On 6/6/04 6:42 PM, "Donald Keenan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Looking at my Pismo, I now find the Titanium PowerBook vintage appeal > starting to call me. These were troublesome in that they were easily > banged up, scratched, etc. Is the aluminum as vulnerable. > Since the 17" and 12" aluminum models have been out for about a year now, we'd be hearing about the design flaws already, I think. The aluminum surface can be scratched. I've seen a few with small scratches but not like the prevalence of titanium paint flaking. The aluminum model is not prone to dents and dings like titaniums. > > Does anyone suspect that Apple will settle with light metal, > specifically aluminum, from now on? Is there likely to be a new > industrial plastic or composite of some sort that will be more durable > and damage resistant? > Industrial design is important to Apple under the leadership of Jobs and as long as that remains the case, I think we can safely assume the Macintosh package will be refreshed every couple of years. In other words, we probably have another year of silver aluminum. After that? We can only hope the titanium model taught Apple an important lesson. david -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
