Laptop for big laps
Written: Sep 11 '02
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Pros: Just plain cool, huge screen, battery life, display sharpness, speed
Cons: Slot loaded CD/DVD is very touchy.
The Bottom Line: Cool looks, great battery life, huge screen, beautiful color display, fast, great connectivity options.
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| mikemericle's Full Review: Apple PowerBook G4 15.2 in. (M8591LL/A) Mac Notebo... |
This laptop is awesome. However, you will need a bigger lap to hold it. Just kidding. The laptop is very sleek and light, not to mention cool looking. Everyone who sees it says that it is the coolest laptop they ever saw.
We use it mainly for downloading images from a digital camera and for presentation purposes. Oh yeah, we occassionally will use it to view DVD movies. Very fast and responsive. The only thing is that when it goes into sleep mode, it seems to take a little long to wake up. The slot loaded CD/DVD is a little touchy. Sometimes it doesn't load the disk and you have to restart, sometimes a few times which is a real bummer. I've found though that if you guide the disk in with your hands on each side of it to keep it centered it works a little better. Real technical technique huh?
Here are the specs for the one we own:
667MHz PowerPC G4
1MB L3 & 256K L2 cache
133MHz system bus
256MB SDRAM memory
30GB Ultra ATA drive
Combo Drive (DVD-ROM/CD-RW)
ATI Mobility Radeon 7500
w/32MB DDR video memory
Gigabit Ethernet
56K internal modem
1 FireWire & 2 USB Ports
AirPort Ready
For all the details visit Apples website at:
http://www.apple.com/powerbook/
We don't use it for a lot of work, since we have a G4 desktop with an Apple Cinema display but what we do use it for it really works well.
Recommended:
Yes
Amount Paid (US$): 2500
Operating System: Macintosh
Processor: PowerPC G4
Processor speed: 601-700
Screen Size: Greater than 15
RAM: 256
Internal Storage: CD-RW and DVD
Hard Drive (GB): 21-30
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mikemericle
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Location: Appleton, WI USA
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About Me:
Graphic Designer, married, two beautiful boys. Love Jesus, guitars, and anything electronic.
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