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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. 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.

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

    ... I don't own one.

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  3. 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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  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?