It's official, and broadcasting via airport too!
My miniBook shipped yesterday. Not "supposed to ship tommorow," or, "our sales rep will say they should be here in two weeks" (for the third 'two weeks' in a row). Nope, "They shipped, we have confirmation, 5 business days."
And thank g-d too, I think I was driving them nuts -- called every week. I was actually pretty cose to cancelling my order, but with Spring break next week, I'll only have limited work to contend with and no classes, so I'll have time to play with the thing. WEEHEE.
I could still cancel (no money down, used dept purchasing, they're getting some iMacs too) but for the (edu) price I'll get to finally try out a modern OSX mac.
It looks like I'll have one of the first dozen or so miniBooks in Toronto.
Get ready for the first real PB review!
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And thank g-d too, I think I was driving them nuts -- called every week. I was actually pretty cose to cancelling my order, but with Spring break next week, I'll only have limited work to contend with and no classes, so I'll have time to play with the thing. WEEHEE.
I could still cancel (no money down, used dept purchasing, they're getting some iMacs too) but for the (edu) price I'll get to finally try out a modern OSX mac.
It looks like I'll have one of the first dozen or so miniBooks in Toronto.
Get ready for the first real PB review!
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Now that is scary.
I've been watching my iMac travel up here from CA, on the FedEx website. It hit Calgary earlier today, so I'll have it tomorrow.
Waiting is a bitch, ain't it?
Can u help confirm some rumours about the not so sensitive touchpad??
<strong> but with Spring break next week</strong><hr></blockquote>
Dude. . . It's not even Spring yet. In Canada it's not even close to Spring. What the hell is wrong with you dumb Canadians, getting everything all mixed up.
. . . Are you on trimesters? That might make sense.
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Are you on trimesters? That might make sense.</strong><hr></blockquote>
It gets too warm for us in March, we like to hold it early. Hahaha.
Officially, we call it "Reading week," but Americanisms forever leech into our dialect, like 'semester,' we really are on 'trimesters.' Three 4 month blocks (well 3 or 3 and half month blocks) including the summer: Sept-Dec, Jan-mid-April, May-August 1st. I've planned most of my academic years around a trimester, taking something in the summer, and something less during the fall and winter. Work and grad classes are a little different, particularly the perpetually extended deadlines which offer a lot more flexibility. August is always off unless you teach ESL for extra cash, which for the first time I mightn't have to do this year.
But yes, canucks are a bit weird. I think it has to do with the steady diet of beer and beaver tails.
it' still usable, just a bit rougher and less precise.
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Maybe she likes it rough?! <img src="graemlins/surprised.gif" border="0" alt="[surprised]" /> <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />
This is my first powerbook and I'm in love Actually thinking of selling my 17" iMac and getting another powerbook (This one is supposed to be my wife's)
I was very tempted to call them today, but seeing as I've driven them silly for the past month and that they told me WEDNESDAY, Thursday at the latest, I'd seem like a total A-hole -- usually not a hang-up for me, but I don't want to seem desperate <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" /> -- if I just called them up to ask again. So I'll call them at lunch tommorrow. Hoping that I have better delivery service than poor Murbot has had to suffer, and by tommorow night I might be playing with my 12". <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" />
If not, Thursday morn, but the play by play will be a bit harder to give, must play hookie from work (call-forwarding = easy) drop into uni, hope dept has books, get down to the auto show, snap a few picks, get home unpack book, play, post initial thoughts, pics, get needed wares. It's not like I have research projects or papers that need doing. HAhaha...
Steve, WHERE, OH WHERE, is my book?
ARRRGH!!!!
Someone must pay. <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" />
Christ, I got a used one with no software. heh heh
Run.
I have to say, I'm coming to terms with the trackpad. Like Elric said, the gentle touch works best, but I'm far too used to using a trackpad on my Windoze machine and have yet to fully recalibrate my fingers to suit the Powerbook. This will come in time, I am sure.
I still can't believe how quiet my little baby is, even when the fan ramps itself up (yes, doing 3D renders on one of these is possibly a bit silly, but it didn't crash and it looked good, so yah!), and the build quality is unparalleled. I will be embarassing several Windoze-freaks with it tomorrow.
The milf at the dept office really like my book, we chatted for a bit, something about having twelve inches of power in your lap does it for 'em. Anyway, she's a mac user and had some serious lust for my 12, so naturally I BS'd her a bit and told her, "Yeah, I'm a long time mac user, I had a gum drop before this." She's all, "Me too! I love it." I bet you do, Matsu thinks to himself. Then my buddy shows up (who's buying the Newton) We went to my car, grabbed the newt and headed to a pub. That was good, the cash paid for the airport and a stack of blank CD's. We actually had some work to do so grabbed a booth. A pitcher of beer and some dusted riblets later and it's almost midnight. He was dying to check out my book, so while we worked I quickly ran through the start up, not including online stuff, I installed the airport card, and charged her up, making surre not to lose any bits by putting everything in a plastic shopping bag.
The fit and finish are impeccable, and the unit didn't even get warm while charging, playing a couple of CD's and checking out classic.
It's too early for first impressions, OSX is so new to me. I really don't knwo how to do anything in OSX and will take a little time to get used to it. I gotta get some wares. The documentation is WAY TOO THIN. It came with 4 discs: a blank CDR, quickbooks, a hardware recovery CD, and one OSX 10.2.3 plus other stuff disc. Nothing to install, I think it's all on the HDD already.
The screen and keyboard are BEA-U-TI-FUL! Look and feel excellent, a quick run through of the solid colors reveals what seems to be a flawless panel, no dead pixels (thank you powers that be)
So, get ready for a real review the second I can get my apps ready. My bro has the P4 working Kazaa right now.
Murbot, PM me please, I got some pics for you and a few questions.