ARGH!
Must resist... help, I feel weak
All the good for which I stand, the ceaseless critique, the unending damnation of all Apple's price gouging manouvers, my loyal following of whiners and trolls, I feel, OH me oh my, a weakening in the knees, the 12" powerbook beckons, the promise of it's softly glowing LCD draws me in and I find myself unable to resist the advances of a lithe package, spanning support, bluetooth, DDR and altivec.
STOP.
It isn't real DDR, spanning support is VGA out only, there is no L3, rendered so, can it really be faster than the iBook?
It has a slot loader, my precious, yes, we hates them!
But she is so small and light?
Oh the humanity! Make it stop! What must I do?
All the good for which I stand, the ceaseless critique, the unending damnation of all Apple's price gouging manouvers, my loyal following of whiners and trolls, I feel, OH me oh my, a weakening in the knees, the 12" powerbook beckons, the promise of it's softly glowing LCD draws me in and I find myself unable to resist the advances of a lithe package, spanning support, bluetooth, DDR and altivec.
STOP.
It isn't real DDR, spanning support is VGA out only, there is no L3, rendered so, can it really be faster than the iBook?
It has a slot loader, my precious, yes, we hates them!
But she is so small and light?
Oh the humanity! Make it stop! What must I do?
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Oh the humanity! Make it stop! What must I do?</strong><hr></blockquote>
What must you do? Shut up for a moment and buy one.
[ 01-07-2003: Message edited by: imacFP ]</p>
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But she is so small and light?
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And reasonably priced.
My initial reaction was "huh? 12 inch?...why not 13?" But I guess it's so there's enough of a separation from the 15" model.
But with dual monitor support (albeit VGA), I suspect this won't be that much of an issue.
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And reasonably priced.
My initial reaction was "huh? 12 inch?...why not 13?" But I guess it's so there's enough of a separation from the 15" model.
But with dual monitor support (albeit VGA), I suspect this won't be that much of an issue.</strong><hr></blockquote>
It's because of the sub notebook niche. It's small enough to be not too small.
Hey, don't look for support from me this time, Matsu.
You and your checkbook are on your own!
Lemon Bon Bon
PS. As one of your divine followers, I'm sure you'll derive little comfort from the fact that I have banned myself from going to the Apple store.
Must...resist...17 inch...desk...top..r.eplacement...mummy... :eek:
PS. That 12 inch Powerbook looks like a 'BUY' Matsu. You said Apple had a 'gap' in their laptop line. I'd say they filled it. Not once but three times if you count the 17 incher twice.
Still, we can always moan about the desktops, can't we...?
[ 01-07-2003: Message edited by: Lemon Bon Bon ]</p>
Try not.
Do.
Or do not.
There is no try.
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Buy you must....Now....Before the Dark Side once again, you it ensnares....
I think 1024x768 looks better on a 12" than a 13" screen. And way better than that res. on a 15" screen
i must say: wow
what a unexpected great strategic move from apple
if i had the cash i did me myself a 17", but what not is can come...
anyway, jobs distracted all attention to the software side and suprised with unexpected hardware. just the shell, no speedbumps at all. this means we will need a long wait till we'll get real speed improvements (Q4 2003/Q1 2004)
**** it .... who am I kidding.
<strong>Actually, the 12" model has no bluetooth, or backlit keyboard, as well, there are risks with a 1st release product.
**** it .... who am I kidding.
Bluetooth yes. Backlit keyboard no (bummer). AirPort Extreme ready but not able.
Fish
I'm not entirely enthused about that slot loader, but I'm just hunting for excuses now. At this point I could really use a laptop both for work and research -- hard to believe I find time for both between my posts!
Now Apple has gone and filled that sweet spot I've been ranting about for months, bastards, my money doesn't want to meet my mouth.
But look at it guys, it's so small. I don't care what anybody says, it's as close to a subnote as any rational person should care to get.
I still have some friends at the university, what's the edu price on that little beast?
<strong>It isn't real DDR, spanning support is VGA out only, there is no L3, rendered so, can it really be faster than the iBook?</strong><hr></blockquote>
Actually, the DDR RAM is very, very real. I doubt Apple would bundle fake DDR RAM into such an appealing package.
The SDR bus, that is also very real.
Besides, it will still be faster than a top of the line iMac, and weigh in at less than five pounds.
Oh well, what can you do? My sister loves her iBook and I really love my TiBook. So all is well...I keep telling myself this while I peruse eBay for the latest asking price for 1Ghz 15" TiBooks.
I'm assuming the 12" and 17" don't have true DDR (motherboard), like the hack on the powermac's? I think I will wait for a faster processor, and true DDR. Plus, I'd stay away from 1st revs and wait till Apple works the kinks out of these new machines. What's with no USB2? Although I guess I would rather have Bluetooth than USB2. And FW2 more than makes up for it.
While these new Powerbooks are great, I really can't wait to see the updates to these machines.
[ 01-07-2003: Message edited by: trowa ]</p>
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