and that is with backlight half way down
how do i even get 4.5, even if it isnt usable?
~Andreas
i got mine on monday, after a long waiting period, and i must say I'm very impressed... only one thing i don't like, i keep hitting the "caps lock" key instead of the "a" key. Other than that, it's sweet. Oh, and for the person asking about the battery life, you're supposed to calibrate your battery before you use it. Did you let the battery drain all the way the first time you used it?
It's coming!
I just got a call from my reseller saying my powerbook will be delivered to Apple Australia tomorrow, and then delivered to my reseller by Monday! (unless Apple Australia are very efficient and courier it there tomorrow!)
How amazing!!! The waiting is almost over!
Thanks to all you guys who have posted reviews and pics.
Chuck.
I just got a call from my reseller saying my powerbook will be delivered to Apple Australia tomorrow, and then delivered to my reseller by Monday! (unless Apple Australia are very efficient and courier it there tomorrow!)
How amazing!!! The waiting is almost over!
Thanks to all you guys who have posted reviews and pics.
Chuck.
Re: It's coming!
Keeping my fingers crossed. Thanks for the update we want pictures of it with Chloe!!Originally posted by Chuck
I just got a call from my reseller saying my powerbook will be delivered to Apple Australia tomorrow, and then delivered to my reseller by Monday! (unless Apple Australia are very efficient and courier it there tomorrow!)
How amazing!!! The waiting is almost over!
Thanks to all you guys who have posted reviews and pics.
Chuck.
well thanks giys but this is getting out of handing and i am furious with the wait, i am therefore cancelling my order from this holdens site, i have no shipping in dates for when they get them in by plane or by boat, they say apple dont give them out neither do they know them dates which i am sure is bull s^H^I^T.
Its just too long ive waited since the 8th of january and still no joy no shipping orders no nothing.
Nice in this forums guys thanks for your messages they were cool.
Riko.
Its just too long ive waited since the 8th of january and still no joy no shipping orders no nothing.
Nice in this forums guys thanks for your messages they were cool.
Riko.
Don't cancel out of frustration... Cancel if you don't really need it.
Mate, it's hard waiting especially if you don't get any feedback about when it will be coming in, but you'll just be kicking yourself if you cancel and then it arrives the following week.
But then, if it's mainly because you don't really need it and can wait for the next big thing... It might be worth cancelling, after all it is a LOT of money.
Anyway, my advice is not to do it out of frustration, but because there are good reasons to cancel.
Chuck.
Mate, it's hard waiting especially if you don't get any feedback about when it will be coming in, but you'll just be kicking yourself if you cancel and then it arrives the following week.
But then, if it's mainly because you don't really need it and can wait for the next big thing... It might be worth cancelling, after all it is a LOT of money.
Anyway, my advice is not to do it out of frustration, but because there are good reasons to cancel.
Chuck.
yeah well im still thinking about it yes i do need it it seems great but im a new mac use rim a pc user right now and need the portability for my multimedia work, hopefully its good for video editing.
But no shippingdate and no knowing when they coming in. what kind of buisiness is that?
But no shippingdate and no knowing when they coming in. what kind of buisiness is that?
hey riko (sounds like starship troopers), you really don't know what you'd be cancelling on. Trust me, i know what you're going through. I went to cancel my order through my campus bookstore, but they wouldn't let me. However, I am sooo glad that I didn't cancel the order. This machine is sooo sweet. You will love it. I have some questions for you tho... are you saving any money by buying it through your vendor? Cause if you're not you should just walk up to the apple store, and get one from there... they sometimes have them in stock. Good luck man... oh, for everyone else, since i'm new to OSX, is there anyway to make copies of DVD's that I own, not the Blockbuster ones... cause i know it's a law that I can have one backup of everything (media wise) that I own.
You can always make copies of media that you "created" - not necessarily own. The law doesn't give you the right to purchase "The Matrix" on DVD and then burn it because you own it. That is called copyright infringement. You can, of course, back up whatever data that you own.
Actually, I believe it does. As long as you own it, you can make whatever copies you want, so long as you don't give those copies to anyone else outside of your household, or sell it to anyone, or use your copy to be viewed outside of your home for viewing by a mass audience. When you purchase a DVD or video, you are purchasing a home viewing license. If you want to make a copy and view that copy instead of your original, that is not copyright infringement, as I understand it. I could be wrong. I'm not a copyright attorney, but I play one on tv.
Philinator
im happy now!
ok im gonna keep my order ecuase ive just found out that im gonna have a educational price of just 2000 pounds for the 17"er nice one guys if u can do try and haggle it worked for me in the uk.
sticking to my guns and my order.
ok im gonna keep my order ecuase ive just found out that im gonna have a educational price of just 2000 pounds for the 17"er nice one guys if u can do try and haggle it worked for me in the uk.
sticking to my guns and my order.
I just received my 17" BP!!!!
Wow... This thing has a great screen!!!!
I can't wait to take this monster home to load my design software. I just can't believe how beautiful this computer. I placed my order on Feb. 10. This baby was well worth the wait!!!
Wow... This thing has a great screen!!!!
I can't wait to take this monster home to load my design software. I just can't believe how beautiful this computer. I placed my order on Feb. 10. This baby was well worth the wait!!!
Welcome to the Big Boys Club!Originally posted by litosclone
I just received my 17" BP!!!!
Wow... This thing has a great screen!!!!
I can't wait to take this monster home to load my design software. I just can't believe how beautiful this computer. I placed my order on Feb. 10. This baby was well worth the wait!!!
very suprised
ok heres the story of today...............
this afternoon i went to the PC WORLD store to go and see the apples espeically the new 17 inch powerbook so i went down lokking at emacs imacs and alsorts until we came to these three powerbook laptops oh i looked at the 12 inch the 15 inch and this middle one that loked even biger but had black transparent buttons on it i thought thats it!!! thats my baby look at the screen on that its huuuuuuuuuuuuge! and look at os x on it its well cool you roll over an icon on the docking panel and it scales out its very impressive even my mate whos hard to impress was fascinated he siar you r one lucky buggger.
Heres the interesting part, i was talking to my freind until a useful sales person said "ca i help you?" i said no im okay just looking at this new 17 inch powerbook you have, you see im still waiting for mine and i wanted to see it in the flesh, she said "oh this isnt the new 17 inch powerbook this is the old 15 inch powrbook and the one next to it weas the new 15 inch powerbook we only have the small 12 incher here aswell.
Well i nerly wet my pants with exitement,,,,, to think that it was bigger than all of these 3 models they had my god i giggled like a school girl and swayed all the way home.
im gonna keep my powerbook order just play severance, carmageddon and motorcross madness 2 to keep my mind of while i wait another week for powerbook...hehe
ok heres the story of today...............
this afternoon i went to the PC WORLD store to go and see the apples espeically the new 17 inch powerbook so i went down lokking at emacs imacs and alsorts until we came to these three powerbook laptops oh i looked at the 12 inch the 15 inch and this middle one that loked even biger but had black transparent buttons on it i thought thats it!!! thats my baby look at the screen on that its huuuuuuuuuuuuge! and look at os x on it its well cool you roll over an icon on the docking panel and it scales out its very impressive even my mate whos hard to impress was fascinated he siar you r one lucky buggger.
Heres the interesting part, i was talking to my freind until a useful sales person said "ca i help you?" i said no im okay just looking at this new 17 inch powerbook you have, you see im still waiting for mine and i wanted to see it in the flesh, she said "oh this isnt the new 17 inch powerbook this is the old 15 inch powrbook and the one next to it weas the new 15 inch powerbook we only have the small 12 incher here aswell.
Well i nerly wet my pants with exitement,,,,, to think that it was bigger than all of these 3 models they had my god i giggled like a school girl and swayed all the way home.
im gonna keep my powerbook order just play severance, carmageddon and motorcross madness 2 to keep my mind of while i wait another week for powerbook...hehe
new 15"? i dunno what you're talking about... there're only 3 different powerbooks. 12", old ti15" and 17"
well there was three laptops there dunno but one was like paleish grey with white buttons that was the 12 inch powerbook another one in midle with like blaclish buttons that was a 15 inch book they said think tibook then another one the same size as that but pale grey with white buttons so im sure non of em were 17 inchers.