12" Powerbook: Slick and Sexy, But Not Without Issues

12" Powerbook: Slick and Sexy, But Not Without Issues 359

Posted by Hemos on Monday February 10, 2003 @08:45AM from the looking-at-the-machine dept.

Gentu writes "Two very good reviews on the 12" Powerbook have been published today. The first review can be found at the Washington Post and is very positive but not very thorough, while the second one found at OSNews is an in-depth review of the popular Mac laptop, tackling down many issues that future purchasers should be aware of. 'The new 12" Powerbook is nothing more but an iBook on steroids with a G4 in it' OSNews concludes, but the overall read is very interesting."

12" Powerbook: Slick and Sexy, But Not Without Issues

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AMD logo (Score:2, Funny)

by _typo ( 122952 ) writes: on Monday February 10, 2003 @08:47AM (#5269755) Homepage

What's with the AMD logo. Did they get an Athlon in one of these things?

Thanks for the reminder (Score:5, Funny)

by Animus Howard ( 643891 ) writes: on Monday February 10, 2003 @08:49AM (#5269761)

> Slick and Sexy, But Not Without Issues That reminds me, I need to call my ex.

Re:AMD logo (Score:2, Funny)

by stev3 ( 640425 ) writes: <sasper@@@gmail...com> on Monday February 10, 2003 @08:49AM (#5269763) Homepage Journal

Mmmmmmm, x86 on Apple hardware. That's gotta be the best price/performance ratio out there!

Its biggest flaw... (Score:5, Funny)

by Longjmp ( 632577 ) writes: on Monday February 10, 2003 @08:52AM (#5269778)

... I don't own one.

Re:AMD logo (Score:5, Funny)

by CountZero007 ( 39755 ) writes: on Monday February 10, 2003 @09:05AM (#5269819)

Yeah, they finally crammed an Athlon into a laptop... the case is metal, so the whole thing acts as a 12" heatsink :)

If you overclock it, it does a cool impression of the T1000 from Terminator 2!

Really? (Score:5, Funny)

by dogzilla ( 83896 ) writes: on Monday February 10, 2003 @09:05AM (#5269821) Homepage

"The new 12" Powerbook is nothing more but an iBook on steroids with a G4 in it"

Anyone else find this quote amusing? "The new Porsche is nothing more than a VW Golf on steroids with a much better engine in it."

No, that's (Score:5, Funny)

by bob_dinosaur ( 544930 ) writes: on Monday February 10, 2003 @09:19AM (#5269872)

your biggest flaw ;-)

Re:Wow... (Score:3, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday February 10, 2003 @09:20AM (#5269875)

A student buying a 3k$ laptop to learn awk :) lol

Models (Score:5, Funny)

by jasonflacid ( 642681 ) writes: <jason@carr.gmail@com> on Monday February 10, 2003 @09:21AM (#5269878)

The iBooks are like models. They are nice to look at and nice to play with and fondle, but when it comes down to it, they have a lot of flaws and will most likely vomit after every meal and have a weird sexual past.

Ouch... (Score:3, Funny)

by BinaryCodedDecimal ( 646968 ) writes: on Monday February 10, 2003 @09:37AM (#5269956)

From the article:

Number 1 issue is heat. The thing burns. After 2-3 hours of continuing usage, the laptop just burns like a hot cake on the lower left side

Kind of reminds me of this [theregister.co.uk].

Maybe Apple will ship it with a pair of insulated iPants for true laptop comfort?

You shouldn't use OSX for Java (Score:5, Funny)

by ShatteredDream ( 636520 ) writes: on Monday February 10, 2003 @09:44AM (#5269986) Homepage

because after you use it on OSX you'll grow disillusioned with other implementations thanks to Apple's improvements in the JVM and Swing/AWT :)

Re:AMD logo (Score:3, Funny)

by KoolDude ( 614134 ) writes: on Monday February 10, 2003 @09:49AM (#5270009)

Slashdot Acronyms:

AMD = Advanced Mac Devices ;)

Re:Models (Score:5, Funny)

by kalidasa ( 577403 ) writes: on Monday February 10, 2003 @10:13AM (#5270134) Journal

The iBooks are like models. They are nice to look at and nice to play with and fondle, but when it comes down to it, they have a lot of flaws and will most likely vomit after every meal and have a weird sexual past

I have no problems with mine. Maybe you've been feeding yours at the wrong four star trattorias?

I don't have any problems with my iBook, either.

EURODANCE?? (Score:5, Funny)

by cygnus ( 17101 ) writes: on Monday February 10, 2003 @10:21AM (#5270171) Homepage

The sound coming out of the speakers is pretty good quality. Not as good as in the 17" model, neither as good as the one found in most Compaq laptops, but still, not bad at all. Fully acceptable playing my favorite Eurodance radio station... ;-)

dear GOD.
the HORROR.

sick of the "on steroids" cliche (Score:4, Funny)

by muckdog ( 607284 ) writes: on Monday February 10, 2003 @10:37AM (#5270284) Homepage

Ahhh... ibook on steriods. Does it mean that this new powerbook has little balls and dies after 40 hours of use?

Re:Thanks for the reminder (Score:3, Funny)

by tgd ( 2822 ) writes: on Monday February 10, 2003 @10:56AM (#5270412)

Liar, Slashdot readers don't have ex's.

Re:MHz vs. GHz - it's not always about clockspeed (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday February 10, 2003 @11:08AM (#5270492)

Then I guess you're not a man. I don't even notice the weight on mine, which coincidentally, is carried for like 20 minutes in a backpack and *parked on my desk* for over 10 hours each day. Not a big sacrifice for the insane power.

Re:Just bought a new 15".. (Score:3, Funny)

by aWalrus ( 239802 ) writes: <sergio AT overcaffeinated DOT net> on Monday February 10, 2003 @12:29PM (#5271112) Homepage Journal

Ahhh... a kindred spirit. See What I think of the 17" powerbook [overcaffeinated.net] (I do like the other models, though.

HEAR YE! HEAR YE! READ ALL ABOUT IT! (Score:3, Funny)

by jtdubs ( 61885 ) writes: on Monday February 10, 2003 @12:56PM (#5271305)

Low-end laptop from company is lower-end than the high-end models!

READ ALL ABOUT IT!

People with over-priced processors running at insane speeds trying to justify purchases by mocking those will lower-clocked but still completely sufficient processors!

READ ALL ABOUT IT!

Big Bear: He's iron tough. Big Bear: He don't take no guff. He's BIG BEAR.

Justin Dubs

has to be said (Score:3, Funny)

by Lxy ( 80823 ) writes: on Monday February 10, 2003 @03:57PM (#5272936) Journal

Page 3 of second article:

* Max of only 640 RAM

What's he complaining about? 640MB ought to be enough for anyone!

Yup, that's a typo. Correction forthcoming (Score:2, Funny)

by robp ( 64931 ) writes: on Monday February 10, 2003 @06:24PM (#5274490) Homepage

It should have read "less than 1 1/4 inches thick." That was a stupid mistake that nobody noticed before it went to print, but which was then obvious to numerous readers afterwards [smacking self in forehead]

- R

640MB? (Score:3, Funny)

by sulli ( 195030 ) writes: on Tuesday February 11, 2003 @08:51PM (#5284555) Journal

There probably isn't a technical reason why it was limited to 640Meg
Ah well, 640MB ought to be enough for anybody.

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12" Powerbook: Slick and Sexy, But Not Without Issues

AMD logo (Score:2, Funny)

Thanks for the reminder (Score:5, Funny)

Re:AMD logo (Score:2, Funny)

Its biggest flaw... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:AMD logo (Score:5, Funny)

Really? (Score:5, Funny)

No, that's (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Wow... (Score:3, Funny)

Models (Score:5, Funny)

Ouch... (Score:3, Funny)

You shouldn't use OSX for Java (Score:5, Funny)

Re:AMD logo (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Models (Score:5, Funny)

EURODANCE?? (Score:5, Funny)

sick of the "on steroids" cliche (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Thanks for the reminder (Score:3, Funny)

Re:MHz vs. GHz - it's not always about clockspeed (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Just bought a new 15".. (Score:3, Funny)

HEAR YE! HEAR YE! READ ALL ABOUT IT! (Score:3, Funny)

has to be said (Score:3, Funny)

Yup, that's a typo. Correction forthcoming (Score:2, Funny)

640MB? (Score:3, Funny)

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