Some notes on the PowerBook stuff: There is a product that will in essence "lift" your PowerBook of the desktop and tilt it at an angle to allow the user to type better and see the screen better. As a side benefit, it also allows the heat to dissipate, cooling your PowerBook (also available for iBooks). But there is a cheaper, just as good way to achieve the same effect. 3M makes a Post-It note dispenser that is small. has skid-proof feet is tilted, etc. etc. that you can prop iBooks and PowerBooks on (they don't slide off) and work quite well. My iBooks stays really cool on the bottom, it used to get quite warm. I have tried this with the PowerBooks and it does the same, the bottom stays cool.
Also, the antenna in the most recent Powerbooks has been lengthened (upgraded???) to be as good as those in the iBook, but the older ones ARE shorter due the placement in the computer. The older ones are very picky about working through wall that have lots of metal, long distances away from the base station, base station placement, poorly shielded microwave ovens -- these work on the same frequency as teh base station, and a list of others factors. On Friday, September 13, 2002, at 02:06 PM, Henri Yandell wrote: > >> Also I was told by Apple support tech that I should shut down my >> PowerBook if I was not going to be using it for a few hours. Even in >> sleep mode it generated heat snd he said the heat was detrimental to >> long life of the machine. maybe, because the iBook is a little thicker, >> heat is not as much of a problem. But currently I am leaving my iMac on > > > ARRVGGGHHHH. Why did no one tell me?!? :) > > I only turn mine off when I'm travelling with it. Add this to the > powerbooks poor wireless performance and I'm starting to think about > swapping for an iBook.... > > > The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be September 24 > For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of > activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>. > > The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be September 24 For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
