12" PB vs. iBook Pics

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  • Reply 21 of 45
    bartobarto Posts: 2,246member
    [quote]Originally posted by Matvei:

    <strong>Hey! Normal is 5'6"... </strong><hr></blockquote>



    ???



    The average high of Australian males is 180cm (or 5'10")



    Barto
  • Reply 22 of 45
    splinemodelsplinemodel Posts: 7,311member
    a-la Escher

    [quote]

    Hey Norair, real engineers use the metric system! The iBook is 34mm thick. The new 12" PowerBook is 30mm thick. (The later I stay up, the more biting my humor gets. Yikes.)

    <hr></blockquote>



    Pssh. Lawyer. . . .



    It depends on the machinery they were made on. American machinery, which exists in many non-American countries, is based on thousandths of an inch. Given that modern Computer controlled systems can convert units easily, what matters is the nation of design. . .



    And I believe they say "Designed in California" on them.





    Personally, I'm a big fan of metric. My weather program spits it out in Centigrade, and I use meters rather than feet in normal conversation (about lengths). But I'm just being technical with ya'.
  • Reply 23 of 45
    escherescher Posts: 1,811member
    [quote]Originally posted by Splinemodel:

    <strong>Personally, I'm a big fan of metric. My weather program spits it out in Centigrade, and I use meters rather than feet in normal conversation (about lengths). But I'm just being technical with ya'. </strong><hr></blockquote>



    I was just pulling your leg, Splinemodel. The Imperial, or should it be impractical, system is one of my pet-peeves. When I saw inches and engineers in one post I couldn't resist.



    I understand the tooling issue. What cracks me up is when you have to use Imperial tools to work on the body of your car but use metric tools to work on the engine, because the latter was made outside the US on non-US machinery. (Or vice versa, of course.) <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" /> Wacky Americans!



    Escher
  • Reply 24 of 45
    murbotmurbot Posts: 5,262member
    You know it's special when it can make a friggin' iBook look sort of bloated and ugly... WOW.



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  • Reply 25 of 45
    escherescher Posts: 1,811member
    [quote]Originally posted by murbot:

    <strong>You know it's special when it can make a friggin' iBook look sort of bloated and ugly... WOW.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Don't insult my iBook, Murbot. You're gonna make me upgrade.



    Escher
  • Reply 26 of 45
    murbotmurbot Posts: 5,262member
    I know.



    This is pretty cool. I haven't seen this kind of collective credit card dusting off in a while.
  • Reply 27 of 45
    fred_ljfred_lj Posts: 607member
    Oh, the choices for those people who can afford them! The 17" gargantuanBook does not look as big as it would seem. Just seems a mite bigger than the 15" model. But that 12" is just everything we've been asking for in a PowerBook....wow. I am going to wait on Rev.B and look into the 17" model, hopefully when a new proc is inside (or not, doesn't really affect my purchase of it - not exactly a big 3D gamer or effects compositor ). For now, the Pismo 400 I have is running Jaguar very smoothly and performs adequately (too bad Quartz Extreme is not an option with it, but oh well). I can't wait to see what summer/early fall might bring for Apple, if even that late in the year.
  • Reply 28 of 45
    matveimatvei Posts: 193member
    [quote]Originally posted by Barto:

    <strong>



    ???



    The average high of Australian males is 180cm (or 5'10")



    Barto</strong><hr></blockquote>



    but I am the standard by which all are measured! I can't be "lower" than average, can I ?



  • Reply 29 of 45
    torifiletorifile Posts: 4,024member
    Ok, I'm gonna have to stop coming to this site or any other website for a while because the more I see that thing, the more I want it! Jeez. How much can I get for my Ti? Argh...
  • Reply 30 of 45
    murbotmurbot Posts: 5,262member
    I know, I know... I can't keep spending every freaking minute of the day looking at Mac sites!!



    This month long wait is going to kill me.
  • Reply 31 of 45
    dfilerdfiler Posts: 3,420member
    OMG! I mean Damn! That thing is so tiny, its sure to get me laid.





    But seriously, I've wanted an iBook but would never have bought a G3 based machine at this point. Lust. Pure silicon lust.
  • Reply 32 of 45
    matsumatsu Posts: 6,558member
    [quote]Originally posted by dfiler:

    <strong> That thing is so tiny, its sure to get me laid.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Only in the world of technology



    <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />
  • Reply 33 of 45
    altivec_2.0altivec_2.0 Posts: 995member
    Anyone notice the 10.2.4 on one of the picture pages



    p://www.powerpage.org/mwsf03galleries/index2.html
  • Reply 34 of 45
    macgregormacgregor Posts: 1,434member
    I hope whomever of yuz gets a 12"PB first will have pictures of it with a Viao SX or that Duo you still keep in the hall closet.



    Having it just sit next to a Dell would be all you would need for a Switcher commercial.
  • Reply 35 of 45
    leonisleonis Posts: 3,427member
    I didn't know about the new powerbook thing until yesterday (due to lack of internet access) at my hostel



    Anyway.....sh!t....I really want that 12" PowerBook....



    But I don't think I can even afford one after my vacation
  • Reply 36 of 45
    ast3r3xast3r3x Posts: 5,012member
    man, why do i have to be graduating NEXT year, that means i have to wait YEAR for my graduation present which will of course be a computer, because i plan on owning a car by then...plus i have cheap parents so i couldn't get a good car...but then again i won't be able to get a GOOD computer...blasted, well i guess its back to running a carracho server for money...and selling one of my kidneys...come on, i know you guys binge drink when Intel releases a new processor, so u need one, how much u give me for it?



    They should have compared the AluBook with a PC laptop, as such not to show its superiorit to the iBook but huge size difference between a PC laptop and a Apple laptop. God bless apple for this, i hope 970 is out by this summer, i will tell my boss to get one and he will!
  • Reply 37 of 45
    ast3r3xast3r3x Posts: 5,012member
    ...after thought, that 12" looks almost TOO small to type on comfortably, i guess i'll have to see one in person sometime
  • Reply 38 of 45
    icruiseicruise Posts: 127member
    [quote]Originally posted by ast3r3x:

    <strong>...after thought, that 12" looks almost TOO small to type on comfortably, i guess i'll have to see one in person sometime</strong><hr></blockquote>



    I don't think so -- it should have the same size keyboard as the ibook and I think it's the same as the 17" model as well (although not backlit).
  • Reply 39 of 45
    matsumatsu Posts: 6,558member
    All the keyboards are the same size.
  • Reply 40 of 45
    gardenofearthlydelightsgardenofearthlydelights Posts: 963member
    [quote]Originally posted by murbot:

    <strong>I know, I know... I can't keep spending every freaking minute of the day looking at Mac sites!!



    This month long wait is going to kill me.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    wheww... glad I'm not the only one with this problem.



    I keep trying to convince myself to get the 12" at Christmas, but I'm flying to the States tomorrow, and I'm staying long enough to pick up one of these to, er, supplement my iBook.



    Unfortunately, the wife is using up serious funds for international wedding #2. There are priorities in life, dammit! Cool stuff comes first.
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