PBG4 Quality
ok, i have heard that the iBook is a rock, and the TiBook is beautiful.... but how well can the TiBook hold up to moderate abuse?
IE in a protective sleeve when moving around, but kinda rough in a bag (IE i dont want to get a "computer bag, just a sleeve) will i break it if I dont baby it?
IE in a protective sleeve when moving around, but kinda rough in a bag (IE i dont want to get a "computer bag, just a sleeve) will i break it if I dont baby it?
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i have never once used a sleeve on my Ti. nor have I bought a computer bag for it.
there are absolutely no scratches on the outside of it. it's just a case of being careful. it's built very solidly. the idiots that whine and bitch about it being easy to scratch aren't taking enough care of a 3500 dollar item.
treat it well, it won't get roughed up. frankly, 3/4 of the time that i carried mine around campus i would just pick it up and put it under my arm. the other 1/4 was just throwing it in my bookbag (non padded, north face climbing sack) with books and the like. just make sure there aren't any metal tipped pens or big bunches of abrasive dirt in the bottom of the bag before you throw it in.
so yeah, no scratches from that. all damage to mine has been completely incidental and limited to basically the keys getting worn shiny, and the trackpad as well. there's a tiny scratch which i touched up on the hinge because my roommate put the power adapter into it roughly when i had asked him to do it for me. eh. whatever, kid uses a dell, can't blame him.
so, just take care of it and show a little caution and it is fine.
fwiw, my pismo is much more beaten up than my ti. and i treated it with the same care.
It lives in my <a href="http://www.timbuk2.com"; target="_blank">Timbuk2</a> bag with a stack of notes and a couple of paperbacks, and is completely scratch and scuff free.
[ 06-10-2002: Message edited by: Belle ]</p>
anyone else that chimes in is still welcomed, but i also have another question....
if the TiBook was smaller (IE, the size of the iBook) would you take it more places, or have you found that you have NOT been limited by the greater size of the TiBook over the iBook....
tia
-Paul
<strong>if the TiBook was smaller (IE, the size of the iBook) would you take it more places, or have you found that you have NOT been limited by the greater size of the TiBook over the iBook....</strong><hr></blockquote>
Well, in another thread I was called a "girl" - biologically correct but meant as an insult - because I said the PowerBook is too heavy for my needs.
I'd love a PowerBook the size of the iBook, but slimmer and lighter. I'd like a laptop that I don't feel is burdening me if I tote it everywhere. The iBook is nice and compact, but it's so heavy!
I have to admit I've put serious consideration into getting a Toshiba Libretto to keep with me all the time. At the moment I tend to keep notes in a notebook (a paper one, that is) and transfer them to my PowerBook when I get back home/to the office.
If so then cool...
thnx 4 the help Belle
size, it's thin enough I can take it everywhere in my spire icon back like it was nothing. I book would be too thick for me.
i just dont want to throw it in my bag one day and then show up to class with a cracked screen <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" />
Perhaps they fixed this with the new models
<strong>the latch does not hold the lid tight. it has a little give to it and the creen can be pressed closer to the bottom half while "closed". It just doesn't have a tight closed feel like the iBook.</strong><hr></blockquote>
If you get one of those leather inserts (or make one yourself, talk about a waste of $...) u think it would help?
Repeating what has already been said: I have only one scratch on mine, which is below the command key in the little well near the keyboard. That happened when I mistakingly dropped the keyboard on it during a panic attack. . . . I like to play with and inspect the motherboard, so I thought I broke it. . . it turned out that the battery and the plug were out, and that I forgot they were.
<strong>Mine is rock solid as well. there is one issue that makes me a bit cautious with mine. the latch does not hold the lid tight. it has a little give to it and the creen can be pressed closer to the bottom half while "closed". It just doesn't have a tight closed feel like the iBook.
Perhaps they fixed this with the new models</strong><hr></blockquote>
Yep, not a problem on the neweer models (I have 800Mhz)
...Oh I (In the last hr) dropped the leg of my <a href="http://www.mathmos.co.uk"; target="_blank">Mathmos</a> Lavalamp on the top cover of my TiBook and not a mark (Thankgod! <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" /> )
[ 06-11-2002: Message edited by: trevorM ]</p>
the only way a screen or anything is gonna be broken is if you drop it from 5+ feet while it's open, or if you drop something very large on the screen while it's open.
paul: stop debating and get the ti. much better machine.
<strong>it's certainly not flimsy as most reports would imply.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I was actually surprised to find out how solid a machine it really is. And I don't have a special bag either, and no scratches thus far in a month of use (tho I need to clean my monitor...)
<strong>Why do people think you?re a weenie if you think the Powerbook or ibook is too heavy, they are. The ibook is a perfect size but the weight is the same as the powerbook (not good). The powerbook is a good weight for its size, but not what I would call portable. I travel a lot for my work so size and weight is important to me. So far the Apple portables don't cut it as my road warrior of choice. Nothing will ever replace my Powermac, but as of right now Sony fills my portable needs. My Picturebook goes everywhere with me. It some times even doubles as my video camera. However, I would throw my Picturebook away in a heartbeat if Apple showed half of the ingenuity. One wish Apple, ULTRAPORTABLE. 3 - 4 lbs. Then my pocket book belongs to you.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I hate to swerve this thread into destructive tangent, but it just has to be done. Apple could have made a sub-notebook, but they realize that sub-notebooks are usually too much trouble. Read the following:
The Sony weighs about 3.5 lbs, has a 12.1" screen and no CD drive. Plus the battery life sucks donkey due to the small battery and thirsty chips. My roommate had one of these thangs, and I've played around with it. It's a nice machine, but it's a real pain in the ass too. The Firewire-Jr. on it is not bootable, and there's no really good way to connect a second drive to it aside from the slow USB port. So backing it up and installing new versions of Windows is a sever pain in the ass. So it weighs about 2lbs less but it's not very versatile and it needs to be plugged in most of the time. Doesn't seem like a good deal to me.