Upgrades
I’ve been dying to upgrade my aging PowerBook for about 8 months now. Even though I think its recent slowdown is caused by lack of hard drive space (only around 10% left), I am having a hard time finding stuff I can just get rid of without looking back.
Along with my PowerBook, a few things should probably go with it too: a 19″ CRT monitor (hello LCD monitor), a carpal-tunnel-syndrome causing mouse (umm, ergonomic mouse would be nice) and an old 802.11b wireless router/access point (which is now half broken). With one of those Intel Macs, many things I couldn’t do easily before will suddenly become possible (and obligatory) — like finally finish editing my wedding video.
I told Murdza I ran out of excuses not to get a new MacBook Pro. But I think I just came up with a few:
1. Would be nice to have Leopard shipped with it;
2. Would be great if video RAM was 256MB 512MB like some of Dell’s line ups;
3. Wouldn’t hurt if the LCD actually packed in more resolution like its PC counterparts;
4. Would love to finally know what file system Apple is eventually moving to;
5. I wish I had a great backup NAS drive for my home network.
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December 30th, 2006 at 10:23 am
Me too! My PowerBook has become so damn slow that I can barely take it.
I agree with 1, 2 and 3.
Concerning 4: I don’t really mind if the whole system uses ZFS or not. It won’t change my everyday life.
I have several additions:
I’d love to see a new chip in the MBP that can handle more than 3 and something GB of RAM. 4 GB cannot be addressed and 3 doesn’t really make sense with DDR.
HDMI / HDCP output would be really great, side by side with new Cinema Displays, of course
The magnetic way of holding the lid shut is by far more elegant than the things used in the PowerBook / MBP. Why not add it?
December 30th, 2006 at 11:16 am
Hey wow… NICE suggestions! HDMI would indeed be awsome! The downside is that few computer LCD monitors actually have HDMI input, no? But knowing Apple, I wouldn’t be surprised if HDMI becomes standard in the next refresh of its monitor lineup…
Yeah, the 3GB/4GB RAM issue is a shame. But at least Apple doesn’t try to pretend 4GB is fully addressable unlike DELL or HP.