Re: Applecare. One good thing about Applecare is that you have 1 year from your time of purchase (of your computer) to buy Applecare. I recently used this option as it's nice to not have to front the entire cost.

Also, if you are deciding between a 15" and 17" powerbook, I strongly suggest you physically see/hold both before buying. I have a 15" instead of the 17" because the 17" is just too big for where I generally want to use it.

The 17" are quite wide and deep, that is very true.

I was looking at 15's when I got mine, and thought that the 17 would be too unwieldy. The thing that Apple got so right is making the 17 so thin. I carry it with me all over the country and have been quite amazed that the size hasn't bothered me.

I ended up on the 17 because the extra screen real estate trumped the potential hassles of a big machine. I do audio editing and being able to see a few more tracks on a mix is worth so much to me. I also do a lot of remote desktop control where I'll have up to 5 computers controlled from my laptop and again the extra screen area makes a big difference.

I need to stop by my local Apple store and touch them both. I don't want the laptop to be a) the "little" computer or b) so large it never moves. What's the selection like on computer bags for 17" laptops? Getting better, I figure. I'll need to track down a knapsack.

I like my 12" iBook because it is so small. Oddly enough, the 14" iBook has (or had when I bought it) the same screen resolution, even though the screen was bigger....

I've got one of the Brenthaven bags designed for the 17" PB's and it's quite nice. They are a bit pricey though. I think mine was around $170.

Like ND, I have the Brenthaven backpack, although mine is for my 15". I love it very much and take it with me everywhere.

I think ND is right on when it comes to the screen. When I do audio/viedo editting on my laptop, I'm always wishing I had a larger monitor (although it's okay w/a 15"). However, I edit maybe once a month while I need to fit my laptop plus textbooks on the table in front of me at school everyday. I think the choice is highly dependent on what you plan to use it for.

Lee's got a 17" Power Book.

I got the Linksys PAP2 and the Vonage service for my FAX line and it seems to be working quite well.

I am upstairs, on the Internet, on my Mac.

I am as a god among men.

Does anyone know if the USB port on the Tivo is a USB 2.0 port? If it isn't then going wired isn't going to help much.

On the "nightlight" Series 2 Tivos, I believe the capability is there but not yet activated in firmware. At CES, they hinted that USB 2.0 support should be in firmware released later this spring. (It's not part of the 7.1 release that's being rolled out at the moment.)

The Tivo in my room is networked to the router wirelessly, but in my parents' bedroom, I have a Netgear FA 120 adapter plugged into the Tivo with the ethernet cable running from that to the router's wired ports. It definitely makes a difference. We only have an 802.11b network, but when I use Tivo Publisher to view photos through the Tivo, it's practically useless on my unit because it's too slow going wireless from the laptop to the router and back to the unit in my room, but everything appears fine on the wired Tivo. Transfers between the units aren't too bad, averaging just a tad over real time.

My iPod Shuffle arrived today....it's so cute!