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New TiBook Handle Also Sports a Stand
gsfprez writes "The fine folks at Other World Computing have teamed up with Newer Technology to release the perfect handle for your TiBook, because its also a stand: it folds underneath like the CRT iMac stand when you're parked. Previous handles were only handles, but the TiHandle actually gives you the tilt you wish you had with you all the time without the little feet popping off or overrotating."
The model in this picture also has some nice handles.
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Why handles? For such an expensive piece of equipment, I certainly wouldn't carry it around unprotected... I'd use a laptop case.
I saw this on CNN and in the Times this morning. I've never been so happy.
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What kind of handle does your TiBook have?
- Stock (none)
- the one attached to the carrying case
- a sexy new TiHandle!
- I don't have a TiBook you insensitive clod!
- CowboyNeal handles it for me
It's for the IBM Thinkpads and it plugs into the USB port. But there's a small problem. It doesn't work so well when you pick it up. I think the computer is too heavy or something.
This is America, damnit. Speak Spanish!
Photographer (to model): Can you raise the laptop about 6"?
Model: Like this?
Photographer: Yes, Perfect!
Client: Why do you want the laptop held in such an unnatural position? She looks uncomfortable. Nobody carries a laptop like that.
Photographer: If you want to sell these damn things, we need her tits in the frame too.
Beauty is in the eye of the beerholder.
It certainly looks better than the old er.. shall we say "overly feminine looking" iBook - those used to come with a free mince.
I was fortunate enough to play with a decent spec TiBook last week - rather nice running OSX. Think I just might have to get me one of those...
Second, having purchased the above referenced handle, I can seriously advise AGAINST installing any such device that mounts and channels load through the screen hinges/hinge mounts of the PBG4. I was (fairly) lucky and only had the hinge cover plastic broken from the stress of lite usage over the period of six months. Those covers aren't cheap and are very important inasmuch as they cover the various cables that go to the TFT display. How expensive? Well, in a quick search, the best price I found was $40.00 used.
So, use any of these devices at your own risk. After having done so myself, I will never use one again.
does it bother anyone else that the entire weight of the laptop is supported by 4 screws and a hinge that's only designed to hold the weight of a rather small (and lightweight) LCD display? i can't imagine putting the stress of a freely swinging 5.4 lb laptop on 4 tiny screws is going to do wonders for the structural ingegrity of that little plastic liner that the display attaches to.
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on a side note, does this sound suspiciously like another well placed ad?
for better ventilation on my tibook, i use two of those free 2.5" x 4" bibles the guys in suits hand out just outside of campuses to get my laptop off the table about half an inch. they're free, too!
moox. for a new generation.
I really love those apple mice.
This looks like the mega-sized handles they always had on those mega-sized boom boxes back in the 1980's.
Totally retro.
That said, there are only two mounting points for this handle, and it's attached with some small screws, so I would be careful with the amount of force you put on such a handle, especially any twisting or torquing force.
Just take the cap off of any poland springs water bottle, and stick them under the ti's feet...sha-zam! Elevation!
Damn, I should sell these for a dolla!
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Am I the only one who noticed that the "model" appears to be a man with fake breasts?
It says on the site that this handle does away with "bulky carry cases". However, whaddya do when it starts to rain?
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...see here.
Oh, I dunno. In the "smaller is better" game men like to play with their electronic gadgets, the iBook is pretty apropos. Apparently (the inverse) size does matter for notebooks, cell phones &etc. The marketing folks know we like these gadgets small.
The 12in. iBook is small and light, and fits nicely in a shoulder bag (sorry: a man purse).
With apologies to "Friends", or at least the only episode I watched all the way through.
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Apple laptops are effectively unusable for unix users.
I am a long-time Unix user. That means I need to have the Ctrl key to the left of the A key. This is a genuine need, not merely a want; it is based upon ergonomics. The Ctrl key is heavily used in unix, and it must be easily accessable. It cannot be off in the lower left corner of the keyboard where it is difficult to get at, and where it distorts the position of your left hand such that you can't easily type other keys while holding the Ctrl key down.
Apple desktop keyboards are now all USB. They are all OK. The CapsLock key can be re-mapped into a Ctrl key.
Unfortunately, even in this modern age, all Apple laptops have built-in ADB keyboards. The ADB keyboard is broken-by-design. It is, in general, not possible to remap the CapsLock key into a Ctrl key.
There are some exceptions, but they are horrible kludges. They are horrible kludges because the original design of the ADB keyboard was a horrible kludge. The correct solution would be for Apple to re-design their laptop motherboards to use built-in USB keyboards. This hasn't happened yet. If you run Linux, use Debian's solution. For Mac OS X users, uControl works. There are no solutions (that I know of) for either NetBSD or OpenBSD. Please note once again that the "solutions" above are in fact kludges, because of the original bad design of the ADB keyboard.
Apple provides a technical note on how to remap the keyboard, but provides no solution to the hardware problems caused by the design of the ADB keyboard. This tech note helps foreign language users, but does nothing for the CapsLock/Ctrl problem.
Apple is (currently) ignoring Unix users! This is not merely speculation on my part. In an on-going email exchange I am having with an Apple employee (whom I won't name) in their marketing department, the Apple marketing person directly stated to me that Apple was catering to their historic Mac customers, and is purposely ignoring the Unix market. He also claimed that Apple would soon start paying more attention to the Unix market. I won't hold my breath. Apple has been ignoring Unix users for more than 12 years. I expect that trend to continue. (Also note that my Apple contact indicated that Macs would never ship with a 3-button mouse, even though Apple intended to port almost all X-window software and deliver it either on a CD/DVD or installed directly on each Mac's hard drive. How Unix friendly is a 1-button mouse with X programs that often require 3 buttons?)
Apple has now lost two opportunities to sell me hardware. I really wanted an Apple laptop for their superior battery life, and for the PowerPC with Altivec CPU. (The Altivec is vastly superior to the x86 line for DSP.) Because I can't live with the broken-by-design built-in ADB keyboard in all Apple laptops, Sony and IBM sold me laptops instead. If Apple fixes this problem, they will sell me a PowerBook next year; if they don't, I'll still be running OpenBSD on x86 hardware, and wishing I could use a Mac.
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I've been using the Tote and Tilt handle for months. Ever since I bought my TiBook.
I really wish Apple included a handle like this with the product. The cooling benefit alone is worth it. I guess it's also useful for carrying the thing, but mainly it's the heat problem that makes it worthwhile.
This new handle looks good too I guess.
I use a PodiumPad with my TiBook. It's a swiveling base which elevates the back of the computer, without attaching to the screen.
I use Macs to up my productivity, so up yours Microsoft!
My ancient 5300 laptop has nice little spring-loaded feet. You can leave them in, or pop them out if you want some keyboard tilt. Why did Apple ever drop this feature?
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The Apple IIc had this fifteen+ years ago.
If anyone wants one (an Apple IIc), with built-in 5.25in disk and attached letter-box LCD, let me know. It's free to a good home, but you pay the shipping.
Actually, I'm the moderator that originally moderated your comment down as "redundant" (I've obviously logged out so I could post this).
The reason I did so had nothing to do with the two views you raised, but simply because your comment was totally redundant! The first paragraph/sentence was basically "oh, the old iBooks had handles". The second was simply off-topic; no one cares if you played with a TiBook.
Why am I back telling you this now? Well, I just got the M2 results back, and everyone agreed with my moderation.
I can tell from your high userid that you're relatively new here, so let me assure you that in this case I'm not the confused one...
Not at all.
If that were the reason, I would have moderated the post down as flamebait. Besides, saying that the original iBooks are "overly feminine looking" is hardly a lie...