So I'm looking at the PowerBook G4. Love it, hate it, worth the money?
I totally want a Powerbook. Except now I want a Macbook Pro instead.
Have they started discounting the PowerBooks yet?
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tommyrot - Feb 15, 2006 10:32:24 am PST #7059 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Jessica - Feb 15, 2006 11:06:53 am PST #7060 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Okay, this is weird. All of a sudden, holding down any key on this keyboard works verrrrry sloooowly. (Deleting text, entering multiple letters in a word like sloooowly, etc.) Any idea what I could have changed? It's muy annoying.
P.M. Marc - Feb 15, 2006 11:18:07 am PST #7061 of 10003
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
So I'm looking at the PowerBook G4. Love it, hate it, worth the money?
I adore my now-three-year-old one. I want another, though until I can afford it, I'm just upping the RAM in Fredlet.
It survived a tumble that bent the frame, for crying out loud. (The frame's since been fixed.)
Kristen - Feb 15, 2006 11:24:06 am PST #7062 of 10003
So I'm looking at the PowerBook G4. Love it, hate it, worth the money?
I've had mine for a year now. (One year tomorrow!) I love my Trixie. And she gets heavy use. Home, work, travel, at the Bean. I've really had no complaints.
tina f. - Feb 15, 2006 11:25:51 am PST #7063 of 10003
Love it, hate it, worth the money?
Shrift - I just got a 12" powerbook in December and I have no regrets. I love it and - yes, it was expensive - but it was worth it.
I had momentary buyer's remorse when the MacBook Pro was announced but then I realized I really don't need anything 4x faster than the G4. It is plenty fast for me.
Also note: the only reason I got the powerbook was because I wanted a 12 inch notebook with a superdrive and you can't get the iBook with both of those things (only the 15" and 17" iBooks can come with superdrives). You may want to look at an iBook instead if those two things are not essential to you.
§ ita § - Feb 15, 2006 11:27:17 am PST #7064 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Chiming in as one who loves her Powerbook.
shrift - Feb 15, 2006 11:42:25 am PST #7065 of 10003
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Well, I'm comparing the iBook and the PowerBook, and basically drooling all over the PowerBook hardware. I can afford a PowerBook, so... I'm trying to figure out what screen size I really need, and if I feel like spending ridiculous amounts of money on the 17". Or go smaller screen but up the hard drive.
Kristen - Feb 15, 2006 11:43:56 am PST #7066 of 10003
I got the 15" and am quite happy. I will say that, while the 17" is supercool, it's a bitch and a half to find a cute laptop bag it will fit into.
shrift - Feb 15, 2006 11:45:28 am PST #7067 of 10003
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I will say that, while the 17" is supercool, it's a bitch and a half to find a cute laptop bag it will fit into.
Dude, this is exactly the type of info I was looking for, and why I love the Buffistas.
§ ita § - Feb 15, 2006 11:45:34 am PST #7068 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I didn't get the 17" either. I almost did, but decided I didn't need the extra real estate. The 15" is great--I've seen a friend's 17" and it didn't ping envy, no matter how much he tried. I watch video fullscreen on it all the time and it's lovely.