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PowerBook 15" and 12" Disassembly

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the violating-your-warranty dept.

questamor writes "The ever gadget-driven among us are at it again, with a Japanese site disassembling a brand new 15" PowerBook. Of interest is dual blowers. Quite a good deal packed into that sleek Al case. An older photo article on the same site details a 12" takeapart. That's stunning for barely an inch thick. Kudos to Apple's designers for a machine that looks as well designed in as out, and to the guys willing to unscrew the screws on a machine barely 5 days into warranty."

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  1. Re:Why buys Macs? by catwh0re · · Score: 4, Interesting
    depends what you call faster. during the war on iraq a 15" powerbook was shipped in as the intel based note books couldn't handle opening the massive satellite recon images.

    Plus Apple laptops currently make up 30% of new laptops, the closest competitor is dell at 24%.

  2. Re:Why buys Macs? by techathead · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Actually, I own a PowerBook G3 500 and ordered a PB 15" 1.25 GHz the morning they came out (should be here this week) and I have never regreted having a PowerBook. I had a Compaq Notebook from my school district this year, for a competition I was in, and there was no comparison. My PowerBook was faster (yet it was older by a year), much lighter, much more durable, and worked more consistently. Even the most diehard PC users I know, would ask to borrow my PowerBook for a presentation, etc. So to answer your question, yes I am very happy I own a PowerBook.

  3. Re:Why buys Macs? by GauteL · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This is a joke right?

    People buy Macs because they like macs better. Personally I own a PC and an iBook and used to have a PC-laptop. My PC run both Linux and Windows, so did my PC-laptop.

    The iBook beats the crap out of most PC-laptops at this price. The battery life and the silence of the thing is incredible compared to similiarly priced PCs.

    Sure the PC laptops have a higher clock speed, but that is not always what you want.

    Ultimately you normally buy a Mac because you want it to run MacOS (though some people actually buys Macs to run Linux on it because the hardware is just so much nicer than the comparable PC-hardware).