I have pretty much decided that i am going to get a G4 Powerbook ... Now my general specs are ! GB RAM, 128MB Video RAM, 15" screen.

The question i have for you guys is .. should i pay $135 for the Superdrive or should i just buy a $100 external DVD burner ? My question comes from the fact that the old superdrives didnt burn dvds too well and i dont know if the problem still persists ... plus i can use the external burner on the PC as well.

So what do you guys recommend ?

H8ters go away.

I went with a combo drive on my 14" iBook simply because I have a burner for my PC. I would imagine that the new superdrives work better but I honestly have nothing to back that up with.

APPLE ????????
YEE SHALL BURN IN ETERNAL HELL .

my uncle has a G4 powerbook, it isnt terribly fast, in fact i cringed when i had to use it. but from what i saw when i used it and its general life, there was no real problems with it.

I never had issues with my powerbook being slow.

Ever.

Well except when the Harddrive crashed.

do you have a copy of VirtualPC that i could borrow ?

I always wondered ... do games run thru VirtualPC ??

Never tried it but yes I do have vitrualPC, I just never installed it.

Same here.

Get the superdrive. You'll love it when you are ever on a trip cross country and want to watch a movie... or something like that.

Combodrive plays DVDs just fine. Its great for transportable medium.

The only plus point of a Superdrive is i can burn DVDs anywhere i want ... BUT its that much more expensive and i believe it adds to the weight of the laptop too.

Sorry, forgot that it was a combo drive.



the weight difference between the combo drive and the super drive is so small that you won't notice. Or it should be, since thats the way it was for my fix drive on my Latitude C840.

Oh .. one more thing .... Is the extended warranty really necessary with the G4 .. i mean at 300$ it does through a bit of a monkey in my plans

Yes but you can wait a year before getting it.

OK ... I am now a proud owner of a Powerbook G4 15" with
1GB RAM
1.67GHz 128MB VRAM

my ENTIRE bank account is empty now

But you do have one sexxy laptop.

that i do ... and argueably the best one you buy.

I inherited Dakian's old one, I feel so snazzy.

welcome to the club man, i've got a 15" powerbook as well (although i've got the 1.5 Ghz with 64 MB VRAM, but i've still got a gig of ram)

My laptop has been delivered along with my iPod !!!!

Happy times are back again !!!

pix?

should have it in the evening

I am at work right now ..

OMG Liek leetness !!!!!!!

ok .. now how the fuck do i make png files into jpeg and what other essential softwares do i need to install here ?

Tigerlaunch for programs
http://ranchero.com/tigerlaunch/

KisMac for abusing other people's internets
http://kismac.binaervarianz.de/

Adium for chatting
http://www.adiumx.com/

Colloquy for IRC
http://colloquy.info/

you can use seashore (a gimp implementation for OSX) or imagetricks to resize things, both are free

Tomato torrent for... well... torrenting
http://sarwat.net/bittorrent/

NOOOOO tomato torrent is junk get transmission it's tons nice

I've had wonderful performance out of tomato torrent.

I like tomatos. Ehehe.

is there any video codec bundle for mac ???? half my mpegs dont run

vlc player

gots it and doesnt give video .. only audio

vlc will play any video i have (except wmv's), try going into window and opening it manually

VLC is good for almost all video codecs..

i hope you will be getting the extended warranty (apple care) its really worth the money imho.

they replaced my old powerbook's screen for free, and my current powerbook's battery for free too. all under warranty.

I would get the apple care if I were you (actually, I did get applecare) because I've heard with basic warranty apple can be a bit of a bitch for fixing things. Plus I have multiple friends with G4 powerbooks who have had small issues with them such as busted latches and whatnot. I haven't had a single problem with mine yet *crosses fingers*

my powerbook is getting fixed as we speak by apple care hahaha

apple care rocks

I got the Apple care warranty .. i will get one for the iPod next month when i get some more bling.

I have had my iMac since 2000 and no problems. I have had my iBook since 2001 and only had one issue which was under warranty. Hopefully, no other problems but I recommend applecare. It can be a PITA without it and you would get denied quicker than a fat chick at Victories Secret.