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Shadow Fox · 10-08-2005, 09:11 PM

On the subject with powerbooks, I just recently bought a custom 17" Powerbook with all the fixin's and I LOVE IT.

The 1.64Ghz G4 chip runs OSX Tiger like a dream, and the screen is OMG

*ejaculates*

ahem. The screen is beautiful, and widescreen DVD's look even better than my HDTV...

The 8x DVD+/-RW drive is nice, but not as good as the G5's DL drive, which is to be expected (and by default, encoding speeds are slower than G5 too, but generally faster than most desktop PC's).

And for some reason, I can run DOOM 3 (yes, DOOM 3) in 1024 x 768 with all effects at a respectable 26-32fps, which is VERY good for a mobile Radeon 9700. The GPU also sports an adapter for dual-DVI so you can hook up dual monitors!

I've got the backlit keyboard, with ambient light detection so it comes on and off automatically whenever it gets light or dark in the room. I also took advantage of the bluetooth and bought a bluetooth wireless mouse (from apple, of course).

For school, it also comes with a trial of Office and adapters for projectors (to show off powerpoint and keynote presentations).

I upgraded the RAM to 1GB, and added a second firewire 800 port, which ran me around $2900. A similar PC I ordered (IBM Thinkpad R54) cost $3700 after all the customizations I made to make it CLOSE to the Powerbook in terms of features.

Needless to say, I'm happy with my purchase; I don't think I'll need another laptop until well after the whole MacIntel deal comes to market, and probably longer than that...

10-08-2005, 09:11 PM	#4
Shadow Fox Official GameTavern Ninja Shadow Fox is offline Location: Antaria, Southern Atronia Now Playing: SWTOR, Xenoblade Posts: 388	Re: Itunes Question On the subject with powerbooks, I just recently bought a custom 17" Powerbook with all the fixin's and I LOVE IT. The 1.64Ghz G4 chip runs OSX Tiger like a dream, and the screen is OMG ejaculates ahem. The screen is beautiful, and widescreen DVD's look even better than my HDTV... The 8x DVD+/-RW drive is nice, but not as good as the G5's DL drive, which is to be expected (and by default, encoding speeds are slower than G5 too, but generally faster than most desktop PC's). And for some reason, I can run DOOM 3 (yes, DOOM 3) in 1024 x 768 with all effects at a respectable 26-32fps, which is VERY good for a mobile Radeon 9700. The GPU also sports an adapter for dual-DVI so you can hook up dual monitors! I've got the backlit keyboard, with ambient light detection so it comes on and off automatically whenever it gets light or dark in the room. I also took advantage of the bluetooth and bought a bluetooth wireless mouse (from apple, of course). For school, it also comes with a trial of Office and adapters for projectors (to show off powerpoint and keynote presentations). I upgraded the RAM to 1GB, and added a second firewire 800 port, which ran me around $2900. A similar PC I ordered (IBM Thinkpad R54) cost $3700 after all the customizations I made to make it CLOSE to the Powerbook in terms of features. Needless to say, I'm happy with my purchase; I don't think I'll need another laptop until well after the whole MacIntel deal comes to market, and probably longer than that...