Wow...I starting to feel like I am in the minority. I want a small powerful PC notebook...and I cannot find one. I am looking for a 12-13"screen P4 notebook at 5lbs with at least 1GB of Ram and a decent GPU. I hate these desktop replacements...they drive me nuts. They are just not good for use as a traditional laptop...and they are taking away from a decent small powerful laptop that could be made...well, that and heat issues.
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17" Powerbooks
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the really light notebooks, and with the best battery times...the major issue besides weight, are found in the PIIIm chips that go up to 1.2 ghz
look into them, it will save your back at the airport or on campus or work
one day, there may be a 3.5 lb. P4 laptop but i cannot think of one at the moment...sony, fujitsu, toshiba, and ibm are the best in this niche market
looking at everything overall, get the small pentium 3 laptop and you will be very happy...but they are pricey and can cost up to two or three times as much as a cheap, but heavy pentium 4 laptop from dell or gateway
I already have a PIII 1Ghz Sony, but I am looking for something a bit better. The current small P3 notebooks don't have decent video cards, can't take more than 512 MB of Ram, etc. I'm ready to move on to the next step. I am using it for Audio purposes and RAM is necessary. I don't mind paying extra. I'll most likely just get a TiBook and keep using the Sony until something better shows up.
The Sony 16" VAIO is a pretty big laptop
http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INT...AAADxpsK61eQB&ContentItemPage=false&Boutique=
1.8"x14"x11.5" upto 8.4 pounds
the TiPB is
1"x 13.4" x 9.5" and 5.4 pounds
Now if they made the screen and the whole computer bigger by just one inch, 14.4 inches, the screen would be 16.4 inches diagonal. Seems doable to me.
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http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INT...AAADxpsK61eQB&ContentItemPage=false&Boutique=
1.8"x14"x11.5" upto 8.4 pounds
the TiPB is
1"x 13.4" x 9.5" and 5.4 pounds
Now if they made the screen and the whole computer bigger by just one inch, 14.4 inches, the screen would be 16.4 inches diagonal. Seems doable to me.
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Have you seen that Sony in person?
It's not a laptop at all, it's a 'desktop replacement'.
I saw one at Best Buy and it was huge! Much bigger than anything I'd want for a laptop.
The screen was great however and it had a lot of room for expandibility but something that big and thick and heavy I don't want to be carrying around anywhere, I might as well get a tower instead of that thing.
If they can put a 17" screen on the Tibook and keep the same 3:2 aspect ratio and keep it as thin as it is, then I could see a high end model with a 17" screen.
It's not a laptop at all, it's a 'desktop replacement'.
I saw one at Best Buy and it was huge! Much bigger than anything I'd want for a laptop.
The screen was great however and it had a lot of room for expandibility but something that big and thick and heavy I don't want to be carrying around anywhere, I might as well get a tower instead of that thing.
If they can put a 17" screen on the Tibook and keep the same 3:2 aspect ratio and keep it as thin as it is, then I could see a high end model with a 17" screen.
i see you have really done your homework
you really want more than half a gig of RAM on a laptop?
seriously?
the tibook is a tad bit heavy at 5.2/5.3 lbs. if a super light notebook/laptop is what you are looking for
but i don't think there's any 12" inch, sub-4 lb., pentium 4, 1+ GB RAM laptops out there now...but in six months there definitely will be
if you find anything, let me know....PM me
i am also into really into thin, light, but powerful laptops
it's the best of both worlds...kick butt desktop power and lighter than the average laptop portability
Originally posted by jefhatfield
i see you have really done your homework
you really want more than half a gig of RAM on a laptop?
seriously?
the tibook is a tad bit heavy at 5.2/5.3 lbs. if a super light notebook/laptop is what you are looking for
but i don't think there's any 12" inch, sub-4 lb., pentium 4, 1+ GB RAM laptops out there now...but in six months there definitely will be
if you find anything, let me know....PM me
i am also into really into thin, light, but powerful laptops
it's the best of both worlds...kick butt desktop power and lighter than the average laptop portability
Rarely do I really need more than 512MB now, but there was I time when I thought I'd never need more than 256Mb. It is all about thinking ahead. If I'm gonna spend the loot...I want it to be able to handle anything in the future that might come out program wise.
I'd be extremely happy with a laptop like the Fujitsu S series with a P4 Processor and at least 768 max ram and at least 32MB VRAM. Very beautiful laptop.
The TiBook may not be the lightest, but it is by far the lightest with a 15.2" screen. I have always loved this laptop. I have the forementioned Sony and an iBook. I will keep the iBook for internet purposes... and add a TiBook and the elusive P4 small notebook for audio purposes when it majically appears...I'm hoping by tax season.
I'd like to see a 13-14" widescreen TiBook... that would rule.
17" a possibility, and even 18"
How you ask? OLED! The technology behind some cell phones today actually is foldable. Organic Light Emitting Diodes.
http://www.cuttingtheedge.com/qtakes/2001/foldable_lcd/foldable.shtm
How you ask? OLED! The technology behind some cell phones today actually is foldable. Organic Light Emitting Diodes.
http://www.cuttingtheedge.com/qtakes/2001/foldable_lcd/foldable.shtm
That was the Osborne (sp? so long ago I forget how to spell it), one of the first portable computers. It was built like a LARGE aluminum briefcase, maybe 10 - 12 inches thick, and the front swiveled up to show a little oblong screen like an antique TV. I think portables shrank because smaller was better. I had the first Apple portable. What a tank. You could drop it on the floor with no risk. Heavy is an understatement.
Just another proof of the possibility of this rumor. A guy came into the store where I work (an Apple Authorized Service Center) and told us that his brother had a prototype 17" PowerBook with a 1.5GHz G4 in it. When I mentioned that to our specialist, he just said that he was under a no-disclosure agreement with Apple, and couldn't talk about it. The only thing he asked me about what the guy said is whether he had said G4 or another type of chip, which I don't remember if he did or not. So either the whole conversation was a load of bull, or Apple has a better G4 or a better chip coming soon. BTW, the guy said that it was supposed to come out in the next few months, which fits the time frame that everyone has said.
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The Powerbooks were updated just in November!
They wouldn't make an update at least till May.
The Powerbooks that are out today are wonderful. I just saw someone at Starbucks who got a recent Powerbook and it came with an extra plastic sheet to protect the screen.
Re: Re: 17" Powerbooks
The ETA is the Basque separatist movement, the "Pays Basque" being a smallish region divided between France and Spain.
There're indeed considered as a terror group 'cause of bombings & assassination.
There's for the politics. Here ETA just means "Estimated Time of Arrival"
The ETA is the Basque separatist movement, the "Pays Basque" being a smallish region divided between France and Spain.
There're indeed considered as a terror group 'cause of bombings & assassination.
There's for the politics. Here ETA just means "Estimated Time of Arrival"
having had my G4 1 GHz powerbook for a few weeks now, i have to say that anything much bigger would just be outrageously inordinate. 15.2 inches is more than enough; 16 with a 16:9 ratio screen might be acceptably large, but the 15.2 leaves no room for complaints. 1280 854 could be upped too, but not by much. and why? i find it a perfectly good resolution, and i ran my 17 inch trinitron at 1280 x 1024, so i am used to high res on small screens.
a 17 inch laptop though, jeez. i can't imagine that would fit into much of anything case-wise. you'd look so asinine in airports. people would be like. wow, that's like an oversized coffee table book. can you take it carryon or do you have to check it?
a 17 inch laptop though, jeez. i can't imagine that would fit into much of anything case-wise. you'd look so asinine in airports. people would be like. wow, that's like an oversized coffee table book. can you take it carryon or do you have to check it?
I guess it would be like Sonys 16" Notebook. Not something you bring with you on the airplane, but something that can be moved around easy. I'm not a big fan of the desktop replacement, but would love to see what an Apple desktop replacement would look like.
Hmmm. Well, considering other notebook co's are using 16" on the highest/largest end, and a 17" widescreen would be shorter than a 16" UMSXGA (Ultra-Mega Super XGA, or whatever they're calling it these days
), I don't think that a 17" on a laptop would be too big for an airline seat. Seems my 15" laptop screen has a few inches of "growing" room on either side, and a 17" wide-screen would work fine.Of course, a 17" 4:3 aspect ratio screen would be a bit large in one's lap ...
If Apple made a 17" screen in a PowerBook, it would not be meant for use as a traditional laptop: flights, throwing in the breifcase or backpack etc. It would be made to be mostly left at home...moved around when necessary...moved around the office. etc.
Interesting to look back at what we thought of the idea when we didn't know it would actually come to fruition.