The design of the
Powerbook is beautiful. It attracts looks wherever it is
opened. Today I opened it up at work for the first tome,
and within a minute the Art Department and Software
Department had gathered 'round for a look.
Everyone
liked the look, loved the screen, and was intrigued by
the OS.
This was an especially interesting moment
for me, since I actually put my money where my mouth is
after talking about switching for a long time, and the
Art Department recently had their PowerMac G4s taken
away by IS to be replaced by Dell P4/3GHz desktop
computers.
Some people later came back and had a look at the
performance of "Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast". This
game runs smoothly at 1024x768x31 with detail settings
at high and shaders enabled, noone walked away
dissappointed. The most asked question was "Can you play
Enemy Territory?", and I sadly had to answer
"no".
Update : Enemy Territory has been available now since early 2005: download it from Splash Damage.
Tried to
connect my Bluetooth phone
today while drinking coffee with David and Ashley form
Digital Guru at
Allpress Espresso in Alexandria. The
phone is a Siemens S55 and is detected by the Powerbook
and can be connected to.
When I tried to use it as a modem to dial into my
Windows 2000 server at home I was unsuccessful.
It seems my settings somewhere were wrong, I was not
even getting a dialtone.
When I got back to work I tried using different
modem scripts for the Bluetooth phone and found one that
allowed me to dial out. Still I could not connect to my
server. I can connect without any problem by dialing
from any Windows machine.
I have not tested the
bult-in cabled modem.>
The power adapter is
another piece of excellent design. The cable slides off
the adapter, this allows the connection of a cable-less
power connector that takes up much less room. There are
also two hinged hooks that are flush with the adapter
until you open them. These hooks allow you to wind the
cable.
