Did II do the right thing?
I bought a 17" Powerbook last week. I sat watching pictures of it for months before buying, it looks the biz. I was going to buy IBM T42 instead, but I wanted to have something different. Now though, I have a twinge of regret that i didnt buy a laptop. Why? I'm scared HAA, i never had a mac before, and i'm still learning. Someone tell me that I spent £2,000 well?
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Now see.... wasn't it worth it?
Originally posted by dfiler
Hit shift-F9 a million times real fast.
Now see.... wasn't it worth it?
Learnt something new today. Didn't know that expose commands queue up like that. Rather silly actually. It really should detect that an animation is already currently running and reverse that one.
Originally posted by Nimbitt
I bought a 17" Powerbook last week. I sat watching pictures of it for months before buying, it looks the biz. I was going to buy IBM T42 instead, but I wanted to have something different. Now though, I have a twinge of regret that i didnt buy a laptop. Why? I'm scared HAA, i never had a mac before, and i'm still learning. Someone tell me that I spent £2,000 well?
That is a very exciting notebook you purchased. You should be thrilled.
Tiger is going to be here soon, although it will put you out a bit more, I hope you upgrade, when that happens.
In the meantime, what do you normally use your computer for? Have you tried doing your daily tasks? I'm sure with a little time you're going to be very happy you purchased your Powerbook. Do you take a lot of digital photos? If so, play with iPhoto. Do you have any digital video footage? If so, play with iMovie. Just get to know all the applications and the operating system, and have fun! That missing manual book might be of interest. When I came back to macs, I read it, while I waited on my iBook to arrive.
One more thing, if you want to experience the full speed of your Powerbook, go to the "energy saver settings" (you can get there buy click the battery icon in the upper right hand corner and selecting "energy saver." Select the highest setting.
at least you didn't trash it like 90% of the market by buying a wintelbox.
Originally posted by Nimbitt
Sounds like I was worrying for nothing. I have several PC's that I use for code work, web design, graphics and such. I was told that someone who does what i do should have a mac as its a dedicated bit of kit, what scared me was the lack of Applications that came with it, not like a pc where you gt so many you end up erasing alot of them, this however, is a sexy metal box thts begging me to fill it, i like the idea of complete control over whart goes into it. <<Excited>> I am about to purchase loads of software and no doubt will be in heaven when its done. Roll on the end of the working day so i can get started.
Exciting... maybe you tune in later again
and spill out some story.
Originally posted by Nimbitt
Sounds like I was worrying for nothing.
Of course you was worrying for nothing. The 17" Powerbook is a very nice mobile computer. Congrats by the way for your purchase! I only wish I could have this Powerbook. And don't forget to load it with Tiger when it comes out, it will love the Altivec unit and the GPU there in
Originally posted by Nimbitt
Sounds like I was worrying for nothing. I have several PC's that I use for code work, web design, graphics and such. I was told that someone who does what i do should have a mac as its a dedicated bit of kit, what scared me was the lack of Applications that came with it, not like a pc where you gt so many you end up erasing alot of them, this however, is a sexy metal box thts begging me to fill it, i like the idea of complete control over whart goes into it. <<Excited>> I am about to purchase loads of software and no doubt will be in heaven when its done. Roll on the end of the working day so i can get started.
Nimbitt,
Do you own the Adobe Creative Suite, or any of the Adobe applications? If so, give them a call and tell them you've switched to Mac platform. They sent me the Mac version of CS, for only the shipping costs, for I had already bought it for Windows.
There are some applications included with your Powerbook. All of the iLife applications, plus a few others. You've looked in the Applications folder, correct? Open the finder (far left icon in your dock) and click Applications. You should also drag your Applications folder to the right side of your dock, so you can have easy access to it.
Originally posted by ibook911
Nimbitt,
Do you own the Adobe Creative Suite, or any of the Adobe applications? If so, give them a call and tell them you've switched to Mac platform. They sent me the Mac version of CS, for only the shipping costs, for I had already bought it for Windows.
Holy crap, that's amazing. Is that an official Adobe policy? I have CS for Win and have been regretting that I don't have it for my PowerBook.
Originally posted by m01ety
Holy crap, that's amazing. Is that an official Adobe policy? I have CS for Win and have been regretting that I don't have it for my PowerBook.
You shouldn't have too much trouble having them send you the Mac copy. Although you will need to sign a letter and fax it, saying that you will destroy the Windows copy.
Originally posted by Nimbitt
I bought a 17" Powerbook last week. I sat watching pictures of it for months before buying, it looks the biz. I was going to buy IBM T42 instead, but I wanted to have something different. Now though, I have a twinge of regret that i didnt buy a laptop. Why? I'm scared HAA, i never had a mac before, and i'm still learning. Someone tell me that I spent £2,000 well?
You spent £2000 very well. Yes there are faster Windoze laptops available, but they're not as stable, you don't get as nuch software "out of the box", you don't have virus issues in emails and malicious webpages, you get a great OS and no matter what your Windoze "friends" may tell you, all "proper" software IS available on the Mac.
The only downside is in games, but my answer is always "get a PS2 or Xbox!" Enjoy!
So far you have all wiped away my worries. I spent three hours last night putting my music into Ituens. Im over the moon. I bought loads of software inc Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, CS, Freehand ooooooh loads and loads. Mac rocks my world. Tiger may be a later purchase as i still have no idea about panther, but soon oooh so soon.
What the T42 has that the Powerbooks don't is a hard drive you can swap out in 2 minutes, much better battery life (5 hours+ with the 9 cell battery), the ultrabay for an additional hard drive or battery and customer service that is second to none (Apples is a close second though).
In the end the Powerbook was money well spent, you will enjoy it.
Originally posted by coolmac
The IBM T42 is a great laptop. Let's face it there is better and faster hardware available for PC notebook computers but what is not available is an OS that is a pleasure to use like OS X, a PC notebook that is as nice looking as the Powerbooks, the software and hardware integration like the Powerbooks and the lack of viruses and spyware like the Powerbooks.
What the T42 has that the Powerbooks don't is a hard drive you can swap out in 2 minutes, much better battery life (5 hours+ with the 9 cell battery), the ultrabay for an additional hard drive or battery and customer service that is second to none (Apples is a close second though).
In the end the Powerbook was money well spent, you will enjoy it.
Good decision on the Powerbook. That being said the new IBM T43 is defiantly drool factor 10.
2.13 MHz Sonoma, 2mb L3 cache
4.5 pounds & one inch thick
15" TFT UXGA (1600 x 1200)
2GB of DDR2 533mhz Ram
ATI FireGL V3200 128mb Ram
60gb 7200 RPM HD
Biometric fingerprint scanner
5 - 6 hours of battery
I?m definitely spec whoreing over this baby!
Makes the Powerbook look kind of timid.