PowerBook G4 17" observations

[Jeremy Kezer]

Since mine wasn't ordered until several weeks after the intro, I 
figured i was several weeks behind the early adopters.  So imagine my 
surprise when mine showed up today!

Observations - yes, the box does have a relatively strong smell to it 
when unpacking.  One notable packing difference - the printed 
"suitcase" box comes in the standard plain shipping wrapper, but it's 
also wrapped inside a plastic bag.  That may help to trap the smell 
of the box ink.

The unit comes with the usual cables:  S-video to composite adapter, 
DVI to VGA extractor, modem cable - but no FireWire 800 to FireWire 
400 adapter.  It comes with a single blank 2x DVD-R disk, power 
supply, and 3-prong power supply cord.

Steve W. had mentioned that the unit does not come with a hardware 
test disk, only a single Restore DVD.  Interestingly, when I booted 
the unit with the OPTION key held down, two disk images came up - the 
restore DVD and a Hardware Test image.  So it appears that the DVD is 
dual session.  I then examined the DVD more closely, and it indeed 
has printed on it - "to run Apple Hardware Test, reboot and hold down 
the OPTION key".

The screen is HUGE, compared to my 15" DVI PowerBook.

The RAM upgrade was easy.  I'd received a Kingston 512MB upgrade, and 
that DIMM actually had a metal shield around it.  The pre-installed 
RAM did not.

I won't be able to log much time on it until this weekend, but I'll 
pass along any other interesting observations.

Jeremy

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