On Aug 20, 2004, at 7:04 PM, walter wrote:
Hello listers,
just bought a 12" Tibook for my wife. Fantastic machine! Sleek, whisper quiet, fabulous screen, so far it seems to be just about perfect.
A few questions, if I may:
- the 'book feels fairly warm to the touch in the area to the left of the trackpad. I'm running a program called 'temperature monitor' and the range of CPU temp. is from 42� to 58� Celsius. When doing WP tasks, the temperature is 42� and only hots up when copying large files or using Photoshop or whatever. So far it seems absolutely fine; it's just a fair bit warmer than my Indigo Firewire iBook. I think I've read widely on the web about the Powerbooks being warmish. The news today about the 15" PB with overheating batteries got me slightly worried, though. So the question is: is what I am describing normal for 12" Tibooks?
Yes. The hard drive is in the location you're describing, and drives generate a fair amount of heat, especially when working hard. Also, the 12" runs hotter than the 15" for the simple reason it has less mass to dissipate the heat of pretty much the same components. All of the metal powerbooks integrate the case as a heat sink, so they run warm.
Your old iBook has a LOT more mass and is plastic besides.
- my wife will use it both on the road and in her office. She will need to synchronize her files between the PB and her 17" FP iMac. I bought an Airport Extreme card for the iMac, and the two 'puters now talk to each other very easily indeed. What's the best file sync program in your view? I'm trying out 'File Synchronization' ($12), and I like its interface and ease of use. It seems quite functional even for backups to the LaCie Firewire Mobile Drive we use.
Well, I think you've found the best solution right there! But don't just take my opinion, lets ask someone impartial, like say Laurent ;-)
(Laurent Daudelin, the author of that software, is a frequent poster here)
- the often-discussed question of fingerprints on the screen: on my iBook I always place the foam sheet that came with the machine on the keyboard before closing the lid. The Tibook seems to have two feet on the lid that may actually prevent the keys from touching the screen. I would be inclined to use the same strategy and place the foam thingie on the keyboard before closing the lid. Any thoughts?
Those feet help, but the powerbook is thin enough to flex, and certainly it's flexier than the iBook. All the people here with those powerbooks who don't keep something in there have key marks eventually. Getting into the habit of slipping in that foam or something else right from the beginning is a good idea, imo.
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