I suppose I've been harping on this too much, but:
When will we see a Superdrive in one of these glorious machines? Do the current Superdrives run too hot to put in, are they too big, or is it just a matter of time? Without one, it doesn't seem that the Powerbook really fits into Apple's strategy of video editing, etc.
(I suppose everything is just a matter of time, isn't it? Humans never really _stop_, after all.)
Since when has Mg been an organic material?</strong><hr></blockquote>
He is not saying it is... He was making the point that IF it was made out of organic material it would ignite... the fact that he mentions Mg in the next sentence does not NECESArily(sp?) mean that he thinks the Mg is organic--it could just mean that he thinks if it was mage of Mg it would melt... But i didnt write the thing, so what do I know?
<strong>But we're assuming the new 7455 chips run cooler than the 7450/1 that were in the previous PowerBooks.</strong><hr></blockquote>At the same Mhz, they definitely do. That's what the silicon-on-insulator technology does.
Whether the previous top-end 667Mhz runs cooler or hotter than the current top-end 800Mhz Apollo, I don't know. I'd guess they are similar.
<strong>Magnesium doesn't melt, it explodes (well, burns very quickly and brightly at relatively low temperatures). They use it in fireworks. And iBooks
Socrates</strong><hr></blockquote>
Takes a hell of a lot of heat to get it going. Many vw engine blocks were made of the stuff and machine shops weld them all the time. You would to have take your ibook and hit with an oxy-fuel torch get it to go up. In fact there was an article( in macaddict?) in which someone tried to burn up a magnesium next cube and the had a devil of a time getting it to burn brightly. <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" />
Takes a hell of a lot of heat to get it going. Many vw engine blocks were made of the stuff and machine shops weld them all the time. You would to have take your ibook and hit with an oxy-fuel torch get it to go up. In fact there was an article( in macaddict?) in which someone tried to burn up a magnesium next cube and the had a devil of a time getting it to burn brightly. <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" /> </strong><hr></blockquote>
Magnesium was also used in flash cubes, IIRC (remember them?). Thus it really doesn't take much to get it going, if it's in a fine enough form. In high school chemistry we got Mg "tape" to go just with a Bunsen burner.
<strong>Magnesium doesn't melt, it explodes (well, burns very quickly and brightly at relatively low temperatures). They use it in fireworks. And iBooks
Socrates</strong><hr></blockquote>
erm, yeah whoops... i forgot about HS chem... see chromos' post... we also did other experiments trying to disolve it and stuff... i hated my chem teacher... but chemistery was fun paradox? kinda... damn avrogardo (sp?) and his moles!!!
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(Okay, I was probably going to buy one anyway.)
When will we see a Superdrive in one of these glorious machines? Do the current Superdrives run too hot to put in, are they too big, or is it just a matter of time? Without one, it doesn't seem that the Powerbook really fits into Apple's strategy of video editing, etc.
(I suppose everything is just a matter of time, isn't it? Humans never really _stop_, after all.)
Regards,
PEte
[Edit: never mind, I found it!]
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Something half again as fast would probably ignite organic material.
Good thing they don't make a MagnesiumBook.
Something half again as fast would probably ignite organic material.
Good thing they don't make a MagnesiumBook. <hr></blockquote>
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the iBook made of a Magnesium Alloy?
Socrates
<strong>A 667 Titbook runs damn hot.
Something half again as fast would probably ignite organic material.
Good thing they don't make a MagnesiumBook.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Since when has Mg been an organic material?
But we're assuming the new 7455 chips run cooler than the 7450/1 that were in the previous PowerBooks.
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Since when has Mg been an organic material?</strong><hr></blockquote>
He is not saying it is... He was making the point that IF it was made out of organic material it would ignite... the fact that he mentions Mg in the next sentence does not NECESArily(sp?) mean that he thinks the Mg is organic--it could just mean that he thinks if it was mage of Mg it would melt...
Socrates
<strong>But we're assuming the new 7455 chips run cooler than the 7450/1 that were in the previous PowerBooks.</strong><hr></blockquote>At the same Mhz, they definitely do. That's what the silicon-on-insulator technology does.
Whether the previous top-end 667Mhz runs cooler or hotter than the current top-end 800Mhz Apollo, I don't know. I'd guess they are similar.
<strong>Magnesium doesn't melt, it explodes (well, burns very quickly and brightly at relatively low temperatures). They use it in fireworks. And iBooks
Socrates</strong><hr></blockquote>
Takes a hell of a lot of heat to get it going. Many vw engine blocks were made of the stuff and machine shops weld them all the time. You would to have take your ibook and hit with an oxy-fuel torch get it to go up. In fact there was an article( in macaddict?) in which someone tried to burn up a magnesium next cube and the had a devil of a time getting it to burn brightly. <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" />
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Takes a hell of a lot of heat to get it going. Many vw engine blocks were made of the stuff and machine shops weld them all the time. You would to have take your ibook and hit with an oxy-fuel torch get it to go up. In fact there was an article( in macaddict?) in which someone tried to burn up a magnesium next cube and the had a devil of a time getting it to burn brightly. <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" /> </strong><hr></blockquote>
Magnesium was also used in flash cubes, IIRC (remember them?). Thus it really doesn't take much to get it going, if it's in a fine enough form. In high school chemistry we got Mg "tape" to go just with a Bunsen burner.
<strong>Magnesium doesn't melt, it explodes (well, burns very quickly and brightly at relatively low temperatures). They use it in fireworks. And iBooks
Socrates</strong><hr></blockquote>
erm, yeah whoops... i forgot about HS chem... see chromos' post... we also did other experiments trying to disolve it and stuff... i hated my chem teacher... but chemistery was fun paradox? kinda... damn avrogardo (sp?) and his moles!!!
- PEte