I Did It!
After months of hesitating I just bought a 15" Powerbook yesterday. I haven't opened it yet and can't wait to start testing it out when I get home from work today.
If anyone has any tips or suggestions let me know.
Also, does anyone know of any good over the shoulder/bicycle messenger style laptop backpacks that would be good to use for the Powerbook? Thanks for all the advice.
Chappy
If anyone has any tips or suggestions let me know.
Also, does anyone know of any good over the shoulder/bicycle messenger style laptop backpacks that would be good to use for the Powerbook? Thanks for all the advice.
Chappy
Comments
Suggestions:
Run software update and bring everything up to the current version. There's bound to be several things that are available to be updated since the machine was manufactured.
Buy a good laptop lock. If you have to leave it anywhere someone might be willing to have sticky fingers, lock it down.
Make sure to set up the firewall on the machine to protect you while on the internet -- especially when accessing open wireless networks.
Immediately set up a secondary user account that has administrative priviledges and DON'T use it. Keep the login info handy just in case you need to troubleshoot the machine outside of your regular user account.
Those are a few. I'm sure I'll think of others later.
Enjoy! Watch some DVDs on it!
I almost left early from work an hour early because our phones haven't been updated for daylight savings... and secretly I want to start testing out my new PB.
Also, what is the difference between a Junior Member and a Member? Is it the number of posts you've done... or does it have to do with subscribing/paying money to appleinsider.
2) buy a spare battery - always a joy to know you still have power
3) enjoy it
Download Quicksilver. It makes my 15" PB fly.
Do an AI Forums search for some of the 3000 threads about essential freeware and shareware.
--B
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthre...case+powerbook
I just bought the new powerbook as well. I decided to go with a tom bihn brain cell as a case for the PB because the protection vs. price seems to be the best I have seen. I will probably buy either a chrome messenger bag or a timbuk2 because they are the only bags that have a waterproof liner and look half way decent.