Re: Powerbook purchase

foo <foo@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> >Wait until you try and run Vista on it, OSX is providing you a tighter
> >UI, thus it's seems slower.
>
> I think you've confused your tenses there. Vista isn't available yet.
> When it is, be sure and run benchmarks then. Until then, your
> feelings on how it theoretically might perform aren't interesting.

Okay... then since you don't know your OS's, run OS9 on your PowerBook.
Tell us what happens, does it seem 30% faster? Yep!

> >You are the one playing the fool over
> >running the fan all the time by mistakenly using "best performance" when
> >"auto" will solve most of your problem. Benchmarks are one thing, but in
> >actual use, you aren't going to be able to tell the difference. Play the
> >fool, I don't care.
>
> 1. People can tell the difference.
> 2. That doesn't help the fan issue at all.

You mean, "Benchmarks" can tell the difference, not People, certainly
not you in everyday use. Trust me, I'm giving the answers to your
problem, but you are fixated on making your machine run poorly. Not my
fault if you don't listen.

Change your Energy Saver settings to Automatic, see what happens!

> >And your Centrino is a 12" model running Vista? Buzz, wrong.
>
> What should that have to do with anything? I'm using the normal OS
> for both.

Ah, you'd said yourself that a 12" dissipates heat less efficiently, so
why don't you try Window XP or whatever on a 12" Windows based laptop
and get back to us. Okay? It's completely unfair to compare a tight,
light Mac to a loose, heavy Windows Laptop.

> >> >there is a hack that will set the default of when the fan kicks in to a
> >> >few degrees higher. to recap, your main problem is you have your
> >> >processor settings wrong, set to auto, make sure you are running tiger
> >> >and you should be fine.
> >>
> >> LOL.
> >
> >Play the fool, just because you don't understand the intricacies of your
> >PowerBook, makes me LOL, that is true.
>
> Your comments have already been debunked, particularly the last one
> about hacking your Mac's fan kick-in temperature, which can be quite
> dangerous and will void the warranty if Apple finds out about it. Bad
> idea.

You just don't get it - changing these settings WILL NOT void your
warranty, Apple would never check for something like that in the first
place. Do the Hack and quit complaining, or simply put your Energy Saver
to the CORRECT settings, not some pie in the sky benchmark which nobody
in their right mind would care about.

Using the powerbook correctly seems to be your only fault.
.

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