What does everyone think? I am still happy with my 1ghz powerbook and I think its the perfect compromise between the 12" and 17". Anyone think they will have new airport extreme cards for existing powerbooks?t
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While a 17" screen would be an absolute boon to me, the new Powerbook is out of my price range.
Beyond price, I don't think the 17" Powerbook is nearly as nice a design as the TiBook. The power key has been placed inside the speaker grille, which looks very odd. They keyboard is the same color as the body. Not attractive. Worst of all, the ports are all open and located on both sides of the 'book. That design is nowhere near as elegant as the TiBook's covered ports in the back. It makes the 17" 'book seem very PC-ish. Even the pc card slot is nowhere near as nice as the one on the TiBook.
The TiBook is a beautiful design with an abundance of class and elegance. By comparison, the 17" 'book looks a bit klunky and hastily designed.
I got my tisd just before New Year's, so it was slightly nauseating to see two new models come out today.
Would I get the new 17 inch model? Sure. But these new books have now given me something new to drool about - the potential release (???) of a 15 inch Auminum powerbook with the features released today (and maybe a speed/memory/hard drive/only god (Steve) knows what else bump). I'd get the 15 inch aluminum before the 17 incher in a heartbeat. But then it probably won't be too long after that when we see the new G4 or maybe the 970 in these books. Naturally, this is all speculation, but my point is that many of the future revisions we can speculate on ALL look very appealing. New, powerful chips in the pipeline, a new, improved form factor, prices which are getting lower by the quarter, cutting edge innovation...what's not to like? And if this is the year of the portable, I wonder what else Steve has up his sleeve.
All in all, I still love my 15 inch Tibook. But, more importantly, I am excited by the life which seems to have been reinfused within the Apple community. With the last two book releases (which both exceeded most of our expectations), and the promise of a new (Godsend) chip in 2003, I have the general sense that Apple is gaining momentum. As someone who cheers for the platform, I can't help but feel optimistic about the remainder of 2003. I can't wait to see what this year holds...
The price of the 15 went down a little, but it still has the best graphics card.
Anyway, most of the changes weren't monumental at all. Plus, I need the 15. The 12 is too small, and the 17 is too big. I carry mine around quite a bit. The 17 won't fit in my bag, and in general it's pretty big to lug around.
Granted that I buy a new computer every year to year-and-a-half, it's not really a concern. The next powerbook I own will either be 7457 or 970 powered. These ones don't have better processors.
oh, and 802.11g would have been nice, but i can deal without it. ooh, that and the backlit keyboard, but that's only in the 17" anyway.
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But that 12" is really nice for folks that don't need the bigger screen.
Besides, it's more compact than the 17", has longer battery hours and IMO a better graphics card. And finally, the 17" PowerBooks will not be available in Denmark until end of march!
Now that I have a G4 tower, I've often found myself wishing that I'd skipped my last TiBook upgrade, and instead bought the smaller, more rugged 12" iBook for portable use.
Now, however, that there's a 12" PowerBook, that's looking like where I'd like to go for my next laptop. With my dual 1.25 PowerMac now for my main system, I'm no longer quite so eager to upgrade my laptop -- I think I'll wait out at least one generation of these new designs.
My main hopes for the next 12" PowerBook: At least 1 GHz, DVI port instead of just VGA, and I'd like to see it use the long-rumored 7457 G4 which should make it run cooler and stretch the battery life.
As for the new 17-incher... very cool in some ways, but since I occasionally find myself wishing that my 15" TiBook was a little smaller, I think I'd find the 17" awkwardly large. I'm eager to see one when they arrive in stores, however, just to experience what it looks and feels like in person.
By the way, these new PowerBooks aren't made out of titanium, they're made out of aluminum. What are we going to call them for short? AlBooks?
(Suddenly Paul Simon music is running through my head...)
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They keyboard is the same color as the body. Not attractive. Worst of all, the ports are all open and located on both sides of the 'book. That design is nowhere near as elegant as the TiBook's covered ports in the back. It makes the 17" 'book seem very PC-ish. Even the pc card slot is nowhere near as nice as the one on the TiBook.
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I actually think the new keyboard looks better than the ones on the TiBooks and the ports are better on the sides because it's more convienient. I love having the ports on the side on my iBook.
<strong>FW2 and Airport extreme are the only things that I would miss. Other than that, the GhzTi is the best laptop in the world.
But that 12" is really nice for folks that don't need the bigger screen.</strong><hr></blockquote>
You can get the card and basestation
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You can get the card and basestation
I dont think you can get ApE on anything other then the new 12/17 PBs