Comments on: Two words kill off 12″ PowerBook

By: tim r

tim r — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 22:38:06 +0000

Years ago, it was the failure of Apple to produce a nice laptop that first seduced me to the dark side–my first non-Apple computer was a Toshiba 1200 laptop which I chose over the ugh! Mac Portable.

I do think that the minor differences between Wintel models matter though. For example–I hate touchpads! I vastly prefer the little clitstick thing on the home ow–which seems to primarily be available on Thinkpads. They are comparatively damned expensive, but fortunately they keep making nice solid lightweight computers. I’m with you–I’l generally take weight, battery life and size over more MhZ and larger screens. I’ve got desktops for that stuff.

As for pleasure, I do agree the mac interface is nicer windoze. But then again, I like GNUStep even more.

By: RjZ

RjZ — Fri, 19 May 2006 05:38:20 +0000

you may be kidding, but of course you raise a valid point. apple is still no coommodity. while you and most pc users see no difference between a dell, a toshiba or a sony, I lock my self into this narrow platform.
indeed the reason I would even lament the death of this form factor says something about the quality and form factor of the apple. it’s the size, the simple uobtrusive lines, the way it works, without rebooting wheb I open the cover and effortlessly sleeps when I close it again
surely ps do this as well, but it concerns me that I never see anyone using them this way
while pc users quibble over a few MHz mac users debate the finer subtleties of case size, secure in the knowledge that at least the computer will be a pleasure, and not a chore to use.
i’d have more choice in form factor if I went overr to the ‘dark side’ but i’d have to choose from cluttered to confusing, from cheap to needleswsly flashy.
i’ll continue to make my choice between works great a bit larger than I wish and still works great years later. still I hope Apple is listening to us!!

By: tim r

tim r — Thu, 18 May 2006 21:43:45 +0000

If you would just come over to the dark side, Ron, you get whatever case you want…

just kidding.

By: RjZ

RjZ — Tue, 16 May 2006 23:16:18 +0000

I am not one to assume that big business doesn’t care if it’s useful. Indeed they care very much that people think it is. The sad part for me is that apparently, not enough people like the form factor as much as I do.

It was great too, putting my little laptop, vertical in a thin case and still having room for accessories. Laptops used to be this small, before people felt they needed to lug around 17″ screens.

Good news is that just because there is a new one out, doesn’t mean mine just broke. I’ll keep using it for sometime, I imagine.

By: dwgoebel

dwgoebel — Tue, 16 May 2006 23:06:46 +0000

Logic is futile Ron. Just like the car companies, big buisness doesn’t care if a product is sound and useful, Bigger, Better & Newer is what sells.