The quality of the powerbooks

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andersanders
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in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
...or rather lack thereof.



I found the coolest laptop bags ever yesterday and just had to check out the 15 incher to justify to buy some shoulder jevel.



But I was really disappointed with the build quality of the current stock. The keyboard is way more shallower than that on my 12 inch iBook. It had a plastic ring around the edge of the base (and or the screen), the metal had the same feel of a soda can.



What happened? It was not like that before was it?

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  • Reply 1 of 8
    knee of justiceknee of justice Posts: 11member
    those laptop bags look a lot like...well, like manbags.
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  • Reply 2 of 8
    ichiban_jayichiban_jay Posts: 660member
    HAHAHA took me a while to recall what manbag ment... stupid me



    Me, I just would just buy a laptop sleeve and stick it in my backpack.



    MacCase makes some cool ones, with windows so your logo shows through.



    http://www.mac-case.com/index.htm
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  • Reply 3 of 8
    regreg Posts: 832member
    I've had my 17 pb since Feb 03 and had zero problems with it. I expect it to last another 3 or 4 years before I get a new one. As for cases I have 2. Marware for everyday use. Then a bigger one from Willow Design ( they went out of business and the case is no loger listed ) for when I go on trips. One of the biggest improvement from my TI 500 was the keyboard. My kids have iBooks but they won't let me near their machines, so I can not comment on difference between keyboards. Oh, I agree with the above post. It does look like a purse.



    reg
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  • Reply 4 of 8
    andersanders Posts: 6,523member




    Does this look like a purse to you? Then you all need new glasses.
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  • Reply 5 of 8
    jce10jce10 Posts: 36member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Anders

    The keyboard is way more shallower than that on my 12 inch iBook. It had a plastic ring around the edge of the base (and or the screen), the metal had the same feel of a soda can.





    It's interesting, but the 12" PB keyboard has a different feel to it. Whereas the 15" and 17" models have the exact same feel (soft), the 12" keyboard actually feels like a Thinkpad. It provides solid feedback and tells me exactly what keys I hit (or miss). Feels better than the iBook too, but that's just my preference.



    I can't see what you're saying about the soda can metal though. If you find a soda can that, when you hold it in your hands, just screams out quality and attract everyone else's attention, let me know what soda it is.
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  • Reply 6 of 8
    newnew Posts: 3,244member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Anders





    Does this look like a purse to you? Then you all need new glasses.



    HAHA... Aunt Anders...
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  • Reply 7 of 8
    progmacprogmac Posts: 1,850member
    i like the http://www.crumplernyc.com/home.php stuff. we bought a hard-back zip-up sleeve thing and love it
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  • Reply 8 of 8
    regreg Posts: 832member
    I guess I am just an old fuddie dud. My tastes are different from you young wipper snappers. They need to make an old gessier smilie.



    reg
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