[rescue] WTB/Advice: Mac iBook/PowerBook

[Big Endian]

>  > Its an AGP interconnect between the (likely)uni-north and the rage
>>  chip.  there is no slot... its just wired as AGP instead of PCI.
>>
>    Ah; so it'll be, what, a wider connection, then?

2x AGP is esentially 132mhzX32bit PCI with some fancy signalling for 
large data transfers...

>  >
>>  > ...if I'm cutting corners then I ought not
>>  >to be suprised by this kind of stuff.
>>
>>  Yeah... thats one of the reasons I don't like the iMacs.
>>
>    Did you ever have the analog board fry on one of the older units? It
>takes out video, modem, etc., etc. Nothing like uppping the eggs and cutting
>the baskets at the same time.

Takes out power too.  I have one here in the office that just sits 
there.... the little orange light on... *shudder*

>  >
>>  I personally thing the mobile line hit its peak with
>>  the Pismo (best damn laptop I've ever owned).
>>
>    Is that the "bronze" keyboard one? I had a number of those to shepherd,
>and even as loaner units to stoopid architects, they served very well.

The pismo is the firewire one.  It also has a bronze keyboard.  The 
first bronze keyboard one is the Lombard.  It has SCSI instead of 
firewire.

>  >
>>  > Thanks for the thoughts, Big-End Daniel.
>>
>>  Is that an ass joke?
>>
>    Well, it _is_ Friday so...you can take it that way if you want. :7) That
>is, no hostile intent  --but if someone wants an excuse for a food fight, I
>think I just heard a tray hit the floor.

hehe.


daniel
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