Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 13:46:32 -0500 Subject: Re: New PowerBooks From: Laurent Daudelin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On 15/02/05 13:40, "Timothy Luoma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Feb 15, 2005, at 1:33 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote:
There is no saying as to when Tiger will be released. Many think it will be at the World Wide Developer Conference in June. From what I've seen, Tiger is not ready for prime time yet.
But, if you're not in a hurry and can wait until the beginning of
July, then
why not waiting? But then, at that time, rumors of a G5 PowerBook
might be
more persistent, so maybe you will want to wait in September to see if
they
are finally released. You see, you can always have a good reason to
wait...
Then again, I wouldn't recommend getting any .0 release of either hardware (i.e. the first batch of G5 Powerbooks) or software (Tiger version 0) unless you are comfortable sitting on the cutting edge.
Me, I like a .2 release (i.e. Jaguar) for both hardware and software.
Sure there are exceptions, but by and large, those who are on the front
line end up doing the last little bit of real-life beta testing.
TjL
That's a really good point, Tim. For example, I'm sure that, with some
insight now, owners of Titanium PowerBooks are probably happy but maybe not
as happy as they would want, as a few flaws started coming out quite a bit
after they were initially introduced. I remember when the first generation
was released. They were beautiful, with their almost pure Titanium casing.
But then, stories about how the paint was peeling off started appearing and
I've never wanted to get one at that time...
-Laurent.
I will have to disagree with both of these comments, I hear this all over the net,
"Never buy a Rev A". It is not true, when the Ti 500 first came out as the first
PowerBook G4 there were problems with ejection of CD's etc. those problems
were fixed by March of 2001, that's when I bought my Rev A Powerbook, now
it's almost 4 years old and I'm typing on it now. Rev A's are OK. Also, my office
mate across the hall from me has a Rev A G5 Dual 2 Ghz, it is also smooth as
silk. So the Rev A comments as far as I am concerned are a myth.
Brian
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