buying today! powerbook g5 or not?!

[DJY]

So you do have the money now do you?

No - but that never normally stops me!
That's why I probably have more debt than most Pacific Island countries!!!!

Well one major credit card that has more still on it than most people's cars cost!!! And quite possibly is where a new Powerbook might be funded from as well

 

[Jo-Kun]

and I will say the exact opposite.

I will never own another desktop. Laptops can do whatever you need.. and portability is soooo nice especially if you have wireless networks to hop onto and travel at all.

you know your lifestyle and habits..

I miss my PowerBook, but for me the computing power of my 2x1.8Ghz G5 makes up for it, when I have the money to invest in a portable again, I will choose the 12" iBook, airport, Max ram.

for instance doing my scanwork on my old PB took me 30min for a 1mx1,5m@300dpi scan, with the G5 it takes me 3 min... because of the writing speed of the SATA drive... I could enhance that by adding a 2nd drive nd raid it... or get the 10.000rmp drive...

the ideal is a powerfull desktop for when you need it and a simple but still powerfull laptop for on location wrok (say in the garden when the sun is shining or when you surf the internet... because sitting at my desk gets me bored when surfing ;-))

 

[e-coli]

Serious video editing will destroy your laptop. They're simply not made for it. Trust me, I went through 3 Powerbooks in a year doing video editing and motion graphics / 3D. I cooked the logic boards and hard drives.

You simply must have a tower for video. The HD seek and IO speeds are much fater, the RAM is faster, the BUS is faster, etc. You'll sorely regret having bought a laptop for this purpose.

And if you have a newer, larg-ish iPod, there really is no such thing as lack of portability (unless you have 20 gigs of music). Just dump the files on your iPod, and use it as a shuttle.

 

[Chip NoVaMac]

Serious video editing will destroy your laptop. They're simply not made for it. Trust me, I went through 3 Powerbooks in a year doing video editing and motion graphics / 3D. I cooked the logic boards and hard drives.

You simply must have a tower for video. The HD seek and IO speeds are much fater, the RAM is faster, the BUS is faster, etc. You'll sorely regret having bought a laptop for this purpose.

And if you have a newer, larg-ish iPod, there really is no such thing as lack of portability (unless you have 20 gigs of music). Just dump the files on your iPod, and use it as a shuttle.

A reason for AppleCare?

 

[King Cobra]

I went through 3 Powerbooks in a year doing video editing and motion graphics / 3D. I cooked the logic boards and hard drives.

Better question than AppleCare: Anyone else agree or have similar experiences?? I say that because I "ain't never heard of no one" that did video editing on their portable and ended up "using" their portables like that.

If not, then keep your powerbook, [name of whoever started this mess--ahh, "kwajo.com"].