Just received my 15" PowerBook

[Og Oggilby]

Congrats on your new Powerbook MacRy!

A couple days ago I ordered the 15inch 1.67 powerbook with 2gb of ram (from crucial.com), superdrive, and the 128mb video card. Everything has shipped and I've been jazzed about getting my first mac, and first notebook, in a few days (I've been a desktop PC guy for years and got bored with XP). Now I'm getting concerned about the heat issue but I found out that there is no turning back since I custom ordered using the educational discount, and apparently you are stuck with what you order if you do that I really hope that I won't regret buying a mac.

BTW, I did check the bottoms of the 15 inch Powerbooks at the local Apple store for heat, some were much hotter than others

 

[MacRy]

Congrats on your new Powerbook MacRy!

A couple days ago I ordered the 15inch 1.67 powerbook with 2gb of ram (from crucial.com), superdrive, and the 128mb video card. Everything has shipped and I've been jazzed about getting my first mac, and first notebook, in a few days (I've been a desktop PC guy for years and got bored with XP). Now I'm getting concerned about the heat issue but I found out that there is no turning back since I custom ordered using the educational discount, and apparently you are stuck with what you order if you do that I really hope that I won't regret buying a mac.

BTW, I did check the bottoms of the 15 inch Powerbooks at the local Apple store for heat, some were much hotter than others

Now that is a great setup. Wish I could have conned my boss into buying that for me

I have to say that it runs a lot cooler when it's not on mains power. Which is odd because I have altered the power settings to run at full performance even on battery power so it should generate the same heat I would have thought. It is considerably cooler though. When on power it gets so hot near the hinge that you burn your fingers on it. Maybe this is a fault on mine? Anyone else get this?

 

[Og Oggilby]

Now that is a great setup. Wish I could have conned my boss into buying that for me

I have to say that it runs a lot cooler when it's not on mains power. Which is odd because I have altered the power settings to run at full performance even on battery power so it should generate the same heat I would have thought. It is considerably cooler though. When on power it gets so hot near the hinge that you burn your fingers on it. Maybe this is a fault on mine? Anyone else get this?

Thanks, I just had to convince my wife It also helped that she works at a College - for the educational discount.

From what I understand about notebooks they always run cooler on battery power (as an energy saver) and when you are running plugged in it is running full power - plus charging the battery if needed.

Is it cool enough to use on your lap on battery power?

 

[MacRy]

Thanks, I just had to convince my wife It also helped that she works at a College - for the educational discount.

From what I understand about notebooks they always run cooler on battery power (as an energy saver) and when you are running plugged in it is running full power - plus charging the battery if needed.

Is it cool enough to use on your lap on battery power?

It's not too bad but gets uncomfortable after a while. I'm ok with it now because I just rest it on the case I brought. The heat doesn't bother me now because it is such a fantastic machine I can forgive it for this

 

[aussie_geek]

Well done!! You have made a good choice. Look after it and it will do you some good service