OOOOOOH! Lucky You! I'd love to have one of the new PowerBooks!

- trs

I didn't know that. I thought they were all Ti.

OOOOOOH! Lucky You! I'd love to have one of the new PowerBooks!

I feel lucky too. Right up until the bill comes.

Justin, just out of curiosity. Since you say you use your pc on a regular basis - why is that? And what system are you running on your iBook

i typically stay in os x Jag. I really just use the system for work related stuff, and use final cut pro and dvd studio and i use it when im in bed. I love macs and what they do but i seem so much less productive on them over all. Ive been a pc user my whole life and even after the switch which really opened my eyes to them. I just cant use it for my primary system. Part of it could be bcuase its a laptop.

So, just out of curiosity - again... (and maybe a poll could be formulated). For mac users or non mac users alike, how do you use your mac - or why don't you use a mac - in a development environment.

As much of a mac guy as I am - I actually only use my mac for graphic design and not for programming. I am rather dissatisfied with the terminal app in os x and wish it had better color environment control (especially for emacs). But I prefer my mac for using apps like fireworks and photoshop much more so than my pc

k, discuss on...

-trs

I guess still having a Apple ][e doesn't count since this is a Mac poll? I do technically have a Mac Classic though but it doesn't work. The Molex connector on the yoke decided to have a melt down and I shelved it because I couldn't be bothered to find the proper replacement part. I temporarily fixed it by reconnecting the lead with some really fat croc clips but that wasn't quite ideal from the whole don't-accidently-electrocute-yourself point of view.
I never really used it much. It just sat around collecting dust until one day it didn't start up properly. I think It's somewhere in my garage at the moment...

- Trevor

im a gfx guy myself and i still use photoshop on my dual display 1600x1200 pc, vs my ibook 1024 x 786 screen. im sure thats why.

I'm a little late to the game on this but...
Pismo 500 (thinking about a G4 upgrade in it) and a Flatscreen iMac...and a few beige boxes in the basement somewhere.

Pismo 500 (thinking about a G4 upgrade in it)

You may want to consider the 800 mhz G3 upgrade for the Pismo. It should result in a slightly faster all around laptop instead of adding Altivec and gaining decent peformance gains in only a few applications.

I might consider that! Who sells it?
I would be torn though...as the apps that I would want the upgrade for all use Altivec.

Powerlogix sells the upgrade directly, as you have to ship them your existing CPU module for them to peform the upgrade. Click the link in the above page, and the order link is down near the bottom.

G4 500 is $299, G3 800 is $399.

PowerBook G4 17" 1GHz/60GB OS 10.3.2
iMac G4 17" 1GHz/80GB OS 10.3.2