C|Net Review: 12" Powerbook
For anyone interested, there's a C|Net review on the 12" Powerbook:
<a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/hardware/0-1027-404-20783399.html?tag=sd" target="_blank">http://reviews.cnet.com/hardware/0-1027-404-20783399.html?tag=sd</a>
There's a couple errors in the review from what I skimmed of it.
Quote from the C|Net front page:
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Apple's tiniest notebook is a little heavy and a little light on features, but it's just so pretty and small.
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<a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/hardware/0-1027-404-20783399.html?tag=sd" target="_blank">http://reviews.cnet.com/hardware/0-1027-404-20783399.html?tag=sd</a>
There's a couple errors in the review from what I skimmed of it.
Quote from the C|Net front page:
[quote]
Apple's tiniest notebook is a little heavy and a little light on features, but it's just so pretty and small.
<hr></blockquote>
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<strong>For anyone interested, there's a C|Net review on the 12" Powerbook:
<a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/hardware/0-1027-404-20783399.html?tag=sd" target="_blank">http://reviews.cnet.com/hardware/0-1027-404-20783399.html?tag=sd</a>
There's a couple errors in the review from what I skimmed of it.
Quote from the C|Net front page:
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A little heavy? It's 4.6 lbs! And it has just about all the features one could want in a notebook. What did they want? One of those glorified miniature typewriters from Sony?
12" PowerBooks for only $50 more than 12" iBooks? I'll take 2.
which is their 12.1 inch "sub" notebook
$1,729
you get:
1.0 ghz pentium III-m
8x DVD drive
256 SDRAM
30 GB HD
random integrated intel graphics chip
Windows XP
that's absurd!
the 12 inch powerbook
$1799
You get:
867 g4 processor
256 DDR SDRAM
40 GB HD
Combo Drive
Geforce 4 420 go
OS X
This is the first time I've ever seen an apple computer totally romp all over a pc configuration....I can't believe it! and its dell of all Pc makers!
the only perk in getting the Dell is the fact that it is only 3.5 Lbs.
bluetooth
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<strong>They also forgot gigabit ethernet.</strong><hr></blockquote>
This feature doesn't exist on the 12" PB.
Anyways, here ya go:
<a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,885936,00.asp" target="_blank">http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,885936,00.asp</a>
<strong>PC Magazine has their own review of the 12" Powerbook, which seems to be a heck of a lot nicer... strange considering I think PC Mag falls under ZDNet, which is part of C|Net? Maybe I'm wrong.
Anyways, here ya go:
<a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,885936,00.asp" target="_blank">http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,885936,00.asp</a></strong><hr></blockquote>
What I'm wondering is why they said the price was $2098. They seem to be listing the same specs as the 12" Combo Drive model, which is nearly $300 cheaper at $1799.
Did they add on the price of an Airport Extreme card, plus base station, and fail to mention that?
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What I'm wondering is why they said the price was $2098. They seem to be listing the same specs as the 12" Combo Drive model, which is nearly $300 cheaper at $1799.
Did they add on the price of an Airport Extreme card, plus base station, and fail to mention that?</strong><hr></blockquote>
I thought that at first, but that's the tested price. It's the Superdrive model with the Airport option added.