Shaddup about G5 PowerBooks already! - Page 4

delsoljb32 · #25 March 3rd, 2005, 03:51 PM

haha, very good El', I am wondering just what sort of computing power these people need on their laps! For one thing, I believe they are some sort of S&M cult who wish to roast their "bits" with the high heat of the supposed G5 'book. If you NEED G5 power, get a desktop, at least for now. I believe (and again, not an expert) that we are approaching a plateau in terms of internal chip design vs. usability in various platforms. I just wish people would stop asking for the GB books. Do these people absolutely HAVE to reconstruct the human genome while sipping their $9 coffee at starbucks?? NO!

ElDiabloConCaca · #26 March 3rd, 2005, 06:50 PM

My thoughts exactly. Most would say I'm "limping" along with a 6 year old computer, yet it serves me just fine. I'm not a novice when it comes to computers, and I'd be willing to bet I can accomplish more with this old hunk of junk than those who seemingly need "bleeding edge" technology.

A faster computer doesn't make you any better, nor does it allow you to do things you couldn't do before. I can cut video on this old machine just as good as anyone on a G5 could -- sure, they can probably render it faster, but the speed at which the actual "work" takes place is dependent on the skill of the operator.

Would I like to have a G5 PowerBook? Most definitely. Do I need one? Most definitely not. I've heard a lot of people threatening to "jump ship" on Apple if the G5 PowerBook doesn't make it soon... why? They just gotta learn the difference between "want" and "need." You need food. You need water. You need air. You don't need a PowerBook G5.

chornbe · #27 March 3rd, 2005, 08:09 PM

G5 in a portable is currently limited by a simple four letter word.

h-e-a-t

Period.

ElDiabloConCaca · #28 March 3rd, 2005, 09:29 PM

"Yeah, but it's Apple! And IBM! They've got billions of dollars and technology -- they should be able to figure it out by now! Apple's holding back for some reason -- just to tick me off!"

Shaddap, dumbass. I hear that argument over and over.

chornbe · #29 March 3rd, 2005, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by ElDiabloConCaca

My thoughts exactly. Most would say I'm "limping" along with a 6 year old computer, yet it serves me just fine. I'm not a novice when it comes to computers, and I'd be willing to bet I can accomplish more with this old hunk of junk than those who seemingly need "bleeding edge" technology.

Yeah, I love that "my computer is out of date" argument. It's not like some magic date is going to come along and the computer will melt. And contrary to what it may seem to the yoinks who buy into the retail 'experts', the computer doesn't creep to a halt (excepting software bloat and download-ware, of course) over time. All things being equal, computers run just as fast 10 years old as the day they were built. It's only when you load it up with software and try to run software beyond the machine limits do they 'slow down' with use.

ElDiabloConCaca · #30 March 3rd, 2005, 11:31 PM

Yup... my girlfriend's parents were amazed when I reloaded Windows ME (yep, they're stuck in the stone age) on their computer. They had so much spyware and crap installed that it took ages to do anything. I wiped it clean, reloaded ME and a good virus scanner, set up their firewall, and everything's been speedy since.

I'll bet Dell hates me... they wanna get another few years out of this computer now!

It's not just Macs that last a long time in theory -- although in real life that's usually the case since we're not targets of virii and spyware as much as Windows is. I'll bet at least half of the people looking for a new, faster computer do so because their current one is slow due to spyware and crap software all over the place. Little do they realize it's not the computer that's slow, but the software...

MBHockey · #31 March 3rd, 2005, 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by chornbe

Yeah, I love that "my computer is out of date" argument. It's not like some magic date is going to come along and the computer will melt.

Haha. I'm extremely content with my 1.5 year old 1 GHz TiPB. I don't plan on getting a new Mac until after grad school (another 4-5 years or so)...

...and what a great day that will be

Zammy-Sam · #32 March 4th, 2005, 01:21 PM

A G5 powerbook would be a major upgrade which will most probably come along with a new case design. I would lie if I say I am not hardly waiting for it. I don't believe there will be an increase in speed toward the current G4 chips as less as I believe it will run as hot as many in this forum think. It wouldn't take ibm or apple so much time to release a G5 in the powerbooks if they were planing to picked the desktop chips. Beside that I would be very curious how they will connect the memory to the system and how the higher fsb (if at all) will influence the system and also if we'll finally get a dual layer burner in the books and a hdtv accelerating graphic unit.
So, I think most of the ppl are not so much curious about the G5 chip in the upcoming powerbooks but rather what will be included in this major update. We all know how the G5s perform and that they are not so roughly outperforming current G4 systems (Mac Mini vs. iMac G5).