Inside the 12in Powerbook

yellum · 31-01-2003 6:55pm #1

Those Kooky Nipponese

http://www.kodawarisan.com/ug/PowerBook/index.html

Dr_Teeth · 31-01-2003 9:28pm

ohhh yeah you're a bad girl aren't you... mmm

uh I mean, nice construction!

Teeth.

DiscoStu · 31-01-2003 9:56pm

why cant they make pc notebooks like that? or reasonably price the powerbooks?

Dr_Teeth · 31-01-2003 10:10pm

Err that powerbook is very reasonably priced. Compare it to an equivalent PC sub-notebook like the Dell X200.

I just built one on www.dell.ie, matching the specs of the basic powerbook on www.apple.ie as closely as I could (same memory, same optical drive etc)

X200: 2,532.53 EUR inc
Powerbook 12": 2,297.79 EUR inc

And the Powerbook will be way better built, more power efficient and has its optical drive built-in instead of external. My flatmate has an iBook the same as mine and his company bought him an X200. In his opinion and mine it is crud.. poorly integrated with the OS, power-hungry and badly made (he only got it 2 months ago and already he's had to have the motherboard replaced).

Apple make the best laptops in the world, full stop. I wouldn't touch an Apple desktop personally as desktops == games && development == uber horsepower in my book. But for laptops they are the bee's knees.

Teeth.

Synkronite · 31-01-2003 10:12pm

I ordered the 12" Powerbook 867Mhz BTO 60gb Hdd, 640Mb Ram, Combo, AE.

Should have it by mid-February according to Apple Ireland

yellum · 01-02-2003 12:41am

Same website duded are making transparent iBooks.

http://www.kodawarisan.com/ug/iBook/clear/clear1.html

Woden · 01-02-2003 12:48am

so thats where they put the hdd's in laptops its all so clear to me now.

Gordon · 01-02-2003 12:11pm

Originally posted by Dataisgod
its all so clear to me now.

Heh, v funny!

Woden · 01-02-2003 8:56pm

lol no pun intended, seriously

Gordon · 01-02-2003 9:14pm

Ahh mate, I set that up for you and you kicked an own goal! You're meant to lie and pretend you knew that all along

-edit- Go back and edit it before anyone catches on!

Woden · 02-02-2003 3:16am

i just couldn't be that dishonest i would have trouble sleeping tonight etc. etc.

Woden · 04-02-2003 9:18pm

sony laptops like a lot of sony stuff i think is real nice, well made good quality etc. but quite expensive.

Dr_Teeth · 05-02-2003 10:06am

Yeah the sonys are pricey.. and a bit ugly imho compared to the simple lines of the Apple machines. A mate of mine has one of their sub-notebooks and he hates it.

It cost him a silly amount of money to get it repaired last month.

Teeth.

Woden · 05-02-2003 10:07am

yeah thats annoying, i was also told once by fujitsu technical support that changing your o/s invalidates the warranty that sucks doesn't, personally if i got a laptop or computer with with xp home or something on it i would rather format the hdd and reinstall pro or something

Inside the 12in Powerbook

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