Comments on: Fabulous Powerbooks http://www.handcoding.com/archives/2003/03/12/fabulous-powerbooks/ Refenestration Daily. Sun, 22 Jan 2012 11:52:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jason http://www.handcoding.com/archives/2003/03/12/fabulous-powerbooks/comment-page-1/#comment-1820 Jason Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://test.handcoding.com/archives/2003/03/12/fabulous-powerbooks/#comment-1820 "Oh, my beloved Powerbook, how I love to lick your creamy center" Aw, c'mon, now, that's just obscene! ;-) If you'd like to spend some time with the Mac OS X interface to get more familiar with it (gonna take some getting used to), you're welcome to play around on my Mac all you like (at least while Julie isn't on it...) “Oh, my beloved Powerbook, how I love to lick your creamy center”

Aw, c’mon, now, that’s just obscene! ;-)

If you’d like to spend some time with the Mac OS X interface to get more familiar with it (gonna take some getting used to), you’re welcome to play around on my Mac all you like (at least while Julie isn’t on it…)

]]> By: Alex http://www.handcoding.com/archives/2003/03/12/fabulous-powerbooks/comment-page-1/#comment-1821 Alex Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://test.handcoding.com/archives/2003/03/12/fabulous-powerbooks/#comment-1821 Cool :). I may just take you up on that offer. Do I just walk in and shake the mouse to wake it up, or is there more to it than that? Cool :). I may just take you up on that offer. Do I just walk in and shake the mouse to wake it up, or is there more to it than that?

]]> By: Julie http://www.handcoding.com/archives/2003/03/12/fabulous-powerbooks/comment-page-1/#comment-1822 Julie Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://test.handcoding.com/archives/2003/03/12/fabulous-powerbooks/#comment-1822 I usually turn the monitor off, so push the little button on the front of the monitor, then hit the space bar (faster than waiting for the mouse to catch on). I usually turn the monitor off, so push the little button on the front of the monitor, then hit the space bar (faster than waiting for the mouse to catch on).

]]> By: Josh Malone http://www.handcoding.com/archives/2003/03/12/fabulous-powerbooks/comment-page-1/#comment-1823 Josh Malone Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://test.handcoding.com/archives/2003/03/12/fabulous-powerbooks/#comment-1823 One more story for ya: I've recently gotten my grubby little hands on an older PowerBook G3 series and I quite like it. I can't stand only having 1 mouse button (why...oh <b>why</b> hasn't apple rectified this deplorable situation) and it's a bit heavier than my standard fare (i.e., my ancient <a href="http://support.neccomp.com/hardware/notebooks/5000/" rel="nofollow">NEC Versa 5080X</a> - an ultra-modest 233 Pentium), but I like it. Now, I'll qualify my statements by saying that I got the thing almost for free (got for free but had to fix it up a bit) and I've had it running less than a week, but I'm pretty happy. It's still running OS 9.2 so I can't comment on OSX. I'd like to give it a try, but I doubt a 300 MHz G3 would really put a sspring in OSX's step. However, once I get a bigger hard drive for it, I'll be loading <a href="http://www.yellowdoglinux.com" rel="nofollow">Yellow Dog Linux</a> on it and trying to make it my main portable. My main reasons for wanting to switch to this Apple? <ul> <li>It's faster than my old machine (even though it's slow by comparison to modern 'books)</li> <li>It's got a larger screen than my NEC</li> <li>I'm hoping the battery life will be better than my NEC, too</li> <li>It's got a built-in modem :)</li> </ul> The last reason I'm curious about this PowerBook is that I'm hoping for better hardware support. Apple's uniformity of hardware makes for easy driver support. For example, I don't have APM working fully on my NEC. I imagine this will be a non-issue under Yellow Dog. I suppose, really, that I'm not switching to Mac for any uniquely-Mac reason...just that this PowerBook is better than my old computer that happens to be a PC. I'll have to update my <a href="http://www.ubergeeks.com/~jmalone/freebsdlaptops.html" rel="nofollow">Laptops</a> page once I get this G3 configured. One more story for ya:

I’ve recently gotten my grubby little hands on an older PowerBook G3 series and I quite like it. I can’t stand only having 1 mouse button (why…oh why hasn’t apple rectified this deplorable situation) and it’s a bit heavier than my standard fare (i.e., my ancient NEC Versa 5080X – an ultra-modest 233 Pentium), but I like it.

Now, I’ll qualify my statements by saying that I got the thing almost for free (got for free but had to fix it up a bit) and I’ve had it running less than a week, but I’m pretty happy. It’s still running OS 9.2 so I can’t comment on OSX. I’d like to give it a try, but I doubt a 300 MHz G3 would really put a sspring in OSX’s step. However, once I get a bigger hard drive for it, I’ll be loading Yellow Dog Linux on it and trying to make it my main portable.

My main reasons for wanting to switch to this Apple?

  • It’s faster than my old machine (even though it’s slow by comparison to modern ‘books)
  • It’s got a larger screen than my NEC
  • I’m hoping the battery life will be better than my NEC, too
  • It’s got a built-in modem :)

The last reason I’m curious about this PowerBook is that I’m hoping for better hardware support. Apple’s uniformity of hardware makes for easy driver support. For example, I don’t have APM working fully on my NEC. I imagine this will be a non-issue under Yellow Dog.

I suppose, really, that I’m not switching to Mac for any uniquely-Mac reason…just that this PowerBook is better than my old computer that happens to be a PC. I’ll have to update my Laptops page once I get this G3 configured.

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