Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Mon 10th Feb 2003 19:02 UTC
My CTX AMD K6-300/128 MB RAM/3 GB drive laptop is obviously at the end of its life. I was in the "shopping" process for a laptop for 2 months now, and I considered a number of PC laptops, including the Compaq Presario 1525US. At the end, I decided to get the new 12" Powerbook, came in last week, and I am since then using it as my primary machine. Here is what I think about it.
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Well, I'm all set up here on my 12" PB for the rest of the evening.
Eugenia's review is great - she always calls them as she sees them, despite whatever anyone else thinks.
I agree with her on the Good. And, I can confirm the AirPort Extreme is fabulous. We have an AirPort Extreme Base Station too and it is tremendous. It has a USB port for printers, so I can print wirelessly now. Everything Aple is trying to do with Rendezdous is beginning to really come to fruition.
I have the full 640 MB RAM and Eugenia, it will be interesting to learn if any of your findings that could be affected by RAM will be altered when you put your 512 module in. I certainly agree that Apple should have had the base module at 256 MB, so you could pump it up to 768 MB. Shame on Apple for that :-)
I, fortunately, did not have the crash when sending the info to Apple, but it sounds like it is more than an isolated incident. I haven't had any crashes at all so far.
That left palm rest and bottom do get hot if you're doing certain types of things, there's no doubt about that. If you're just surfing, it takes a long time for it to really heat up, but then it stays hot.
I do not have the trackpad problem - at least not to the extent Eugenia does.. I do have it set at the fast setting. But, I guess it depends on how one uses it. To me, it seems like it's the rate of acceleration that is the key. And people do that in different ways. However, I would prefer not having to have it at the fastest setting to get it going as it is now.
Now comes the matter of the LCD. I always check that Displays preference for the right setting and have had it set for LCD's since I got it. I don't know what to say exactly. I don't have very good eyesight. I wear bifocals and have a pair of special "computer glasses" so I don't have to tilt my head up to read text. So, I may not be the best judge of this. I do know that Eugenia's right about this being the cheaper LCD. To me though, it looks great. The colors are vibrant, text is smoothed but sharp. I don't see any red. But, my eyes are not very sharp though. I'm very pleased with the display. I'm mad at Apple too for discontinuing the 15" Studio Display - what a beautiful screen it has. Well, I have two of them, so I shouldn't complain :-)
A very fair and thorough review by Eugenia. I'm glad I have this PowerBook - I think what Eugenia said is very true - better to get this than G3 iBook, with the G3 being pretty much a goner.
Brad, I agree with you about USB 2. Well, Firewire 800 blows it away, but that isn't the point. Apple has been deliberately dragging its feet on that. You'd think that having made the original iMac, which popularized USB, Apple would keep up to standards with it.