by Ty Davison | Jul 7, 2004 | Apple
The 15.2″ 1.5-GHz PowerBook G4 arrived via FedEx this afternoon. As usual, Apple’s superb packaging starts everything off right. It is immediately obvious that this is a product that has been crafted, not slapped together like some other companies I could...
by Ty Davison | Jun 12, 2004 | Apple
Definitely worth a look. Props to Dennis for the heads-up on the iBook monitor-spanning hack. Feature PowerBook iBook Notes Processor 1.5-GHz G4 1.2-GHz G4 300-MHz difference System bus 167-MHz 133-MHz 34-MHz difference RAM 512 MB 256 MB 256 MB difference; both will...
by Ty Davison | Jun 11, 2004 | Apple
I’m getting a new Mac. A list of possibilities. Comments/suggestions welcomed. The Problems My G3/500 PowerBook is out of hard drive space (and the drive is failing), slow for running many essential design applications, and unable to run some other applications...
by Ty Davison | Jun 9, 2004 | Apple
Prior to today’s announcement of all-new dual G5 desktop machines, I spent some serious time considering the purchase of a 15″ G4 1.5-GHz PowerBook. Now I don’t know what to do. It’s not like the PowerBook G4 isn’t a great machine or that...
by Ty Davison | Jun 5, 2004 | Apple
If you’re not reading Daring Fireball, you’re missing out on one of the great Macintosh web sites. I’ve only exchanged a couple of emails with John Gruber, the author of the superlative Mac nerd site Daring Fireball. It turns out we disagree on...
by Ty Davison | Mar 7, 2003 | Apple
The new Power Mac 7600, Zephyr, is up and running. I’ve moved over all the PCI cards, got it logged onto the wireless LAN, and confirmed that Internet access and printing both work. I updated Erin’s grades last night. You’d never know we’re...
