Please put your 12" Powerbook Reviews Here

i think some are already posted, if you searched.

Before the review, do not buy RAM from apple. Buy from crucial.com and you can get it for half the price. Second, if you have money, go for the Hard drive upgrade as it would be faster and you can't get it later. Now my review

I have a 12" 1.33 GHz 768 MB RAM, 60 GB hard drive. Its very compact. More than my previous iBook(12" 800 MHz). The keys are excellently aligned, no problem in typing or anything. Obviously very portable. Great to touch 😀
I find it very fast and responsive, may be because I had an iBook before. But still its really fast, and apps open in max 2 bounces. I play Call of Duty with high resolution setting, without any delay.
It does get hot, and fans come on when I am on the couch and playing or just have connected it to TV and watching something. But they are very silent. And I can't even hear it with my audio out going in the home theatre system.
I don't know what else to write. Its breathtaking. Most beautiful thing I ever owned 🙂

cheers

i dont know why everyone recommends crucial...if you bother to check the prices, they aren't much better than apple (at least with EDU pricing).

12" is beautiful. Hard drive sucks compared to a 7200 in a desktop (i know it's not a fare comparison but hey...lick my...) GeForce 5200 is decent, cranks out 30 fps (capped) on iTunes Visuals (anti-aliased) at 1280x1024 (my 17" lcd). Wireless range is superb (works outside on the hammock).
Battery Life is pretty good, average is 3 hours or more, at least enough for a full length movie. CD and HD get noisy when they spin up, but only lasts a few seconds. On full processor the PB can get WARM, definitely NOT HOT, unless you are on a blanket or pillow (bottom is blocked from air circulation). Excellent keyboard. One mouse button trackpad sucks (nothing like twisting your fingers in every direction to do a command click or drag n drop, i just dont like touch pads). Sexy.

I have a 14" iBook and its great, if i had a chance i would have gotten a 12" since i move a lot and there is nothing that i need to do that a 12" iBook cant do. Go for it man, its really good.

I saw somone at startbucks yesterday who had a 12" iBook, i ask him if i could test it. He was very nice and let me check it out for about 5 mins. After mins i knew i wanted a 12" modle but its to late. Just go with that you feel is better.

I got a refurb 12" 1.33gHz 60BG, Combo Drive.

It's the best machine I've ever purchased. It's surprisingly quick for such a small machine, and the portability makes it really stand out from other laptops. The screen isn't as small as people think it is, the full sized keyboard is perfect, and the built-in airport and bluetooth are a defiinite plus. I've said it all before in other threads. It's just a great machine. I have yet to find an app it has trouble runnning, nor a time where I wished I had bought another model.

I agree with crook here. The 12" screen is much bigger then it appears in the stores. When I was going to get my 12" Powerbook 1 Ghz, I went to the store I was worried that the screen was going to be small. So I ordered it online. I was still so worried. When I got it, the screen was awesome. Much bigger then it appears when I went to lokk at it at the store. For who ever doesn't need the widescreen I reccomend the 12".