Nah, too big, too bulky, too heavy. I'd even take an old 2400c over any 14" or larger laptop. iBook wins easily on handiness. Remember, even the most powerful computer in the world is absolutely useless if you left it at home because you didn't want to carry it.
Andrew --- crap mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > pismo, pismo, pismo: faster bus, more ram(i think) > 1gb, can holds 2 > batteries, larger screen, analogue audio in and out, > and most of the > time easily/cheaply repaired, very very durable, > PCMCIA slot : ) and > there are g4 upgrades for them > http://daystartechnology.com/Apple_Mac_Products/ > XLR8_Macintosh_Products/Mac_CPU_G4_Upgrade_PowerBook_Pismo_PS.html > > only bottleneck is video card. > > good luck! > rama. > > > On Sep 21, 2004, at 8:25 AM, John Slavin wrote: > > > hehe > > > > You know it doesn't change. It still comes down > to looking at what > > you need. I would have absolutely agreed with you > until January two > > years ago. Over the course of about a month, my > eyes changed. Now my > > arms are just long enough to get a piece of paper > to the point where > > my eyes can focus. Otherwise I need reading > glasses. Now a computer > > on my lap can be just about the right distance > when it's sitting on my > > knees. The difference between a twelve and > fourteen inch screen in > > not inconsequential. ;) > > > > On Tuesday, September 21, 2004, at 10:02 AM, > Andrew wrote: > > > >> I'm the opposite, and will ALMOST ALWAYS choose > the > >> small and light notebook over the large and > heavy. In > >> fact, if Apple made an even smaller machine than > the > >> 12" PB, without any built-in optical drive and > >> weighing 3lbs or so, I'd buy one immediately. If > it > >> had an 11" 1024X768 screen instead of a 12" (and > a > >> correspondingly smaller and lighter case) then so > much > >> the better. > >> > >> Andrew > >> > >> > >> --- John Slavin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >>> I'm surprise no one has mentioned screen size. > I'm > >>> assuming the ibook > >>> has a 12" screen and I'm assuming that the pismo > has > >>> a 14" screen. I > >>> can tell you that from first hand experience > that > >>> for ordinary web > >>> browsing, when I'm sitting on the couch at home > with > >>> our ibook on one > >>> table and the old wallstreet on another, I'll > grab > >>> the wallstreet every > >>> time, just for the 14" screen. When you hit > those > >>> mid 40's the eyes > >>> go, and it does make a difference. 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