Wow but Yikes!!! Was: powerbook g4 15 1.67ghz screen closing not sleeping laptop??

2009-01-08 Thread James E. Therrault
This is a great site but... I have a G4 Aluminum Powerbook that I would like to put a larger HD such as 160 GB or larger. I was appalled at the lousy industrial design in Apple notebooks as opposed to the pro level desktops. Twenty-Two freakin' steps! Might as well be an iBook. Compare

Re: Wow but Yikes!!! Was: powerbook g4 15 1.67ghz screen closing not sleeping laptop??

2009-01-08 Thread James E. Therrault
Andy wrote: Compare this to the ancient laptop, (the one and only), produced by Power Computing in 1997. It took all of six minutes to upgrade the HD in it! Superb industrial design. I agree with you over the older Powerbooks/iBooks,however upgrading the HD in a Macbook takes about 3 mins.

Re: Wow but Yikes!!! Was: powerbook g4 15 1.67ghz screen closing not sleeping laptop??

2009-01-08 Thread nestamicky
James E. Therrault wrote: Andy wrote: Compare this to the ancient laptop, (the one and only), produced by Power Computing in 1997. It took all of six minutes to upgrade the HD in it! Superb industrial design. I agree with you over the older Powerbooks/iBooks,however upgrading

Re: Wow but Yikes!!! Was: powerbook g4 15 1.67ghz screen closing not sleeping laptop??

2009-01-08 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jan 8, 2009, at 1:28 PM, nestamicky wrote: And while you have that old car, I need not ask you care for it like you would a child. Because the trend now is for us to drive computers...making it impossible for us to change even the oil. As regards Apple's laptops: I consider each

Re: Wow but Yikes!!! Was: powerbook g4 15 1.67ghz screen closing not sleeping laptop??

2009-01-08 Thread James E. Therrault
nestamicky wrote: James E. Therrault wrote: Andy wrote: Compare this to the ancient laptop, (the one and only), produced by Power Computing in 1997. It took all of six minutes to upgrade the HD in it! Superb industrial design. I agree with you over the older