So I sit here on my aging but much loved 12" PowerBook after a coast-to-coast trip in the USA. I still smile like the Cheshire cat when I see people with there jumbo 15" or 17" machines trying to open up their laptops in economy class. The 12" PowerBook, now discontinued, is probably the best form factor I have ever used if you spend your life in 9B (substitute your own favorite seat). I was happy to see that on my last trip I counted four other people who still hang on grimly to their beloved machines, waiting for that day when Apple thinks small is beautiful again. We can only hope.
So what would I like? Well
- Similar form factor, thinner would be nice
- Proper keyboard, i.e. a MacPro not a MacBook keyboard
- Faster processors, my 1.33GHz is not coping well these days
- 2GB Memory
- Better battery life (hell this is a wish-list)
- 2 x USB 2.0
- 1 x Firewire
- iSight built in
- DVD burner
- Line in
- Headphone
Things I could live without
- Modem
- Firewire 800
- If I really had to I could loose the DVD burner, if I have USB then I can plug in an external burner
Its still great to see so many of these machines in use, but Leopard is coming and Apache + MySQL + Eclipse just about brings my machine to its knees.
Coming up next time: "Stop crying over spilt beer"
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