For Apples sake I'm glad that there is so much exitement about the new Macintels, and, intellectually I think it was a good move. That said, and for reasons I won't delve into on this forum, I'll be looking forward to the opportunity to get my first Mac desktop in a while, probably a dual G5 after the switch. The local dealer frequently buys up late model stock and passes the savings on to the faithful.
Barry --- Caleb Cupples <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I didn't know about the air-cooled G5. However, I do > remember the G3 > Lombard and Pismo managing extraordinary battery > life on one or two > batteries. Then again, I'll be using my Lombard > through the end of High > School, so there. I'll have to check real-world life > on mine, but I'm > sure it'll keep up with a Centrino on battery life > with a new one.. > > Caleb > On Friday, Dec 16, 2005, at 21:20 America/Chicago, > david wrote: > > > Not all G5 PowerMacs are water cooled - though > that may have changed > > with the dual core machines. Actually my G5 dualie > runs cooler than my > > Pentium machine (judged both by reported processor > temps and the heat > > from the fans and the fans on my dualie almost run > more than the > > lowest speed.) My aluminum PowerBook does run a > good deal warmer than > > the Centrino notebook I have at work. However, > before getting the > > Centrino machine I had a P4 notebook that ran just > as hot. > > > > What I'm looking forward to is a Mac notebook that > gets more than 2 > > hours from battery. The only thing I like about my > Acer notebook is > > the fact that I get just over 5 hours use of it > before having to swap > > batteries. > > > > david > > > > On Dec 16, 2005, at 9:41 PM, Caleb Cupples wrote: > > > >> I should clarify that my G3 runs cooler than any > of my PC notebooks > >> have, but the G4 is just plain hot, and not only > in the styling > >> department. Ask anyone who has used a TiBook or > an AlBook for any > >> length of time. Plus, the G5 has to have water > cooling to run at a > >> decent temperature. I honestly think that Apple > on x86 is the right > >> move, but I just hope it's smoother than the 68K > to PPC transition. > >> As an Apple fan, I'll remain loyal for a long > time, however. 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