Buying new laptop...Did I make the right choice?

[Devlinite]

I wanted something very light but at the same time powerful with a reasonable price. I want something for school, so it has to be really mobile.

Secondly, I wanted to be wireless for hot spot areas, and have bluetooth to integrate with my Pocket PC and cell. I will also take this laptop for vacations to dump my digital photos and videos. I also want to play games during lan parties or on the net. Watch dvd movies and burn mp3 cds or "lended" software

So this laptop will always be on my lap and needs a good battery life. The dell has 4 hours, the lowest of all centrino cpu laptops, but it is compensated for having the fastest performance in all the laptops covered by the reviewer and the one of the cheapest.

There was the Gateway and Toshibas, but they ranged in 3000$, which is too high for me.

I dont know how long the powermac lasts, but since it heats up like a pressure cooker. I doubt it's saving much energy. Centrinos dont heat up, and I am comfortable that it wont heat up and burn my pants.

I already know what purprose I will use this laptop. Powermacs do not deliver, or are short in delivering it.

[MikeXpop]

Originally posted by Devlinite
I wanted something very light but at the same time powerful with a reasonable price. I want something for school, so it has to be really mobile.

Secondly, I wanted to be wireless for hot spot areas, and have bluetooth to integrate with my Pocket PC and cell. I will also take this laptop for vacations to dump my digital photos and videos. I also want to play games during lan parties or on the net. Watch dvd movies and burn mp3 cds or "lended" software

So this laptop will always be on my lap and needs a good battery life. The dell has 4 hours, the lowest of all centrino cpu laptops, but it is compensated for having the fastest performance in all the laptops covered by the reviewer and the one of the cheapest.

There was the Gateway and Toshibas, but they ranged in 3000$, which is too high for me.

I dont know how long the powermac lasts, but since it heats up like a pressure cooker. I doubt it's saving much energy. Centrinos dont heat up, and I am comfortable that it wont heat up and burn my pants.

I already know what purprose I will use this laptop. Powermacs do not deliver, or are short in delivering it.

It's powerbook, not powermac. If you don't want the heat, get an iBook. The heat comes from the aluminum, not from the chip. And Centrino is a technology, not a chip as you infer. It's a Pentium M, and integrated wireless. The Powerbook and the ibook last 5-6 hours without wireless, and 3-4 with. Windows' adoption to wireless is a pain (I had to set up my sister's laptop, I know).

Plus, as for the video and photos, Mac OS X kicks XP's butt all over the place.

[Devlinite]

"If you don't want the heat, get an iBook."

I am sorry but I already said the closest thing available at apple store that is close to Dell inspiron 600m is the Powerbook 12inch combo drive. The Ibook is too slow for me, a G3? Oh please.

"The heat comes from the aluminum, not from the chip."

I thought Apple had superior design? They should have known about that when they built it. And I still think it's the cpu.


"And Centrino is a technology, not a chip as you infer." No one is arguing against that, simply said Centrinos dont heat up.

"The Powerbook and the ibook last 5-6 hours without wireless, and 3-4 with."

Both same amount of time yet different processors? That is hard to believe.

"Windows' adoption to wireless is a pain (I had to set up my sister's laptop, I know). "

How so? I put my cisco pcmcia in my old dell laptop and I got internet connection. I have had no problems with wireless connectivity in my home or with my laptops.

[sailgreg]

Originally posted by Devlinite
"If you don't want the heat, get an iBook."

I am sorry but I already said the closest thing available at apple store that is close to Dell inspiron 600m is the Powerbook 12inch combo drive. The Ibook is too slow for me, a G3? Oh please.

"The heat comes from the aluminum, not from the chip."

I thought Apple had superior design? They should have known about that when they built it. And I still think it's the cpu.


"And Centrino is a technology, not a chip as you infer." No one is arguing against that, simply said Centrinos dont heat up.

"The Powerbook and the ibook last 5-6 hours without wireless, and 3-4 with."

Both same amount of time yet different processors? That is hard to believe.

"Windows' adoption to wireless is a pain (I had to set up my sister's laptop, I know). "

How so? I put my cisco pcmcia in my old dell laptop and I got internet connection. I have had no problems with wireless connectivity in my home or with my laptops.

iBooks are not that slow, or I wouldn't have gotten one.

Did you ever pass a science class or are you still in elementary school? Aluminum (or any metals) transfer heat more then plastic, so they feel hotter although the core temperature is probably close to the same.

G3's are cooler then G4's though, and they use less power, which is why they are used on laptops still.

[Devlinite]

It is superior... That is why I bought than an old outdated G4 from motorola, or even worse a G3, in which the latest calculators are probably faster than that.

[MikeXpop]

Originally posted by Devlinite
"If you don't want the heat, get an iBook."

I am sorry but I already said the closest thing available at apple store that is close to Dell inspiron 600m is the Powerbook 12inch combo drive. The Ibook is too slow for me, a G3? Oh please.

"The heat comes from the aluminum, not from the chip."

I thought Apple had superior design? They should have known about that when they built it. And I still think it's the cpu.


"And Centrino is a technology, not a chip as you infer." No one is arguing against that, simply said Centrinos dont heat up.

"The Powerbook and the ibook last 5-6 hours without wireless, and 3-4 with."

Both same amount of time yet different processors? That is hard to believe.

"Windows' adoption to wireless is a pain (I had to set up my sister's laptop, I know). "

How so? I put my cisco pcmcia in my old dell laptop and I got internet connection. I have had no problems with wireless connectivity in my home or with my laptops.

Spoken like a true newbie. Your cluelessness impresses me.

G3 is basically the same speed as a G4, just without altivec (which by the listing of what you use, you wouldn't use anyway). They use up *basically* the same amount of power, and give off the same amount of heat.

Apple does have superior design. If you've used them, you'd know that, and you'd know it only gets really hot when it's being powered. If you want to keep it cooler, underclock it. You don't need much power.

You referred to Centrino as a CPU.

As for wireless setup, I want to be notified of new signals, and if possible, I want to directly connect to them. If I didn't want that, I'd want to turn it off (which took 10 minutes to find out how to do in XP).

[Devlinite]

"Did you ever pass a science class or are you still in elementary school? Aluminum (or any metals) transfer heat more then plastic, so they feel hotter although the core temperature is probably close to the same."

You can ask that question to Apple, not me.

Secondly, plastic or no plastic. I will not pay for an outdated G3 processor while I can get top of the line, latest technological advanced pc laptop for the same price and not to mention with more features, faster performance, less heat, bigger screen, better image, free shipping.... I can go on and on.

Oh did i mention, I can play the latest games on my laptop?

[Arden]

Originally posted by Devlinite
I wanted something very light but at the same time powerful with a reasonable price. I want something for school, so it has to be really mobile.

Hence, the purpose of the iBook.

Secondly, I wanted to be wireless for hot spot areas, and have bluetooth to integrate with my Pocket PC and cell. I will also take this laptop for vacations to dump my digital photos and videos. I also want to play games during lan parties or on the net. Watch dvd movies and burn mp3 cds or "lended" software

The 12" and 17" Powerbooks have Bluetooth built-in, and all Macs have Firewire and iMovie for video editing, plus combo- or Superdrives for burning DVD's and CD's (talk about pirating software and your posts will be edited).

Games are a different issue because game makers are often stingy about making games hybrid or porting them. If you want to play the latest, greatest game right now, or you're a big Counterstrike fan, then a PC would suit you better; if you like playing quality titles like Q3A, UT (any), or WC3, then a Mac would suit you quite well.

So this laptop will always be on my lap and needs a good battery life. The dell has 4 hours, the lowest of all centrino cpu laptops, but it is compensated for having the fastest performance in all the laptops covered by the reviewer and the one of the cheapest.

This has been covered well enough...

There was the Gateway and Toshibas, but they ranged in 3000$, which is too high for me.

So what, then, $999 for a low-end iBook or $1599 for a low-end Powerbook is too much for you too?

I dont know how long the powermac lasts, but since it heats up like a pressure cooker. I doubt it's saving much energy. Centrinos dont heat up, and I am comfortable that it wont heat up and burn my pants.

I bet you wear a skirt. Okay, I'm sorry, this isn't the place for petty, stupid personal attacks.

Call it a Powerbook. Then people won't get mad at you, and you'll look like you know what you're talking about.

If it's really an issue, put a shirt over your lap before you use a Powerbook. But if you're worried about one computer over another simply because of how hot it gets, you don't have your priorities straight.

I already know what purprose I will use this laptop. Powermacs do not deliver, or are short in delivering it.

You're right, a Powermac would be tough to lug around all the time, plus you'd have to carry around the monitor, and you'd need somewhere to plug it in. As for the Books, prove it.