Hello, > I am looking at used powerbooks from numerous sources (Baucom/wegener/ebay) > and was surprised to find that G3 generation powerbooks seem to go used for > more than the earlier titaniums/g4s. > > By this I mean pismos and arguably lombards compared to 400/500Mhz titaniums. > > Why is this? I do sorta get the impression titaniums quality is poor--but the > extra horsepower and screen size seems like that should offset it. > > Am I drawing the wrong conclusions/looking in the wrong places?
not long ago i had to make a similar decision. What did i want from the notebook ? I wanted connectivity and the posibility to play AVI/Quicktimes and DVD. Although i am happy with my Kanga i really missed DVD and the graphics is to slow for a 640x480 AVI. I do have a fast workstation in office, so the notebook is more a private thing for fun. Thats why one dont want to spend too much money. If you take prices and performance the Pismo is the no. 1 powerpook out there. The Titanums are not bad but just more expensive. I think many people come to this conclusion and try to buy a Pismo. Unfortunately the Pismos are now quite overpriced atm wich brought me personally to a IBM Thinkpad T20. The T20 is really the same league then the Pismo but at half of the price. I do miss the Mac OS classic on it, but by profession i am used to FreeBSD wich runs finde on this notebook. But thats an other story ;) -- +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | () Gruesse/regards [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | /\ Manfred Guentner www.serv.de.eu.org | +---------------------------------------------------------------+ -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
