Re: Debian + The new PowerBook G4

2004-07-31 Thread Matthew T. Atkinson
'ello, Thanks to everyone who replied for the advice. I have, today, ``taken the plunge'' as the very helpful Apple salesman put it -- I suppose this means I'll be seeing a lot more of this list in the future :-). One person was unsure as to how Linux affects AppleCare. I asked at two separate

Re: Debian + The new PowerBook G4

2004-07-28 Thread Federico Gamio
On Tue, 2004-07-27 at 14:30, Matthew T. Atkinson wrote: > 'ello, > > I was advised to ask here after asking a similar set of questions on > debian-users (didn't realise there was a dedicated group). Anyway, I > was thinking of getting the 1.5GHz 15'' model and have a few questions. > I'd be real

Re: Debian + The new PowerBook G4

2004-07-28 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 12:04:02AM +0200, Cedric Pradalier wrote: > >> > >> * Does it void the warranty (I'll be getting the 3 years extended > >> support) if I remove OSX and/or install Linux? > >> > >Not sure but I'd be interested to know. > > > My dual-boot ibook went back apple for the classi

Re: Debian + The new PowerBook G4

2004-07-28 Thread Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder
On Tuesday 27 July 2004 19.30, Matthew T. Atkinson wrote: [thinking about buying the 17" thingy, so I googled around a bit. I don't hace PPC experience myself, though, so everything below is guesswork and hearsay] > * Does anyone know of any production issues this time around (as > there were i

Re: Debian + The new PowerBook G4

2004-07-27 Thread Jon Latorre Martinez
Hello, El dia Tue, 27 Jul 2004 18:30:25 +0100 "Matthew T. Atkinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribio: > 'ello, > > I was advised to ask here after asking a similar set of questions on > debian-users (didn't realise there was a dedicated group). Anyway, I > was thinking of getting the 1.5GHz 15'' mo

Re: Debian + The new PowerBook G4

2004-07-27 Thread Dean Hamstead
if you want to run games in opengl etc your problem wont be so much driver but software problems there are alot of linux versions of games that run well but alas they are binaries and only compiled for i386 and friends. which bugs me enourmously other than games i have no need for 3d, and i can

Re: Debian + The new PowerBook G4

2004-07-27 Thread Timo Reimerdes
On Di, 2004-07-27 at 14:48 -0700, Brad Boyer wrote: > The wireless will be a problem with any current model. The tibooks had > the original airport card, which is well understood. Any albook comes > with airport extreme, which is based on a broadcom chip which is still > mostly a mystery to people,

Re: Debian + The new PowerBook G4

2004-07-27 Thread Cedric Pradalier
>> >> * Does it void the warranty (I'll be getting the 3 years extended >> support) if I remove OSX and/or install Linux? >> >Not sure but I'd be interested to know. > My dual-boot ibook went back apple for the classical "wire in the hinge" problem after 6 months. They didn't make any problem a

Re: Debian + The new PowerBook G4

2004-07-27 Thread Brad Boyer
On Tue, Jul 27, 2004 at 02:32:10PM -0700, Eric Gaumer wrote: > On Tue, 2004-07-27 at 10:30, Matthew T. Atkinson wrote: > > * What bits of the hardware does Debian _not_ support (e.g. ACPI, > > Wireless, Bluetooth, DVD-R, 3D graphics, sound)? > > > I have a G4 powerbook TI and everything works exce

Re: Debian + The new PowerBook G4

2004-07-27 Thread Eric Gaumer
On Tue, 2004-07-27 at 10:30, Matthew T. Atkinson wrote: > > * Does anyone know of any production issues this time around (as there > were in the past, I hear)? I've had a google but not found much. > Having said that I wouldn't really know where to look as I never had a > Mac before :-). > Does

Debian + The new PowerBook G4

2004-07-27 Thread Matthew T. Atkinson
'ello, I was advised to ask here after asking a similar set of questions on debian-users (didn't realise there was a dedicated group). Anyway, I was thinking of getting the 1.5GHz 15'' model and have a few questions. I'd be really grateful for any information you may have on the following: * Do