[quote]Originally posted by Mark- Card Carrying FanaticRealist:
<strong>Lapzilla and 15" PowerBooks at the nearest Apple event to the summer, which will hopefully still be an East Coast Macworld, as - being British - I would resent it if the first people to see it were French.</strong><hr></blockquote>
You'd rather they were Septics?
Anyway, last rumour doing the rounds seemed to be that there wasn't going to be a Paris event and that there would, once again, be a London Expo.
<strong>G3 plus altivec, not G4, hence the winky in my original post.
Remember the iBook is aimed primarily at the value conscious buyer, and that buyer tends to favor screen size over compactness.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I disagree, I'd prefer the compactness - primarily because the screen in the 14" iBook is exactly the same resolution as the 12" - so there's no advantage in having the bigger box to lug around.
I disagree, I'd prefer the compactness - primarily because the screen in the 14" iBook is exactly the same resolution as the 12" - so there's no advantage in having the bigger box to lug around.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Clive, I'm with you- 12 inches beats 14 any day for me. My roommate would go for the 14 though because he wants the larger screen. Ideally, we both would want the 14 inch screen to support 1280x1024.
Few people here describe the average buyer, too many of you are willing to pay too much already but that's another story.
By the time you have decided to buy a PB, you have decided to pay for a more refined notebook experience. People who buy iBooks are looking for the best notebook deal they can find, by and large, whether they're switchers or mac vets. While a smaller laptop is great for students, it isn't essential, provided it isn't a behemoth (though the original was certainly a tank). I think durability, battery life and screen size count for more than compactness for most of these buyers, within reasonable limits of course. Especially considering that Apple doesn't officially support spanning of the display, and it is also reasonable to assume that a student doesn't want to spend the money on an extra display for desk use. A great many iBook 12" owners console themselves with the sleek footprint, but would probably have gotten themselves 14" models if they didn't cost 300USD more. At 5.9lbs the 14" iBook is hardly a pig considering it gives a nice boost to battery life and a usefully larger screen (and even at the same res it is very useful if you intend for the screen to be your primary display or if you have any kind of eye trouble.)
Dropping about a half pound from the iBook 14", while slimming the bezel and thickness a touch really wouldn't make the 14" model so much more burdensome in your knap-sack, and in exchange, you get a larger screen and longer battery life.
You look at any book in the 12" price bracket, it will come with a 14-15" screen. Consumers generally see this as increased value and it's hard to disagree with them if this size can be had at the same price as 12.
So I think we'll see iBooks (eventually) all 14", about 5.5lbs, about a half inch shorter width and depth than the current 14 and a hair thinner. 999-1299-1499. Is that really a loser compared to a 12" model that's just a bit smaller and weighs 4.9-5 lbs? I think it's an even bigger hit.
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<strong>Lapzilla and 15" PowerBooks at the nearest Apple event to the summer, which will hopefully still be an East Coast Macworld, as - being British - I would resent it if the first people to see it were French.</strong><hr></blockquote>
You'd rather they were Septics?
Anyway, last rumour doing the rounds seemed to be that there wasn't going to be a Paris event and that there would, once again, be a London Expo.
<strong>G3 plus altivec, not G4, hence the winky in my original post.
Remember the iBook is aimed primarily at the value conscious buyer, and that buyer tends to favor screen size over compactness.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I disagree, I'd prefer the compactness - primarily because the screen in the 14" iBook is exactly the same resolution as the 12" - so there's no advantage in having the bigger box to lug around.
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I disagree, I'd prefer the compactness - primarily because the screen in the 14" iBook is exactly the same resolution as the 12" - so there's no advantage in having the bigger box to lug around.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Clive, I'm with you- 12 inches beats 14 any day for me. My roommate would go for the 14 though because he wants the larger screen. Ideally, we both would want the 14 inch screen to support 1280x1024.
By the time you have decided to buy a PB, you have decided to pay for a more refined notebook experience. People who buy iBooks are looking for the best notebook deal they can find, by and large, whether they're switchers or mac vets. While a smaller laptop is great for students, it isn't essential, provided it isn't a behemoth (though the original was certainly a tank). I think durability, battery life and screen size count for more than compactness for most of these buyers, within reasonable limits of course. Especially considering that Apple doesn't officially support spanning of the display, and it is also reasonable to assume that a student doesn't want to spend the money on an extra display for desk use. A great many iBook 12" owners console themselves with the sleek footprint, but would probably have gotten themselves 14" models if they didn't cost 300USD more. At 5.9lbs the 14" iBook is hardly a pig considering it gives a nice boost to battery life and a usefully larger screen (and even at the same res it is very useful if you intend for the screen to be your primary display or if you have any kind of eye trouble.)
Dropping about a half pound from the iBook 14", while slimming the bezel and thickness a touch really wouldn't make the 14" model so much more burdensome in your knap-sack, and in exchange, you get a larger screen and longer battery life.
You look at any book in the 12" price bracket, it will come with a 14-15" screen. Consumers generally see this as increased value and it's hard to disagree with them if this size can be had at the same price as 12.
So I think we'll see iBooks (eventually) all 14", about 5.5lbs, about a half inch shorter width and depth than the current 14 and a hair thinner. 999-1299-1499. Is that really a loser compared to a 12" model that's just a bit smaller and weighs 4.9-5 lbs? I think it's an even bigger hit.