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

Posted by Hemos on 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."

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  1. AMD logo by _typo · · Score: 2, Funny

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

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    1. Re:AMD logo by stev3 · · Score: 2, Funny

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

    2. Re:AMD logo by CountZero007 · · Score: 5, Funny

      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!

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    3. Re:AMD logo by KoolDude · · Score: 2, Funny


      Slashdot Acronyms:

      AMD = Advanced Mac Devices ;)

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  2. Thanks for the reminder by Animus+Howard · · Score: 5, Funny

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

    1. Re:Thanks for the reminder by tgd · · Score: 2, Funny

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

  3. Its biggest flaw... by Longjmp · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... I don't own one.

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  4. Really? by dogzilla · · Score: 5, Funny

    "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."

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  5. No, that's by bob_dinosaur · · Score: 5, Funny

    your biggest flaw ;-)

  6. Re:Wow... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

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

  7. Models by jasonflacid · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

    1. Re:Models by kalidasa · · Score: 4, Funny

      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.

  8. Ouch... by BinaryCodedDecimal · · Score: 3, Funny

    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.

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

  9. You shouldn't use OSX for Java by ShatteredDream · · Score: 5, Funny

    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 :)

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  10. EURODANCE?? by cygnus · · Score: 4, Funny
    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.

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  11. sick of the "on steroids" cliche by muckdog · · Score: 4, Funny

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

  12. Re:MHz vs. GHz - it's not always about clockspeed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    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.

  13. Re:Just bought a new 15".. by aWalrus · · Score: 2, Funny

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

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  14. HEAR YE! HEAR YE! READ ALL ABOUT IT! by jtdubs · · Score: 2, Funny

    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!

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  15. has to be said by Lxy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Page 3 of second article:

    * Max of only 640 RAM

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

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  16. Yup, that's a typo. Correction forthcoming by robp · · Score: 2, Funny

    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]

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  17. 640MB? by sulli · · Score: 2, Funny
    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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