About to become a "Switcher!"
I have waited almost three years for this day and I am just a few days shy of recieving my very first Mac, fresh from Shanghai.
It is a Powerbook HD 17" with 2 GB RAM and 7200 RPM HDD.
Needless to say, I am excited as can be.
I will be using Adobe CS2, Macromedia Studio 8, Quark, and Final Cut Studio.
I cannot wait. I cannot believe I am posting aobut this, but I cannot help it. That is how excited I am.
I thought about waiting for the Intel versions, but I really think the current one is perfect and I don't want Apple to change anything.
I cannot wait to be done with Windows.
It is a Powerbook HD 17" with 2 GB RAM and 7200 RPM HDD.
Needless to say, I am excited as can be.
I will be using Adobe CS2, Macromedia Studio 8, Quark, and Final Cut Studio.
I cannot wait. I cannot believe I am posting aobut this, but I cannot help it. That is how excited I am.
I thought about waiting for the Intel versions, but I really think the current one is perfect and I don't want Apple to change anything.
I cannot wait to be done with Windows.
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I'm tired of Windows...it's just not teh sexy.
I'm expecting that the new Macs that are announced in January will be like taking a huge body shot...and liking it. :P
Originally posted by 9secondko
It is a Powerbook HD 17" with 2 GB RAM and 7200 RPM HDD.
Very nice. I got my first Mac in May after using Windows for the past 16 years and doing Windows software development for the past 11 years.
You are going to love the Powerbook. I want to get one as well, but I am going to have to wait a while on that.
Really, really nice notebook - screen is amazing.
I have waited almost three years for this day and I am just a few days shy of recieving my very first Mac, fresh from Shanghai.
Ohh. Are these 17" Apples made over there?
Good luck with it - they're lovely kits. I envy you - I only got the 1GB memory, but actually it's all I need (so far).
I'm a bit of an obsessive laptop user - the Apple 17" certainly does it for me.
It is more hefty - does it scratch easily? I treat mine with kiddie gloves so I don't get any. Buy a Radtech sleeve and screen protector to stop it - these are custom-sized for the 17". Those are great programs and with the Mac you'll have more stability in running PS CS without crashing.
Btw - the screen of the Apple is not as cool as that of a Sony Vaio series, but that's unfair since Sony have got the most refined screen technology on the market at the moment(wait until the new Sony-Intel-Apple comes out for that beast!). If you are using PS CS, you'll find however that the accessory monitor plug is indispensible - that way you can get brilliant screen quality from an external CRT.
I had to buy a spare battery for mine - one battery alone only lasts 2 hours on the move.
Good luck.
so intensive, particularly with the power required for a larger 17" screen will most certainly drain the battery off faster.
Closing down some of the applications (inc. Spotlight) seems to make the powerbook a lot more efficient as well. Remember that 17" powerbook is more or less like lugging a good sized operating monitor around on a flat battery. Long train rides are out, as are airplane flights - I couldn't get the space to open mine and view the LCD screen comfortably in the confined space. The beautiful blue backlit Apple icon on the case cover also adds to that drain no doubt, but just for aesthetics I think it's worth it
Originally posted by Applehaus
Really? That kinda sucks for battery life. Does that mean that using PS would it dwindle it down to like a hour-45 minutes?
No, the new ones get much better battery life - my freind gets up to 5 hours on his - not sure what apps that is using, but he is a web developer, so dreamwever, photoshop and divx movies are likely knowing him.
No, the new ones get much better battery life - my freind gets up to 5 hours on his - not sure what apps that is using, but he is a web developer, so dreamwever, photoshop and divx movies are likely knowing him.
5 hours is claiming in excess of what Apple offer in their manual for the 17" powerbook.
Also Dreamweaver is nowhere near as memory-intensive/power draining as Photoshop. I wonder what I've got wrong if my battery's only lasting half of that....
ioreg -w0 -l | grep 'Capacity'
to find out if your battery's current capacity has dropped well below the AbsoluteMaxCapacity. If it has, you may want to get it replaced, which apple will do for free if it's under warranty.
Also, check out NewerTech's line of increased capacity batteries for Powerbooks, they have up to 50% more mAh than the stock Apple batteries http://www.newertech.com/powerbook
Originally posted by Justin
5 hours is claiming in excess of what Apple offer in their manual for the 17" powerbook.
Also Dreamweaver is nowhere near as memory-intensive/power draining as Photoshop. I wonder what I've got wrong if my battery's only lasting half of that....
http://silentguardian.deviantart.com/
So doing digital art like that with intensive renders doesn't chew through battery life... news to me.
But as for the hours long battery life, I'm just going off what he told me.
first, I opened the box and was greeted with a wonderful new computer smell and beautiful packaging layout.
then I popped open the computer and turned it on. to my surpise, the battery was pre-charged and I went mobile. The machine quickly connected me to my wireless network and then I go busy with figuring out how to install apps.
No registry?! Amazing.
the screen is the best I have seen on a laptop and the overall design just looks like a million bucks.
I am really liking the switch. I cannot see my self even using Windows again.
A laptop like this will every last feature I could possibly need built in - this is amazing. Everything "just works" just like they say. Way cool.
I was a little worried after upgrading this thing to the hilt and then reading about erratic behavior with over 1 GB RAM, but mine is flawless.
Awesome machine. this thing is like the Mercedes of computers.
I really do have to comment on Safari though. It is great. It renders web pages exactly how the were designed to lay out. Awesome. Sure beats IE.
Thank you all for your comments. This machine is great.
Peace. Thread end.
Nothing Beats The experience of a new Mac Fresh out of the box.....
and that Smell.... nothing beats it... Minty fresh. congrats
Originally posted by 9secondko
I have waited almost three years for this day and I am just a few days shy of recieving my very first Mac, fresh from Shanghai.
It is a Powerbook HD 17" with 2 GB RAM and 7200 RPM HDD.
Needless to say, I am excited as can be.
I will be using Adobe CS2, Macromedia Studio 8, Quark, and Final Cut Studio.
I cannot wait. I cannot believe I am posting aobut this, but I cannot help it. That is how excited I am.
I thought about waiting for the Intel versions, but I really think the current one is perfect and I don't want Apple to change anything.
I cannot wait to be done with Windows.
Welcome to the dark side.
Bwahahaha....
Just kidding, congrats.