With Due Respect To David Coursey, The 'Book Is Still The Logical Mac - I have a lot of time for Anchor Desk’s David Coursey, who is one of a very few writers in the mainstream IT press who uses Macs, takes Apple seriously as a player rather than just an entertaining sideshow diversion, and says so for the record. However, I must respectfully disagree with Mr. Coursey on the issue of laptops desirability as first-line computers
Americans lap up laptops - "I can't sit at a desk and work all day, and I don't play the power-hungry games that need the latest and fastest processors," she said. "I wanted a computer that would be as mobile as I am, that I could take with me to the treadmill, to the kitchen, and I'll admit it, even to the bathroom. Obviously, I needed a laptop."
TiDrag - My friend Mr. Jusiega from Poland painted my TiBook 667dvi for me using aerograph painting technics and typical car colors
PowerBook Karma - I must have built up some mighty bad PowerBook Karma, because I've gotten socked around by my PowerBooks (that's right, plural) in the last couple of months. Last year when I got my TiBook, I was in seventh heaven. Unfortunately, I seem to have changed address to the seventh concentric circle of somewhere slightly warmer...
Boblbee Backpacks are Perfect for PowerBooks - The only bag that I've consistantly used for more than a year now is a Boblbee Megalopolis, Millennium Edition. This isn't merely the bag I fall back on when another fails, it's quite simply the best bag I have ever owned
Macworld Expo Rumors Swirl - Courtesy of two leading Mac rumor Web sites, Spymac.com and Macrumors.com, the leading buzz appears to be a G5 PowerBook by February 2004, G5 iMacs next summer and for the enterprise, a G5 xServe by the end of this year
Why Your Next Desktop Shouldn't be a Notebook - Some pros will always need a desktop, and they're clearly the best choice for education labs, but the more notebooks they sell, the cheaper the components become, and that's gotta be good for you and me. As Charles Moore has long argued (and I agree), the portable is the most logical of computers
Fix a misbehaving backlight on PowerBook G3 machines - I noticed the above problem when installing OS X on a couple of Wallstreet machines. I simply set them not to go to sleep when the power is plugged in, and hopefully our users won't have to put them to sleep on battery (they're probably only going to be used as PowerPoint players)
Notebooks - For the most part, Service and Reliability grades for notebooks are the same as those in 2002. Apple, IBM, and Toshiba continue to receive A's, and five out of nine other notebook vendors' grades are also unchanged. Even the problems holding back other vendors are little changed
Why laptops shouldn't replace desktops - I was not thrilled last week to see that sales of notebook computers are now larger than the sales of desktops. Not that I don't understand the attraction. Notebooks are, after all, romantic computing--in the sense that notebooks allow you to take your computer to someplace more romantic than your office. That is, as long as it's a romantic place indoors--notebook screens don't work outside, at least not for me.
Apple PowerBook G4 - Just one look is all you need to fall in love with Apple's new 17" PowerBook G4. This is like the supermodel of notebooks; you know, the one that everyone can't help but notice at a party. The PowerBook G4 is the kind of notebook that makes people’s jaws drop. Not just because of the sheer size of the 17" wide screen display but by the sheer beauty of its aluminum housing
Portable Digital Media Lab - Comprising a 12-inch PowerBook with built-in DVD-R/CD-RW SuperDrive, a DV camcorder, a digital camera and Apple’s award-winning Final Cut Express video editing software, the Portable Digital Media Lab is a mobile content creation and editing suite that brings a radical new perspective to learning, giving pupils the freedom to document, discover and interact with the world around them in new and exciting ways
Power notebook, man! - WHEN we first took Apple’s new 17in PowerBook G4 out of its box, the first thing that struck us was the size of the thing. With an almost featureless brushed aluminium case (except for the Apple logo on one side) and measuring only 1in thick, it resembles a giant Zippo lighter
Still No Sign of New 15" PowerBook G4 - Clearly, inventory isn't disappearing as fast as Apple would like, despite the reduced prices, which Cupertino introduced partly to clear the decks before the third quarter '03 results are due. The PB-12" is still a strong seller, particularly among people who essentially want an iBook-sized G4 portable
Souping Up A PowerBook 1400 - Not; And Some Ruminations On Laptop Longevity - Working on the old 1400s also got me thinking about how strongly-built and tough these old computers are. Now 6-7 years old, they are both still going strong. Everything works, and the only age/use related issue that’s evident on either are some stress cracks on the lid of the 117 MHz unit near the hinges. Pretty impressive
Taking a Page from PowerBook - Apple isn't the only one selling notebooks with 17-inch displays. Today, Toshiba announced its first notebook with a display measuring a full 17-inches across the diagonal
May sales indicate year of the laptop and the LCD - When Apple CEO Steve Jobs declared 2003 the "year of the notebook" in January, he may have been more on target than even he suspected. According to recently released sales results from The NPD Group's point-of-sale tracking service, May marked the first time that the dollar sales of notebook computers sold surpassed the dollar sales of desktop computers in U.S. retailers
Review: Willow Designs Expandable Mac SlipCase - After two weeks of traveling, I have nothing but good things to say about this bag. Its compact profile and sturdy construction make it idea for negotiating crowds and public transportation situations
Airport Extreme Coming to Older PBs in Panther - It appears that support for 802.11g card for older PowerBooks will be
arriving in Panther but not officially before that
No PowerBook G5 "Anytime Soon"; Could MWNY Hold PowerBook G4 Revisions? - Until a mobile version of the G5 chip addresses heat and power consumption issues, many have already speculated a PowerBook G5 is out of the question. Apple’s VP of Hardware Product Marketing confirmed this in an interview with MacCentral yesterday
Does Moore's Law dictate PowerBook G5 debut in six months? - Before Steve Job's took the stage at last week's WDDC, Apple's problem was that for four years its processor upgrades have fallen short of Moore's Law. Now everything's changed
The Monster Ti - This hack is a simple paint job. After stripping the guts out of the cabinet, I scuffed the old paint with emery paper. Then masked the screen, track pad, latch button, and power button with low-tack transluscent shelving paper
Aluminum PowerBook 15-Inch Waiting in the Wings - The PowerPage has received an interesting new update on the status of the long awaited Aluminum PowerBook 15-inch. The original TiBook has already migrated to its new Aluminum skin and is just waiting for the existing Titanium models to sell out
Panther preview confirms new PowerBooks? - That suggests that Apple is preparing at least two new 12in PowerBooks and two new 17in models. Apple recently reduced the prices on both the 12in model and the ageing 15.2in version, which is based on an older system architecture than the 12in and 17in PowerBooks. As we've reported before, Apple is believed to have contracted Compal to produce a new, 15.4in PowerBook during the second half of the year, presumably to replace the Titanium 15.2in and bring it into line with the Aluminium 12in and 17in
Wide world of laptops - The exception is Apple Computer, which pioneered the use of wide screens in portable computers. Its 15-inch model weighs just 5.4 pounds, and its 17-inch widescreen model weighs 6.8 pound
Crisis of quality? PowerBooks can be a pain in the pocketbook - emember the good ol days? When Apple cared about their customers and valued quality and their reputation? I do; though the memory is fading into the distant past. I have many stories about the "New" Apple. I hate constantly contrasting the "new" Apple with the "old" Apple, but there are differences that are just too obvious and startling not to notice. I have been trying to give them the benefit of the doubt, but they keep letting me down; and I can't seem to lower my expectations as fast as they can lower their realizations of them. The latest example is a long and sordid tale of "how not to manage customer relations" in regards to my PowerBook G4
Review: Waterfield Designs 17-Inch Racer-X Bag - Attention to detail is important at Waterfield Designs and you can tell. Everything from zippers to hardware to handles are super tight, functional and seemlessly integrated with the rest of the bag. The 17-Inch Racer-X is the perfect fit for the Aircraft Carrier 'Book leaving just enough room for your accessories and some reading materials
'Matrix' Trilogy Raises The Effects Bar - Ocean Video participated in the production of one of the movie's pivotal action scenes, which took nearly two months to shoot and features numerous consecutive complex sequences. During production, Ocean Video transmitted live video directly from the film camera to a mobile CinéWave system powered by an Apple Titanium PowerBook. Ocean Video used CinéWave and its Commotion Pro compositing software to execute a ramp effect in which the action changed speed over time
Clever Product Idea for TiBooks - What is needed is a sticker you can see from in front of the TiBook that would show where all the ports are on the back of the machine, either with words or symbols. All the ports could be labeled in the small space between the keyboard and the screen
What Are The Prospects For G5 PowerBooks? - Last week, upon perusing the specs for the new 64 bit G5 Power Mac towers, with their elaborate four-zone, 9-fan internal cooling systems and full front perforated mesh panel to admit cooling their, one of the thoughts that struck me was that if the G5 chip requires all that, then the likelihood of a G5 laptop in the near future is not high
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