Going to see the 17" PowerBook today.
Apple Hong Kong is holding a special event today to launch the new PowerBooks. I'm assuming they'll have a few 17" models to show off. I'll report here with my first impressions.
Sorry, I don't have a digital camera, so I won't be taking any pics.
Does anyone have any specific things they want me to check?
Sorry, I don't have a digital camera, so I won't be taking any pics.
Does anyone have any specific things they want me to check?
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A couple of things I learned about it that I didn't know before:
1. The screen is 'counter balanced' or something similar to the trick they used with the iMac screen. You can open and close it with the slightest touch of a finger (well, not too slight. It was just right - not flimsy.
2. There are 3 'zones' on the trackpad from left to right. If you are typing on the keyboard and your hands touch zone 1 and zone 3 (the two outer zones) the trackpad doesn't accidentally respond. However, if you are playing a game or something, using the keyboard, and you want to control with the trackpad, simply touch the middle zone (zone 2) and it responds like normal - very cool.
Oh, and it looks MUCH cooler in person than in the pics- not so gargantuan.
I give it a 10. It was beautiful.
[ 02-04-2003: Message edited by: seb ]</p>
I want to look at the 12" cuties up,close and personal!
the 12" and 17" powerbooks are really something.
the 20" display......what can i say?
but when i played around with the 12", i can feel some
'lag' in response, imovie wasnt playing smoothly,
hope it's just the 256mb ram, anyone charge it to 640 mb?
and it was quite hot indeed.
<strong>I'll have trouble deciding between an aluminized 15" PowerBook and the 17 incher.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Wow, did Apple announce they would start making the 15" in Aluminum? I must have missed that, but I guess it makes sense...although I think it would be kinda cool to keep Titanium around. I've heard people had some problems with it, but its still nice to have the choice.
[ 02-05-2003: Message edited by: Michael Grey ]</p>
<strong>when i played around with the 12", i can feel some
'lag' in response, imovie wasnt playing smoothly,
hope it's just the 256mb ram</strong><hr></blockquote>
I noticed the same when I was playing with one on the weekend, although the default mouse speed settings weren't a help.
I'm trusting RAM will be a help, since that machine seemed less responsive than my 450MHz Cube with 1.5 GB...