abrooks
Dec 1, 05:52 PM
Powerbook Review
I�ve owned my new Powerbook 15� for around 3 months now, I think it�s a little short of that but no need to be precise. I will be breaking the traditions of a standard review by putting my negative views first, thus anyone reading the review will finish on a good note.
And finally, Enjoy.
Negative Views
Fortunately my Powerbook has given me very little quibbles and has generally gave a very good impression, first of all the usual complaint, it gets a little too hot for comfort and by that I mean the comfort of my legs, work these things hard and they get really hot! Moving on from that which I consider very insignificant, the standard RAM of 256mb was a little less than I would have liked to see for the price and as we all know buying memory from Apple is hard on the credit cards but a simple purchase from Crucial managed to get me a nice 1GB. Lastly on negative points, the price, I think it could be a little bit lower for what your getting its difficult to justify the price but I�m not complaining!
The Packaging
In usual Apple fashion the packaging is impressive, the box was sturdy on the long traipse home and it has a little handle although I didn�t take the risk and use it. On opening it is clear that this has been design well and everything is neatly arranged for convenience and protection. I must note that it comes with a polystyrene keyboard cover; I think this is worth keeping for future use.
The Powerbook
Now we�re onto the good stuff, too be a little more exact on my specs I bought it on 80GB 5200 rpm hard drive, 256mb RAM, and it�s the 1.33Ghz model, unfortunately I opted out of having a backlit keyboard. After a few days I decided it needed more memory for what I wanted to do with it so I purchased two 512mb sticks from Crucial.
The main use for my Powerbook is graphics and print, so I use the standard programs, InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator, usually all running at the same time, the Powerbook performs very well and isn�t sluggish at all although the rendering of large InDesign documents can be a little slow. Along with those programs iChat and Adium are always running and I have never experienced a problem with any of them.
Boot up times are quick, and just for the record it is yet to Kernel panic on me and I have never had to force quit and application, but the Finder has crashed a few times but this seems to be a problem with Illustrator saving into an open folder.
I know a few issues that I wanted covered when I was looking to purchase so I�m going to try and cover them now, firstly the battery, I personally believe that the battery in my Powerbook is very good and with Airport on, brightness full, Bluetooth off and running iChat, iTunes, Safari and Adium I can easily get 3.5 hours out of it and even run over the 4 hour mark. Things that are a little more processor intensive can severely knock the battery life but it has never been an inconvenience to me and I do travel around a lot and use my Powerbook.
Wireless signal, I use my wireless connection almost all the time and on a second note at home my wireless base station is an Airport Express, I heard rumour that the signal in the PowerBooks was quite poor but I find it to be the exact opposite, it is absolutely excellent and through several walls I can easily have full or close to full signal from my Airport Express.
Other little niggles, I read about it being a G4 processor, I purchased my Powerbook being confident that a G5 Powerbook is a long way off and any revision would be in January 2005 and that didn�t bother me, I also know that Tiger will run well on my system.
In terms of size and weight I cannot commend Apple enough on this one, it is truly amazing how thin my 15� Powerbook is and the screen size is perfect although I will be purchasing an external monitor to help with those large graphics and more important work colour wise.
Conclusion
This was easily the best computer I have ever owned and certainly best Mac, if you are a design, musician or general computer use I highly recommend this too you, it performs well and with enough RAM can churn through almost anything you throw at it.
Well I�ve finished this review in record time and its quite late so I�m sure I�ve missed a large amount of stuff out, if you are looking to purchase I hope this review has been helpful if you need to know anything else I will happily add to the review, send me a note or mail me at abrooks@spymac.com. Finally thank you very much and good day to you all.
I�ve owned my new Powerbook 15� for around 3 months now, I think it�s a little short of that but no need to be precise. I will be breaking the traditions of a standard review by putting my negative views first, thus anyone reading the review will finish on a good note.
And finally, Enjoy.
Negative Views
Fortunately my Powerbook has given me very little quibbles and has generally gave a very good impression, first of all the usual complaint, it gets a little too hot for comfort and by that I mean the comfort of my legs, work these things hard and they get really hot! Moving on from that which I consider very insignificant, the standard RAM of 256mb was a little less than I would have liked to see for the price and as we all know buying memory from Apple is hard on the credit cards but a simple purchase from Crucial managed to get me a nice 1GB. Lastly on negative points, the price, I think it could be a little bit lower for what your getting its difficult to justify the price but I�m not complaining!
The Packaging
In usual Apple fashion the packaging is impressive, the box was sturdy on the long traipse home and it has a little handle although I didn�t take the risk and use it. On opening it is clear that this has been design well and everything is neatly arranged for convenience and protection. I must note that it comes with a polystyrene keyboard cover; I think this is worth keeping for future use.
The Powerbook
Now we�re onto the good stuff, too be a little more exact on my specs I bought it on 80GB 5200 rpm hard drive, 256mb RAM, and it�s the 1.33Ghz model, unfortunately I opted out of having a backlit keyboard. After a few days I decided it needed more memory for what I wanted to do with it so I purchased two 512mb sticks from Crucial.
The main use for my Powerbook is graphics and print, so I use the standard programs, InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator, usually all running at the same time, the Powerbook performs very well and isn�t sluggish at all although the rendering of large InDesign documents can be a little slow. Along with those programs iChat and Adium are always running and I have never experienced a problem with any of them.
Boot up times are quick, and just for the record it is yet to Kernel panic on me and I have never had to force quit and application, but the Finder has crashed a few times but this seems to be a problem with Illustrator saving into an open folder.
I know a few issues that I wanted covered when I was looking to purchase so I�m going to try and cover them now, firstly the battery, I personally believe that the battery in my Powerbook is very good and with Airport on, brightness full, Bluetooth off and running iChat, iTunes, Safari and Adium I can easily get 3.5 hours out of it and even run over the 4 hour mark. Things that are a little more processor intensive can severely knock the battery life but it has never been an inconvenience to me and I do travel around a lot and use my Powerbook.
Wireless signal, I use my wireless connection almost all the time and on a second note at home my wireless base station is an Airport Express, I heard rumour that the signal in the PowerBooks was quite poor but I find it to be the exact opposite, it is absolutely excellent and through several walls I can easily have full or close to full signal from my Airport Express.
Other little niggles, I read about it being a G4 processor, I purchased my Powerbook being confident that a G5 Powerbook is a long way off and any revision would be in January 2005 and that didn�t bother me, I also know that Tiger will run well on my system.
In terms of size and weight I cannot commend Apple enough on this one, it is truly amazing how thin my 15� Powerbook is and the screen size is perfect although I will be purchasing an external monitor to help with those large graphics and more important work colour wise.
Conclusion
This was easily the best computer I have ever owned and certainly best Mac, if you are a design, musician or general computer use I highly recommend this too you, it performs well and with enough RAM can churn through almost anything you throw at it.
Well I�ve finished this review in record time and its quite late so I�m sure I�ve missed a large amount of stuff out, if you are looking to purchase I hope this review has been helpful if you need to know anything else I will happily add to the review, send me a note or mail me at abrooks@spymac.com. Finally thank you very much and good day to you all.
gdbleb
Mar 14, 03:51 PM
Are you on a college/university network?
This is quite common for the many Bonjour shares to be visible on your Finder in that type of network environment.
This is quite common for the many Bonjour shares to be visible on your Finder in that type of network environment.
nelsencaleb
Jun 17, 01:00 AM
What can we say...we're Americans..rebels!!
ViciousShadow21
May 1, 11:07 AM
Use Image Capture. It's a default App that comes with OS X.
dudeabiding
May 6, 10:25 PM
If you delete it, and you lock up your phone installing something from Cydia or other, and do a respring/start, SHSH will open automatically and you can SHSH in and fix things. You'll need SBSettings to do so (which will also allow you to go to Power>Safemode and turn things off in Winterboard). Nice to have the option to go in there at will. You can change your password using MobileTerminal (not the one on Cydia, Google for the most recent or go to XSellize for it).
fredfnord
Dec 22, 03:17 PM
If that happens I will be amazed. Android is so fragmented and un-secure, Apple would not release anything related to it. Im not saying that I wouldn't welcome iTunes for Android but I just cant see it ever happening.
So is Windows, but you can buy iTunes content from there...
So is Windows, but you can buy iTunes content from there...
itickings
Apr 13, 07:55 AM
Why? Why? and Why?
Just use the PS3 for your media server its faster wider range of support etc.
Check out this link:
http://www.applesource.com.au/how-to/soa/How-to-Stream-media-to-a-PS3-from-a-Mac/0,2000451082,339287550,00.htm
Why does everyone think its cool to have a server?
You sound a bit confused. First you want the PS3 to be the server, then you supply a link that deals with making a Mac a media server, then you claim that there is no point in having a server... :confused:
If you want to view media (that is stored on a Mac) on a PS3, the Mac is the media server, not the PS3. And that sounds exactly like what the OP wanted.
Just use the PS3 for your media server its faster wider range of support etc.
Check out this link:
http://www.applesource.com.au/how-to/soa/How-to-Stream-media-to-a-PS3-from-a-Mac/0,2000451082,339287550,00.htm
Why does everyone think its cool to have a server?
You sound a bit confused. First you want the PS3 to be the server, then you supply a link that deals with making a Mac a media server, then you claim that there is no point in having a server... :confused:
If you want to view media (that is stored on a Mac) on a PS3, the Mac is the media server, not the PS3. And that sounds exactly like what the OP wanted.
akm3
May 23, 05:41 PM
I threw the folding@space onto my work Dell (I citrix in, so I don't really need a lot of CPU power to do that) and put it on the Mac Rumors team... (Yes, I'm running a Dell on the MR team, sorry)
Anyway, prior to F@H I've never heard the fan kick in on this thing and now with fan full blast full time, it runs too hot to 'lap' with anymore.
Is there anyway to run the client but have it go a little easier on the folding, so I might have other kids some day?
Anyway, prior to F@H I've never heard the fan kick in on this thing and now with fan full blast full time, it runs too hot to 'lap' with anymore.
Is there anyway to run the client but have it go a little easier on the folding, so I might have other kids some day?
Vader
Oct 21, 08:34 PM
How did you do that!??!
It looks so amazing. I could see that on TV.
It looks so amazing. I could see that on TV.
derajfast
Sep 26, 09:22 PM
anyone do this? i just ordered the 120gb upgrade for my hard drive....just curious about power consumption and heat, even though i dont think itll be a big problem......i hope all goes well
rtheb
Apr 21, 04:11 PM
Did you follow the step by step support at USB Overdrive (http://www.usboverdrive.com/USBOverdrive/Step.html)?
You can disable the USB Overdrive drivers for specific devices and they will revert to the Apple default drivers.
Also try uninstalling and reinstalling.
Uninstalling the USB Overdrive
To uninstall the USB Overdrive, use the Uninstall USB Overdrive application that's located in the Utilities folder inside your Applications folder. If you deleted the uninstaller by mistake, you can reinstall the USB Overdrive (even if it's already installed) and then remove everything with the Uninstall application
You can disable the USB Overdrive drivers for specific devices and they will revert to the Apple default drivers.
Also try uninstalling and reinstalling.
Uninstalling the USB Overdrive
To uninstall the USB Overdrive, use the Uninstall USB Overdrive application that's located in the Utilities folder inside your Applications folder. If you deleted the uninstaller by mistake, you can reinstall the USB Overdrive (even if it's already installed) and then remove everything with the Uninstall application
dotfuz
Mar 2, 11:13 AM
I'm surprised I couldn't find a thread like this already.. as the title says.. post your most recent rental such as a movie, tv show, game, etc.
Doesn't necessarily have to be from iTunes
And so it begins:
http://www.lifewithdogs.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Due-Date-Poster.jpg
Doesn't necessarily have to be from iTunes
And so it begins:
http://www.lifewithdogs.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Due-Date-Poster.jpg
AWallen90
May 2, 10:36 AM
Mine stops working if the computer is not restarted for around 40 days. It also has the issue intermittently while connecting to different hardware, sending a video to my xbox 360. The video will play for about 10 minutes then stop. This problem is fixed with a reboot but will then only stream for 10 minutes before stopping again.
matspekkie
Jan 19, 04:11 PM
First off there was some kind of odd dhcp issue with airport extreme prior firmware 7.5.2 wich could introduce this problem. update the firmware if it is @ the latest. Second wich solved a similar problem for me is go to your keychain "Applications/Utilities/Keychain access" find the Airport networkpassword (the accesspoint where you have trouble with, there could be a few of them) and delete them. Now you have to join the accesspoint once more with the correct ssid+password and things should work again.
hope this helps.
hope this helps.
Epiphron
Jan 19, 02:20 AM
i thought there was a setting for this. in the sounds settings, there's a ringer and alerts volume slider, and it says "the volume of the ringer and alerts will not be affected by the volume buttons." I'm not sure if this affects alarm but maybe you can try it :)
MacForScience
Apr 18, 01:35 AM
I have a Power Mac G4 Quicksilver 2002 that I'm getting ready to sell, and I'm trying to upgrade it out for the next owner.
Who here knows what the best graphic card for a PM G4 is?
Here's my situation:
OS X 10.4.11 right now on it, wanting to upgrade it to Leopard soon.
512Mb RAM, about to put 1.5Gb in it.
Dual 1Ghz G4, probably going to keep that.
And a 40Gb Hard Drive. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
-Aaron.
PS. I've looked all over the internet to find this out, and I've gotten mixed answers. Just wanted someone here to clear things up for me. :)
Don't waste your money unless you are just trying to be nice. The computer is so old that spending more money on it is nothing but a losing investment.
Cheers
Who here knows what the best graphic card for a PM G4 is?
Here's my situation:
OS X 10.4.11 right now on it, wanting to upgrade it to Leopard soon.
512Mb RAM, about to put 1.5Gb in it.
Dual 1Ghz G4, probably going to keep that.
And a 40Gb Hard Drive. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
-Aaron.
PS. I've looked all over the internet to find this out, and I've gotten mixed answers. Just wanted someone here to clear things up for me. :)
Don't waste your money unless you are just trying to be nice. The computer is so old that spending more money on it is nothing but a losing investment.
Cheers
iWonderwhy
Jun 22, 08:40 PM
Ugh, another cost-cutting measure from Apple, inc. Why am I not surprised?
Why are you not surprised? Have you seen more of these "cost-cutting measures" you speak of in their other products? I haven't, enlighten me.
Why are you not surprised? Have you seen more of these "cost-cutting measures" you speak of in their other products? I haven't, enlighten me.
jent
Jan 2, 04:53 PM
I have a great 27" monitor with HDMI, DVI, and VGA. I use it as a secondary display for my MacBook.
I have an old PlayStation 2 I'd like to start using with it, so I'm wondering if there is such a cable or converter that allows me to use the composite input on the PS2 with any of the three ports on the monitor.
And since the PS3 has HDMI, do I simply buy a male-to-male HDMI cable and from there I can use my monitor to game?
Thanks for any help!
I have an old PlayStation 2 I'd like to start using with it, so I'm wondering if there is such a cable or converter that allows me to use the composite input on the PS2 with any of the three ports on the monitor.
And since the PS3 has HDMI, do I simply buy a male-to-male HDMI cable and from there I can use my monitor to game?
Thanks for any help!
eye
Sep 25, 08:14 AM
:confused:
ZoinksS2k
Apr 21, 09:38 AM
The Cartella from Pad and Quill?
http://padandquill.com/the-cartella-for-macbook-air.html
That's the one. Just ordered one in green.
Yeah, the case makes the overall footprint larger, but I like the overall look and protection they afford especially when traveling. I have the InvisibleShield stuff applied for daily protective duties where the case will be too large.
There is another maker of these things, DODOCase (http://www.dodocase.com/). They only have iPAD1/2, Kindle and BB Playbook (???!) binders. I ordered one for my iPAD 2.
They look like they may be slightly higher quality. I like the color ranges of the Dodo's better then the Quills.
Thanks for the assist
http://padandquill.com/the-cartella-for-macbook-air.html
That's the one. Just ordered one in green.
Yeah, the case makes the overall footprint larger, but I like the overall look and protection they afford especially when traveling. I have the InvisibleShield stuff applied for daily protective duties where the case will be too large.
There is another maker of these things, DODOCase (http://www.dodocase.com/). They only have iPAD1/2, Kindle and BB Playbook (???!) binders. I ordered one for my iPAD 2.
They look like they may be slightly higher quality. I like the color ranges of the Dodo's better then the Quills.
Thanks for the assist
Phil A.
May 1, 11:08 AM
If you just want to put them in your pictures folder rather than in iPhoto, use Image Capture (in the Applications folder)
robo74
Nov 22, 09:20 PM
I can paypal $15 for the Logitech USB Extreme 3D Pro Joystick shipped.
Assuming it works well and is in good shape.
Rob
Assuming it works well and is in good shape.
Rob
hkaraman
Apr 6, 07:01 AM
Thanks franmatt80, I should give it a try and let you know how it goes!
7on
Jan 10, 09:31 PM
I'd take a single strand of yarn, use it to spell out a word, then photograph it.
Am I missing something here?
+10
Don't know why people avoid the obvious. I've actually needed burned paper for a texture and I just lit a wad of paper on fire in the office.
Am I missing something here?
+10
Don't know why people avoid the obvious. I've actually needed burned paper for a texture and I just lit a wad of paper on fire in the office.