he was doubting that apple could pull off a really kickass looking thing. and I agree based on the g3 powerbooks. *gags*. the other issue is, apple tends to keep consistent with thier pro/consumer lines. pro is gray, or dark. consumer is light. powerbooks: darker. ibooks: lighter/white. imacs + emacs : white. powermacs: grey/darker.nsjoker said:
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i don't know what it is these days with peoples obsession with things being standard. it is an option.. give it a rest. look at it this way: if it was standard in a config, the config would just be cheaper. but when they make things optional, they can trick the dumb pc users to switch by luring them with cheap prices. (ive seen it done too all of my friends.. "look, this mac is just the same price as this pc...")ebunton said:
bellis1 said:
Oh, that would rule. I've been harping about Apple's lack of an ultra-mini notebook offering for a couple of years. I wonder what the price point on such a beast would be, though. Once they get below 12 inches, the prices seem to curve upwards again. Ultimately, it was price that steered me away from both Sony and Fujitsu's mini-books. (Got a 13" Vaio and that size is just about perfect, in my opinion.)
Squire
the issue is you have to sacrifice heat stability like that. normally, you can save space because the part manufacturers figured out how to make it smaller. the issue is, it has been only 6 months since the last update, and we dont' know if they could have done it so fast, plus redesgned it. it takes them 45 minutes for them to install some ram, so it must already be a very very tight fit. (duh)nsjoker said:
i love my 12" pb. the big problem is, when you get smaller, you shink the size of the keyboard. the smaller you get however, the more features you have to drop. I don't see how that could be done without an ipod sized hd, small batterey life, and making it maybe 1/4 inch thicker.Squire said:
virus1 said:
Trade 1024x768 for 1024x655? I can't even see my mother doing something like that.
virus1 said:
True. Or the more expensive it is to keep the "good" features.
<edit> These specs don't look too shabby...except, of course for the OS.
http://www.fujitsu.ca/products/notebooks/lifebook_p_series/p7010d_III/specifications.html
Squire
you also loose pixels by buying a 12" ibook over a 30" cinema display, but if you do so, it is probably for size and use, not pixels. same trade for a 14" and 12" in the current ibook line. 12", 15", 17" in the pb line. ask your mother if she needs me to draw pictures.gregorydanger said:
virus1 said:
That's an awful comparison. We're talking about laptop screens here, not a laptop screen compared to a ridiculously giant LCD moniter.
I stand by my claim.
oqo kicks ass.. well everyone but apples..Squire said:True. Or the more expensive it is to keep the "good" features.
<edit> These specs don't look too shabby...except, of course for the OS.
http://www.fujitsu.ca/products/notebooks/lifebook_p_series/p7010d_III/specifications.html
Squire
Val-kyrie said:
Just curious, but what is the advantage of this? If it's in the same enclosure, then surely part of what used to be screen is now taken up by a horizontal strip of plastic: a waste of valuable space. Meanwhile, the screen itself -- now reduced in height -- makes everything look smaller than it used to at its native resolution. What was wrong with the old way, again?
check my edit..gregorydanger said:
i also stand by my point that if somone were to buy that, it would be beacuse they wanted a very small computer. that size, by the way is brilliant. it allows you to have a full size keyboard, a widescreen display, but still have a smaller computer.
ebunton said:
You mean Windows PC laptops? No. The low end ones (~$599) still come with CD-RW/DVD combo drives. A DVD burner is still optional on those. A DVD burner is standard on laptops at the ~$1000 price point and up.
Since the iBooks start at $999, I hope Apple decide to put a SD as standard in all iBooks. That would kick ass.
virus1 said:
To each their own. Personally, and I don't believe I'm alone, I would find 1024x655 to be an awful resolution. If Apple came out with a portable that offered that resolution and you enjoyed it, thus buying one, more power to you.
No need to argue that anymore.
you implyed it by sayingtikibangout said:
, as if i had said that, and you were asking about it.
yes, i do know the many features of MR. my turn. did you know there is a buyer guide that tells you when a product will be updated based on past update schedules?
final word: it would be like telling apple a 12" laptop would be too small before they ever released one. one could make the argument that there would not be enough pixels of course. but people are going to buy it because of its size. getting rid of pixels is thier own buisness.gregorydanger said:
KindredMAC said:
that will not happen. 1024x768 is a bare minimum, as imovie for example will not start with less pixels. trust me. i use a hdtv video projector that has 1280x720 resolution and am unable to use imovie with that screen.
better guess would be the old powerbook resolution 1152x768