Why is the PIII necessary? The Athlon? The PIII-Xeon?
Etc.
TheITguy one happy owner of a new Powerbook Lombard, which
a)runs linuxppc b)has a FIVE HOUR battery life off one battery(maybe if you put two batteries into your Intel notebook, you'll get this; if I put two in, I can work ALL DAY and spend two hours working at home before I'll have to plug in.) c)supports 384MB of ram(only high end intel laptops support this) d)supports TWO independent displays, one at 24 bit, other at 16 bit, if you plug in an external monitor; no other notebook in the world will give you two displays with no extra hardware, except a powerbook. e)is FASTER than ANY other notebook on the planet(1MB backside cache, 400MHz G3, which has been proven to be faster than a similar-speed PII) f)has builtin SCSI, SVIDEO out(great for DVDs), g)can "sleep" indefinately(instead of a few hours like most intel notebooks) h)Superdrive or Zip available for the hot-swappable expansion bay(only a few intel laptops have Zip drives or Superdrives that will fit in them; usually only certain IBM thinkpads, which cost a fortune for lackluster features.) i)weighs 5.9 pounds with battery and CD drive(cd drive removable, for a high performance laptop that comes very close to being an ultralight; how much are those Dell 7000's? 7-8lb? j)has BUILT IN FAST ethernet(how many intel laptops have builtin ethernet AT ALL?)
So, what's this about Apple being technically inferior? I have yet to see a intel laptop that offers similar performance, flexibility, and features. How much did I spend? $3,000 for a "reconditioned" unit that's like new. $3500 for a brand new 400MHz machine; $2500 for a 333 w/no DVD.
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"Why is the G4 necessary?"
Why is the PIII necessary? The Athlon? The PIII-Xeon?
Etc.
TheITguy
one happy owner of a new Powerbook Lombard, which
a)runs linuxppc
b)has a FIVE HOUR battery life off one battery(maybe if you put two batteries into your Intel notebook, you'll get this; if I put two in, I can work ALL DAY and spend two hours working at home before I'll have to plug in.)
c)supports 384MB of ram(only high end intel laptops support this)
d)supports TWO independent displays, one at 24 bit, other at 16 bit, if you plug in an external monitor; no other notebook in the world will give you two displays with no extra hardware, except a powerbook.
e)is FASTER than ANY other notebook on the planet(1MB backside cache, 400MHz G3, which has been proven to be faster than a similar-speed PII)
f)has builtin SCSI, SVIDEO out(great for DVDs), g)can "sleep" indefinately(instead of a few hours like most intel notebooks)
h)Superdrive or Zip available for the hot-swappable expansion bay(only a few intel laptops have Zip drives or Superdrives that will fit in them; usually only certain IBM thinkpads, which cost a fortune for lackluster features.)
i)weighs 5.9 pounds with battery and CD drive(cd drive removable, for a high performance laptop that comes very close to being an ultralight; how much are those Dell 7000's? 7-8lb?
j)has BUILT IN FAST ethernet(how many intel laptops have builtin ethernet AT ALL?)
So, what's this about Apple being technically inferior? I have yet to see a intel laptop that offers similar performance, flexibility, and features. How much did I spend? $3,000 for a "reconditioned" unit that's like new. $3500 for a brand new 400MHz machine; $2500 for a 333 w/no DVD.