new mac ibook owner questions

e-RICHIE · e-RICHIE #1 (**permalink**)

03-04-2005, 10:23 AM

i'm on day 4 of weening myself off of pc life and
teaching myself about this ibook g4.

during the first 3 days i thought the speed between
programs and page loads using safari was painfully
slow. i realized i.e. was in my applications folder
and tried that all yesterday. same issues.

then i saw that i could go to the energy saver icon
on system preferences and switch the speed from
"custom" to "highest performance". mon dieu!
it was night and day; i am back to instant dsl
page loads that i've been familiar with on my dell
laptop.

my question is this: as long as i'm on ac power, does the
"highest performance" have any neg affects on the appliance?
i see that on battery, it'll drain it more quickly. but on
ac? can anybody chime in with an opinion?

thanks for helping.
e-RICHIE

xthisisRomancex · xthisisRomancex #2 (**permalink**)

03-04-2005, 10:38 AM

I thinkg is is defaulty set to use the higest performance while the AC adapter is pluged in any way. so no. you will be fine.

Sticky · Sticky #3 (**permalink**)

03-04-2005, 10:41 AM

The iBookk runs perfectly weather its running off the AC or the battery!

Padawan · Padawan #4 (**permalink**)

03-04-2005, 10:43 AM

No problem at all leaving the setting at "Highest Performance". As you said, it will drain the battery more quickly when unplugged, but with the A/C adapter that's obviously not an issue.

e-RICHIE · e-RICHIE #5 (**permalink**)

03-04-2005, 10:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Padawan

No problem at all leaving the setting at "Highest Performance". As you said, it will drain the battery more quickly when unplugged, but with the A/C adapter that's obviously not an issue.

thanks, everybody, for the replies.
as far as default settings go, i think the default was
set to "custom" before i started my sleuth work. dis-
covering the "highest performance" feature was a
god-send, but i never went to the energy saver feature
before i switched speeds, so i think the puter arrived
here set to "custom". regardless, i think the issue
is solved. as more questions arise, i'll ask here on
the forum.
take care.
e-RICHIE

sebeck · sebeck #6 (**permalink**)

03-04-2005, 06:04 PM

Mine was set to custom too. Just changed it. Gonna try this out. Thanks for the tip!

e-RICHIE · e-RICHIE #7 (**permalink**)

03-04-2005, 06:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sebeck

Mine was set to custom too. Just changed it. Gonna try this out. Thanks for the tip!

like i said, i was at first very disappointed with the slow speed,
and i had airport extreme along w sbc dsl; switching to "highest
performance" speed made a 180 degree difference!

Padawan #4 (permalink)
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e-RICHIE #1 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	03-04-2005, 10:23 AM i'm on day 4 of weening myself off of pc life and teaching myself about this ibook g4. during the first 3 days i thought the speed between programs and page loads using safari was painfully slow. i realized i.e. was in my applications folder and tried that all yesterday. same issues. then i saw that i could go to the energy saver icon on system preferences and switch the speed from "custom" to "highest performance". mon dieu! it was night and day; i am back to instant dsl page loads that i've been familiar with on my dell laptop. my question is this: as long as i'm on ac power, does the "highest performance" have any neg affects on the appliance? i see that on battery, it'll drain it more quickly. but on ac? can anybody chime in with an opinion? thanks for helping. e-RICHIE
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xthisisRomancex #2 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	03-04-2005, 10:38 AM I thinkg is is defaulty set to use the higest performance while the AC adapter is pluged in any way. so no. you will be fine.
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sebeck #6 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	03-04-2005, 06:04 PM Mine was set to custom too. Just changed it. Gonna try this out. Thanks for the tip!
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