Anyone happen to know of a utility that will tell you which chip you have??? Gauge Pro can't handle my G4 733MHz (pre-Quicksilver). It gets confused on the chip and speed... go figure.
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Observations from the Powerbook 800 Mhz
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Amazed!
Anastasis~
How and where did you get your powerbook so quickly?
I went to the nearest place in my town that has apples and they said there was a wait! damn.
I am so happy to hear that there isnt a heat issue but i still want to know what chip is being used and if its SOI before I get one!
I refuse to buy a toaster!
I would love to hear more about the L3 cache and what kind of difference its making>
Also is the contrast ratio on the new screen better or is it just NITS?
Thanks for all the help and information
Anastasis~
How and where did you get your powerbook so quickly?
I went to the nearest place in my town that has apples and they said there was a wait! damn.
I am so happy to hear that there isnt a heat issue but i still want to know what chip is being used and if its SOI before I get one!
I refuse to buy a toaster!
I would love to hear more about the L3 cache and what kind of difference its making>
Also is the contrast ratio on the new screen better or is it just NITS?
Thanks for all the help and information
when i got my license at 17, i was a holy terror and so were my friends...it was the hormones baby
Grokgod:
I have been waiting for the next revision to come out. I woke up Monday morning and went straight to the rumor boards before work and I saw that they had been released. Headed to work at 9 and called the Apple Store here in Memphis at 10. Asked them if they were going to be getting some in and the person said that he had no idea when they would be in. I called back an hour later to get someone else and ask them..... they are here. I freaked out and spead over to the store which is only about 5 minutes away. Told them that I wanted one and they went to the back and got one. I was going to test out the 667 to see if it was comporable, trying to save some money, but I thought, what the hell, I am not going to get another computer for another 3-4 years so lets go all out.
So that is my story that should have been only a one sentence reply.
My local Apple Store got them about 2 hours after they were announced.
I have been waiting for the next revision to come out. I woke up Monday morning and went straight to the rumor boards before work and I saw that they had been released. Headed to work at 9 and called the Apple Store here in Memphis at 10. Asked them if they were going to be getting some in and the person said that he had no idea when they would be in. I called back an hour later to get someone else and ask them..... they are here. I freaked out and spead over to the store which is only about 5 minutes away. Told them that I wanted one and they went to the back and got one. I was going to test out the 667 to see if it was comporable, trying to save some money, but I thought, what the hell, I am not going to get another computer for another 3-4 years so lets go all out.
So that is my story that should have been only a one sentence reply.
My local Apple Store got them about 2 hours after they were announced.
Originally posted by jefhatfield
when i got my license at 17, i was a holy terror and so were my friends...it was the hormones baby
I was 15...
now when I see 15 year olds...there's no way in hell I'd let my 15 year old have a driver's license....
well...if I had a child of my own that is...
does anyone know if the TiBooks have problems with 1GB of RAM. that doesn't sound right, but i just wanted to check.
How about something that runs in OS 9.x??? I will give that a try later, on the new TiBook, but I would like something from OS 9 as well. That way, I can run it on any system I come across, since none at work, besides mine, are running OS X at all.
Powerpage.com had an article the other day which made me a bit (insert 3 stooges voice here:-->) Noivus. So, I asked whether anyone had experienced this problem. Here is the link the story I had read:
http://www.powerpage.org/story.lasso?newsID=8320
got mine
well, I have mine too now... and it is sweeeeeet. The new screen resolution is good, any higher and I think things would be too small. I might try attaching my external lcd to it later, via the DVI-VGA adapter and see how it looks. I also look forward to installing all my Mac games onto it. It will be very nice to be able to create gibs in real time once again.
Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed that the internal speakers sound much better then the rev. a TiBook??
It's the little things that make you smile even wider.
well, I have mine too now... and it is sweeeeeet. The new screen resolution is good, any higher and I think things would be too small. I might try attaching my external lcd to it later, via the DVI-VGA adapter and see how it looks. I also look forward to installing all my Mac games onto it. It will be very nice to be able to create gibs in real time once again.
Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed that the internal speakers sound much better then the rev. a TiBook??
It's the little things that make you smile even wider.
Re: got mine
Droooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooollllllll...
How hot does it get? I'm going to try to get to the local Apple Store and check out a demo model.
I just can't swing one right now.
Originally posted by AlphaTech
well, I have mine too now... and it is sweeeeeet. The new screen resolution is good, any higher and I think things would be too small. I might try attaching my external lcd to it later, via the DVI-VGA adapter and see how it looks. I also look forward to installing all my Mac games onto it. It will be very nice to be able to create gibs in real time once again.
Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed that the internal speakers sound much better then the rev. a TiBook??
It's the little things that make you smile even wider.
Droooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooollllllll...
How hot does it get? I'm going to try to get to the local Apple Store and check out a demo model.
I just can't swing one right now.
Re: Re: got mine
Muahahahahahahahahaaaa... I haven't run it too much yet, and I am about to leave the office, so that I can load it up when I get home (after dinner of course). It looks like there is an extra plate on the bottom, near where the processor should be. That might be part of a passive heat exhange system, so that the fan doesn't need to run as much if there is sufficient air flow under it. Fortunately I have one of the powerbook pivot/podium pad thingies that I can use. I intend to game with this sweet puppy very soon (when not on the motorcycle this weekend that is).
I will report more later, so you might want to either get a mop and bucket, several towels, or a spare pair of shorts handy
Originally posted by Rower_CPU
Droooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooollllllll...
How hot does it get? I'm going to try to get to the local Apple Store and check out a demo model.
I just can't swing one right now.
Muahahahahahahahahaaaa... I haven't run it too much yet, and I am about to leave the office, so that I can load it up when I get home (after dinner of course). It looks like there is an extra plate on the bottom, near where the processor should be. That might be part of a passive heat exhange system, so that the fan doesn't need to run as much if there is sufficient air flow under it. Fortunately I have one of the powerbook pivot/podium pad thingies that I can use. I intend to game with this sweet puppy very soon (when not on the motorcycle this weekend that is).
I will report more later, so you might want to either get a mop and bucket, several towels, or a spare pair of shorts handy
Re: Re: Re: got mine
settle down beavis!!!
Originally posted by AlphaTech
I will report more later, so you might want to either get a mop and bucket, several towels, or a spare pair of shorts handy
settle down beavis!!!
Re: Re: Re: Re: got mine
ummmmm... NO!! LMAO!!
I just notice, I have passed the 1400 mark.. cool beans.
Ok butthead... heh heh heeheh...
Originally posted by eyelikeart
settle down beavis!!!
ummmmm... NO!! LMAO!!
I just notice, I have passed the 1400 mark.. cool beans.
Ok butthead... heh heh heeheh...
Nooooooo!
Why are you all gettin' a new PB 800, and I'm not?????
Unfair!!!!
I still like my DP 800, but I would really like a TiBook to go as well. If I only had the cash.... Oh, well, maybe I'll be braggin' about my new GHz TiBook in six months time.... (wish, wish, wish, wish)
Why are you all gettin' a new PB 800, and I'm not?????
Unfair!!!!
I still like my DP 800, but I would really like a TiBook to go as well. If I only had the cash.... Oh, well, maybe I'll be braggin' about my new GHz TiBook in six months time....
(wish, wish, wish, wish)Re: got mine
Very cool. Mine is at a Fedex facility in Taiwan right now... so a little more waiting for me. Did you check to see what CPU is in it?
Originally posted by AlphaTech
well, I have mine too now... and it is sweeeeeet. The new screen resolution is good, any higher and I think things would be too small. I might try attaching my external lcd to it later, via the DVI-VGA adapter and see how it looks. I also look forward to installing all my Mac games onto it. It will be very nice to be able to create gibs in real time once again.
Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed that the internal speakers sound much better then the rev. a TiBook??
It's the little things that make you smile even wider.
Very cool. Mine is at a Fedex facility in Taiwan right now... so a little more waiting for me. Did you check to see what CPU is in it?
For some reason, Apple seems to have a new high price on their Powerbook products. I thought Apple was doing nicely with their $3000 maximum price products. But Apple jacked up the price on the Rev. C powerbooks?
Why would that happen?
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Why would that happen?
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... I got mine for $1500 when I traded in my Rev. A (with 512MB/20GB and AppleCare plan). They even knocked a few $$ off the base station price, but I still get the $100 rebate.
Re: Re: got mine
I haven't installed the dev tools yet... I would prefer it if I didn't have to install all that just for the one tool. I will probably do that later, or during the week (if I get a lull in the work load). We just got a shipment of RAM in today, which will keep me busy for about a week total. I will have to arrange with the users that are getting the extra memory to make sure I dodn't interrupt their work too much. Besides which, it will give me a chance to install some updates, and run all the utilities.
One thing of note. When I was picking up my Rev C TiBook, I was told by the tech there (also Apple Certified ) that it is a good idea to run Speed Disk as soon as possible on the drive. Seems that they have seen heavy fragmentation on drives right from Apple. Optimized drives do give better performance, in both OS 9.x and OS X. Just ask eyelikeart.
I haven't installed the dev tools yet... I would prefer it if I didn't have to install all that just for the one tool. I will probably do that later, or during the week (if I get a lull in the work load). We just got a shipment of RAM in today, which will keep me busy for about a week total. I will have to arrange with the users that are getting the extra memory to make sure I dodn't interrupt their work too much. Besides which, it will give me a chance to install some updates, and run all the utilities.
One thing of note. When I was picking up my Rev C TiBook, I was told by the tech there (also Apple Certified
) that it is a good idea to run Speed Disk as soon as possible on the drive. Seems that they have seen heavy fragmentation on drives right from Apple. Optimized drives do give better performance, in both OS 9.x and OS X. Just ask eyelikeart.
Get to the heat issue!
I want to buy one of these Ti boks but not one that runs hot like the 667
Come on ALPHA give us the heat and chip story!
I want to buy one of these Ti boks but not one that runs hot like the 667
Come on ALPHA give us the heat and chip story!
Try calling these guys... http://www.computerloft.com/ that is where I got mine today.
Now I need to decide if I leave the 40GB drive inside the TiBook, or put the 60GB back in.
Now I need to decide if I leave the 40GB drive inside the TiBook, or put the 60GB back in.