Star The New 12" Powerbook: Slick and Sexy, But Not Without its Faults
Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Mon 10th Feb 2003 19:02 UTC
Apple My CTX AMD K6-300/128 MB RAM/3 GB drive laptop is obviously at the end of its life. I was in the "shopping" process for a laptop for 2 months now, and I considered a number of PC laptops, including the Compaq Presario 1525US. At the end, I decided to get the new 12" Powerbook, came in last week, and I am since then using it as my primary machine. Here is what I think about it.
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Thanks Eugenia
by Rob on Mon 10th Feb 2003 06:34 UTC

Thanks for your review Eugenia. It hit on many of the points that were making me think twice about the 12" PowerBook. The major setbacks for me:

* No L3 cache
* VGA, not DVI
* No PC Card/CardBus
* No backlit keyboard (hey, it's a valid point)
* 1024x768
* No Firewire 800
* No gigabit ethernet

These are the points that make me think twice about this machine. I know that if it's properly fitted, it won't need all the future expansion capabilities. However, if I'm going to keep it around for a while, I want it to last. Also, my friend's been using one to prepare a presentation in Keynote (wonderful piece of software), and the screen just doesn't have the space. He was constantly showing/hiding the inspector, and moving palettes around (in Photoshop). I guess I'll wait until they update the 15" model (the 17" is just too big and expensive for me right now), or buy a PC desktop, and milk my Lombard for a bit more ...

Thanks again for your fair review. You always seem to hit on some points that I'm most interested to hear about.

-- Rob