Has anyone tried the new powerbooks?

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computo
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Has anyone tried the new powerbooks?

Post by computo » Thu Mar 31, 2005 8:35 pm

Hey,

has anyone tried the new 12 inch powerbooks? just wondering how they are...
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Post by AdamJay » Thu Mar 31, 2005 8:54 pm

its gravy here.
a couple users have been reporting issues when having an .als with more than a hundred LONG audio files (4 minutes or longer).
but there are workarounds.
and its not yet known if thats an ableton issue, or an apple issue.

otherwise, they're great.
i love mine.
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Post by eisnein » Thu Mar 31, 2005 9:16 pm

i got the new 15" despite warnings of trackpad issues (ie shocks, not working etc) and have experienced some of these, but the workaround is easy (just turn caps on and off before using the trackpad) and my joy of havinga new faster machine outweighs it greatly..
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Re: Has anyone tried the new powerbooks?

Post by gomi » Thu Mar 31, 2005 9:37 pm

computo wrote:Hey,

has anyone tried the new 12 inch powerbooks? just wondering how they are...

so far AWESOME.

i'm am loving it.

real time guitar processing!
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Post by drush » Thu Mar 31, 2005 10:24 pm

i consolidated a couple macs into a new 15"
zero problems.. very happy with it
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Post by AdamJay » Thu Mar 31, 2005 10:27 pm

drush got a new mac??

whoah.
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Post by drush » Fri Apr 01, 2005 12:43 am

heh.. yep. still have the AMD but it morphed into a desktop after xmas
and one other G4 tower, which may or may not stick around
but lately all i use is the PB

and wouldn't ya know it -- *just* after i first posted on this thread i started having a trackpad problem.. WTF?! then i remembered some mention of it here. yep, that cap locks thing works.

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Post by eisnein » Fri Apr 01, 2005 12:45 am

yeah just make sure if you havent had any activity on the puter to caps lock before going, other wise force relaunch the finder and it should be back up to speed.
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Post by AdamJay » Fri Apr 01, 2005 3:37 am

i wonder if that trackpad issue is something Apple can fix with either a firmware or driver update in the future?

no issues here on the 12"
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Post by drush » Fri Apr 01, 2005 4:17 am

AdamJay wrote:i wonder if that trackpad issue is something Apple can fix with either a firmware or driver update in the future?
sure as hell hope so
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