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  • My 12" PB gets a little warm and it wobbles a bit. Otherwise, it's fast, quiet, portable, and well designed. I do wish the screen was a little brighter. BTW, anyone have any ideas on fixing the wobble? I don't really want to have to keep sticking…
    in Alumunum Powerbook Owners poll Comment by nessie October 2003
  • Thanks to the link to RAM. Only $96 for 512MB! Just to be sure, my new 12" AlPB, 1GHZ, takes DDR 2100 SO-DIMM, right?
    in new PB 12 RAM Comment by nessie October 2003
  • I'm also a newbie to FCE, having used iMovie previously. I just bought "Final Cut Express for Mac OSX" by Lisa Brenneis, a 'Visual Quickstart Guide". So far looks pretty good. Only $21.99 and is over 500 pages long. Thanks for the link to the FCE…
    in Final cut express Comment by nessie October 2003
  • My girlfriend bought an eMac 800 mhz with superdrive and I used it a lot this summer. I thought it a great little machine. I did a lot with iphoto and imovie, burned a dvd with iDvd. Pretty zippy computer. If fact, I just ordered a PB 12" 1 Ghz for …
    in eMac for me? Comment by nessie October 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by pscates "Well that's horseshit....only a complete idiot would accept...". "Always be kind." -Henry James
    in Quality control issues with new PowerBooks...particularly the 15"? Comment by nessie September 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by BJer Here is a related question on batteries. As I hardly ever use the battery- in the office, plugged in, when traveling, usually only plugged in at hotels. How do I preserve the life of the battery for those times wh…
    in New PowerBook battery life Comment by nessie September 2003
  • Here's some more info I found. Be sure to read check out the "Discuss Little AlBook heat, take two": The 12-inch PowerBook G4 and heat, Take II Tuesday, March 18, 2003, 10:13 AM Since I made comments last week about the heat generated by my 1…
    in 12" PB heat issue fixed? Comment by nessie September 2003
  • Found something from apple about heat generation for the new Powerbooks. Perhaps the laptop at the show was plugged in all day with the slewing off by the default setting: Processor and Bus Slewing To lower power consumption and heat generat…
    in 12" PB heat issue fixed? Comment by nessie September 2003
  • But how hot does the Aluminum 15" run? And what about the noise level? I'll be checking my local retailer when they have some on display. The Titanium 15" was really good in both respects, I thought. I'd be very disappointed if the new models are ho…
    in New PowerBooks '03!!!!! (merged) Comment by nessie September 2003
  • Quote: Originally posted by philby Well, today at the show the new 15" were almost too hot to even touch. And what's more, they were hot all over: body, keyboard, everywhere. Ouch. I was hoping Apple would've addressed this. I wanted somethin…
    in 12" PB heat issue fixed? Comment by nessie September 2003