[rescue] powerbook g4

[vraptor at employees.org]

And if you have any interest at all in graphics (gaming, photoshop,
etc), you'll want to go with the G4, the perf difference is significant.
<http://www.barefeats.com/> has a lot of info on the difference b/w
all the models.

=Nadine=

On Tue, 10 Sep 2002 vance at neurotica.com wrote:

>On Tue, 10 Sep 2002, Jonathan C. Patschke wrote:
>
>> I'm still really trying to decide on a PowerBook G4 550, a PowerBook G3
>> Pismo, or one of the new iBooks with the larger screen option.  I
>> primarily use texty applications (XEmacs, vim, Netscape, and occasionally
>> Microsoft Excel), but I tend to have a lot of windows open, so a lot of
>> screen real estate is a necessity.
>
>Bear in mind that there are actually *three* different models of PowerBook
>G4.  The first has an 1152x768 screen and 100Mbps ethernet, and comes in
>400MHz and 500MHz versions.  The second has an 1152x768 screen and 1Gbps
>ethernet, and comes in 550MHz and 667MHz versions.  The third (the only
>one currently being sold new by Apple) has a 1280x854 screen and 1Gbps
>ethernet and comes in 667MHz and 800MHz versions.  If you need screen real
>estate, then the higher resolution model might be worth taking a look at.
>
>> What's the battery life like on the G4?  cNet said they were
>> disappointed, but their benchmark also involved continuously playing a
>> DVD, which is not at all like what I'll be doing (although I suppose I
>> will be hitting the disc for compiles and such).
>
>I get almost five hours, when I have the system set the backlight on "low
>intensity".  I get significantly less, more like a little less than four
>hours, when the intensity is set to full.
>
>P
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