From: John Fiorillo (fiorillo@spectacle.berkeley.edu)
Date: Wed May 09 2001 - 14:17:01 PDT
Thanks, Marilyn,
By the way, one reason for wanting the PB4 and not the iBook is that
the PB4 offers S-Video Out, which is crucial to our making
presentations at conferences (computer projection onto large
screens). We have an early model of the iBook for which we tried
adapters for video projection output and it was hopeless (capable of
only low resolution and thus very poor quality). As we must have a
true s-video capability, the iBooks are not an option.
The other reason is that we have found iBooks to be the quirkiest and
least reliable of all the various Macs we've used since 1985.
John
>John -
> I asked UCB's Apple rep Dave the same question a few weeks ago
>(see his answer below), and he knew nothing. Meanwhile the new
>iBooks have come out with CD-RWs!!!
> I can only hope the TiPowerbooks solve whatever the problem was.
>The techs at Apple's booth at the January MacWorld show said that
>CD-RWs were planned for the Titaniums, but that not all of the
>issues had been resolved yet.
> Now that the iBooks have CD-RWs, Apple will lose market share
>from the higher-profit-margin Titaniums to iBooks unless they
>upgrade the Titaniums too...it's obviously just a matter of time,
>and now it should be more urgent.
> Let the list know what you find out! Good luck.
>- Marilyn (Center for Isotope Geochemistry, Computer Support and
>research admin)
>
>>Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 10:12:07 -0700
>>Subject: Re: Titanium PB and CD-RW option
>>From: "David B. Brounstein" <dbb@apple.com>
>>To: Marilyn Saarni <saarni@uclink.berkeley.edu>
>>
>>Marilyn,
>>
>>It seems logical that CD/RW might be an option for Powerbooks in the future
>>but I have no idea when that may happen. If I knew I would share the
>>information with you but the sales field isn't told about upcoming products.
>>When things get close I sometimes hear about them on the rumor pages and I
>>haven't seen anything on what you are asking about.
>>
>>Sorry, I wish I had better news for you.
>>
>>Dave
>>
>>On 4/19/01 7:59 PM, "Marilyn Saarni" <saarni@uclink.berkeley.edu> wrote:
>>
>> > Dear Dave -
>> >
>> > I'm whimpering after checking the current Titanium specs at the Apple
>> > Store website...the hoped-for DVD/CD-RW for the Titanium Powerbook
>> > does not seem to be hitting the market yet. I'd REALLY like to buy
>> > two Titanium Powerbooks for our group (I've gotten over the sulk we
>> > were having about losing the hot-swap bay for the zips we use), but
>> > I'd figured to wait for the CD-RW option to help compromise with the
>> > loss of the zip capability.
>> >
>> > Our group does lots of travel, including geological fieldwork, etc.
>> > (yes, we're a bit hard on the machines), so the Titanium's slim
>> > profile is attractive, and carrying crossover ethernet cables isn't
>> > bad, carrying the VST USB zip is a hassle but tolerable--but the
>> > CD-RW would be such a salvation for backing up data out in the field
>> > (in case of disasters).
>> >
>> > Please tell me if the CD-RW option is coming out any time soon. We
>> > can hold off buying until summer if necessary.
>> >
>> > - Marilyn
>
>>MAGNet,
>>
>>As far as I can tell Apple is offering CD-RW drives only with its
>>G4 desktops, but not for the PowerBook G4's. One of our professors
>>wants to acquire a PB4 and would benefit greatly from access to a
>>CD-RW drive on a PB4. He'd be willing to delay the purchase for a
>>reasonable amount of time if there will be an imminent release of
>>PB4 models with CD-RW-s. Has anyone heard of any pending upgrades
>>to the line of PB4's, or even a third party substitute to install a
>>CD-RW in place of its DVD? He does not want an external CD-RW.
>>
>>Thanks.
>>
>>John
>>--
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