Out of Date Powerbook?
How much out of date do you think the Powerbook G4's will be by this time next year? I'm still considering buying one towards the begining of the next semester/new year. I'm eager to see if a PB G5 will be released, but I don't think I want to wait until the begining of the next school year to buy it.
Maciek
Maciek
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Originally posted by filmmaker2002
Hate to tell ya my fellow Cheesehead, but the moment you buy your Powerbook...it will be out of date...that's just the way of the industry.
Are you kidding? It takes forever for brand new PowerBooks to become out of date.
An update around March, maybe I should wait till then, because I can't upgrade an older Powerbook then could I? I really feel like I need a laptop soon, but I'm hesitant because of upgrades...but if I'm like this won't I always be?
BTW - are any of you collge students?
And by out of date does that mean proprietary? How much slower would my PW be?
reg
Originally posted by Sh0eWax
And by out of date does that mean proprietary? How much slower would my PW be?
Anyone have a link to that english translator?
Originally posted by murbot
Anyone have a link to that english translator?
Hahah...I guess I don't really know what I'm asking either. So...scratch that.
Originally posted by Sh0eWax
BTW - are any of you collge students?
I'm a university student who has just purchaced a 15" 1ghz AlBook..well i purchaced the day they were released, so i've had it for 3 or so weeks now, maybe 4.
Its a great machine, what are you doing at collage that will require a g5? this machine works very well and handles everything i can through at it very well. Panther runs very smoothly and expose works wonderfully, even with multimple movies playing in QT.
If you need a machine anytime soon, don't hesitate on the new PBs.
i have 768MB of ram btw, adding an extra 512 took me about 10 seconds....well it took an hour or so 2 find someone with a screw driver that would fit the tiny screws, but after that it was simple.
buy a powerbook and don't look back, the sooner you buy, the longer it will be before it goes out of date.
Don't confuse need with desire. That being said, I don't begrudge anyone who wants a dual G5.
Originally posted by murbot
Anyone have a link to that english translator?
Out of date is an English expression that refers to the concept of the usefullness of a good expiring (ending, dieing, etc.). All of our perishable food items sold in stores are marked with an expiry date for this reason. For example, out of date bread is probably mouldy, out of date milk is probably sour, etc. You could substitute "after the date" in place of "out of the date", and have pretty much the same meaning.
The best way I can define proprietary would be to say that it is the opposite of open. For example, if the entire computer industry uses a certain type of SVGA connector, and one computer manufacturer uses a connector that only works with their monitors, it would be considered proprietary.
Here's the most appropriate definition:
Proprietary - Exclusively owned; private: a proprietary hospital.
Hope this helps.
one of whose name is filmmaker...
A powerbook will remain competent for a long time, even after updated models come out.
I am editing my feature film on a 733mhz g4 powermac and have absolutely no problems. And I only have 512Mb of ram. if one can edit a feature on a 733, a 1.25 powerbook will due just fine. There are more powerful G4 and G5 powermacs, but my 733 still does the trick. The next feature i edit will be on a G4 or G5 powerbook, whichever is out by the time we start editing.
anyone interested can visit www.veganfilm.com The new site should be launched any day now.
My next computer purchase won't be until a revision or two after they squeeze the G5 into a powerbook...
Thanks, Maciek
Originally posted by Chagi
Out of date is an English expression that refers to the concept of the usefullness of a good expiring (ending, dieing, etc.). All of our perishable food items sold in stores are marked with an expiry date for this reason. For example, out of date bread is probably mouldy, out of date milk is probably sour, etc. You could substitute "after the date" in place of "out of the date", and have pretty much the same meaning.
The best way I can define proprietary would be to say that it is the opposite of open. For example, if the entire computer industry uses a certain type of SVGA connector, and one computer manufacturer uses a connector that only works with their monitors, it would be considered proprietary.
Here's the most appropriate definition:
Proprietary - Exclusively owned; private: a proprietary hospital.
Hope this helps.
I think murbot was kidding...
Wait till the next update and then get it immediately, then you'll feel you get much more LIFE out of it...
Originally posted by moliu
I think the smart thinhg would be to sit it out until the next update.
Wait till the next update and then get it immediately, then you'll feel you get much more LIFE out of it...
Are you f@#$ing serious? The new Powerbooks are barely a month old!
Well the next update will probably a ram and storage update yes? Or what is expected? Is it likely that Apple would boost CPU again, maybe they will release G5 earlier than expected, since there is speculation that iMac is getting G5 soon. I would expect the Power line to get G5 quicker than consumer line. THen again this is just speculation.
Maciek
Maybe apple didn't make to many al pbs, because a new one will be out at the first of the year.
Freaks.