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reidman
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Join Date: Jan 2005
 
2005-01-27, 01:36

Several questions about Powerbooks. I'm looking at the lower-end 15" model right now (1.33 Ghz), except with a 5400 RPM drive and 512 megs of RAM. If you guys could help me with some questions, I'd appreciate it:
  1. Are the Powerbooks shipping right now equipped with iLife 05? If its still 04, can I safely assume they'll be upgraded to iLife 05 shortly?
  2. My wife and I are both graphic designers; she will generally run Photoshop, Illustrator, iChat, iTunes, and Firefox at the same time. Can a Powerbook hope to handle this with anything short of a gig of RAM, or will the CPU be too weak to handle it regardless of how much RAM I shove in there?
  3. If I install my own RAM, will I be voiding any warranties?
  4. Can I expect Tiger to run decently on the current Powerbook hardware (64 MB Radeon mobility 9700)? What if they bump the video memory up to 128 mb?

Last edited by reidman : 2005-01-27 at 02:00.
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Luca
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2005-01-27, 04:54

1) I'm not sure which version they come with. They should be updated very, very soon and you may want to wait unless there's some special reason you need one now.
2) That's not too heavy a load. The PowerBook should do fine but you need a minimum of 512 MB of RAM. 1 GB would be a good idea.
3) No.
4) Yes, it will run great on the current hardware. Going to 128 MB won't show you a very large benefit but it may be nice for the future (10.5: Fat Tabby?).
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mama's left eye
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2005-01-27, 05:50

I asked Apple when I bought mine if it would ship with iLife 05 and they said no. It would cost $19 to get it afterwards. I ordered on the 22nd or 23rd. They couldn't tell me if it would change soon.

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autodata
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Join Date: May 2004
 
2005-01-27, 11:48

get at least 1 GB of RAM.
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Franz Josef
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2005-01-27, 17:25

Would re-iterate previous comment, get 1MB of RAM.
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murbot
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2005-01-27, 17:40

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Originally Posted by Franz Josef
Would re-iterate previous comment, get 1MB of RAM.
That might be a little skimpy. I'd get 1000 times as much and go with 1GB.

It's also crazy not to upgrade the video card to 128MB, considering the low cost of doing so. But then again, you should probably be waiting for the updated ones to hit the shelf. Shouldn't be too long now.

Unless you really need it and have to buy it now. (ok, that's about the 40 millionth time that has been said since 2001)
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Franz Josef
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2005-01-27, 17:44

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Originally Posted by murbot
That might be a little skimpy. I'd get 1000 times as much and go with 1GB.

It's also crazy not to upgrade the video card to 128MB, considering the low cost of doing so. But then again, you should probably be waiting for the updated ones to hit the shelf. Shouldn't be too long now.

Unless you really need it and have to buy it now. (ok, that's about the 40 millionth time that has been said since 2001)
1024 times as much surely..
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reidman
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2005-01-27, 18:06

Many thanks for the advice. And, yeah, I'll go for 1024 MB
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