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Post #73,319
by Meerkat
1/7/03 9:44:43 PM
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New 12" PowerBook is nice, for a G4 shoehorned into an iBook...
At least it shows no reason (apart from model differentiation) why the iBook couldn't get a slot-loading optical drive too.

But, despite it being (cosmetically) an iBook with go-faster stripes, I'm seriously considering eBaying my iBook when it reaches 2 years of age (in a few months), and getting one.
John. Busy lad.
Post #73,324
by tonytib
1/7/03 10:12:40 PM
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New Well, it's a little heavy, but Apple did a good job
I think it'll have a much higher "wow" factor than the iBook.

Compared to my Sony SRX, it's heavy at 4.6 lbs (Sony is 2.7 lbs; Doug's U3 is 1.8lbs) but just slightly larger. The Sony draws a lot of attention -- the PowerBook would draw even more. I think the integrated DVD/CD-RW drive (which I don't care about since I don't use such drives much) and metal case (which looks slick) add the extra weight.

A nice plus is the rated battery life is 5 hours, so it's probably pretty usable on batteries only (my SRX is rated at 6 tops, I seem to get around 4 -- but you can get a double size battery).

If I were going to get a Mac, I think the 12" PowerBook would be the one.

Tony
Post #73,936
by cwbrenn
1/10/03 3:57:03 PM
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New I want a laptop with a 17" screen
*drool*

(slips in pool of own saliva)

ow.
"We are all born originals -- why is it so many of us die copies?"
- Edward Young
     Titanicum Powerbook - (tuberculosis) - (4) - Jan. 7, 2003, 05:35:45 PM EST
         One problem - (tjsinclair) - (3) - Jan. 7, 2003, 06:00:30 PM EST
             12" PowerBook is nice, for a G4 shoehorned into an iBook... - (Meerkat) - (2) - Jan. 7, 2003, 09:44:43 PM EST
                 Well, it's a little heavy, but Apple did a good job - (tonytib) - (1) - Jan. 7, 2003, 10:12:40 PM EST
                     I want a laptop with a 17" screen - (cwbrenn) - Jan. 10, 2003, 03:57:03 PM EST

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