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Post-keynote follow-up...
Authored by: solipsism on Jan 11, '06 12:14:05PM
Jobs did a great job as usual but he is, after all, a sales man and therefore focuses on the most positve points during the presentation. I compared the Powerbook to the new MacBook Pro and came up with these key difference not mentioned. This is a straignt comparison of the Powerbook (PB) and MBP MacBook Pro (MBP):

Positive Steps...
RAM:
- PB: 333MHz
- MBP: 667MHz

HDD:
- PB: ATA
- MBP: SATA

Display:
- PB: 15.2"
- MBP: 15.4"

Video Card
- PB: 128MB
- MBP: 256MB

Battery:
- PB: 50W Li-Ion
- MBP: 60W Li-Poly


Negative Steps...
Display:
- PB: 1440 x 960
- MBP: 1440 x 900

Optical Drive:
- PB: Double- Layer burning
- MBP: No DL burning

Firewire 800:
- PB: 1 port
- MBP: 0 port

Footprint:
- PB: 13.7 x 9.5 inches
- MBP: 14.1 x 9.6 inches

Modem:
- PB: 56K
- MPB: none

I noticed this sentence, "With Mac OS X, you get three options for using your display: dual-display mode, video mirroring, and lid-closed mode.", which reminded me that the low power consumption and subsequent low heat now allows one's notebook to be closed without automatically putting it to sleep. It's about time!

I like that the current PBs are 26% brighter than the previous PBs and the new MBPs are 67% than the current PBs. That is a major jump, unless I'm doing my math wrong.

I'd like to see how much longer the battery life lasts with the new technology and low consuption. Though I'm guessing it's not that impressive otherwise Jobs would have mentioned it.

Also, the new Express Card slot is nice, but what if you currently use your PC Card slot?

Other nice features:
- Scrolling Trackpad
- MagSafe power connector
- iSight built-in
- IR sensor w/ remote included

There are certainly pluses to the Intel chipset over the PPC, but I won't go into those now.





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Not to be too picky, but…
Authored by: jiclark on Jan 11, '06 03:27:14PM

…the current PowerBooks *can* function with the lid closed, as long as they're connected to external monitor/keyboard/mouse beforehand. They've had this capability for some time, but you see a lot of misinformation out there about it.

Otherwise, good comparison chart! I need to find out more about this express slot, or whatever it's called. And no modem? Give me a break, are there not billions of places out there that don't have any 'net access other than dial-up? Sheesh…



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Not to be too picky, but…
Authored by: solipsism on Jan 11, '06 03:46:32PM

I didn't know about the closed lid functioning when connected to an external monitor. I hope they will now be able to function with a closed lid without an external monitor. I DL stuff at night and would prefer to simply close the lid instead of dimming the display.

I personally have never used my PB modem, Firewire 800 port or PC slot. As for DL burning, I doubt I'll be wanting to do that for at least another year as the DVDs are still too expenive and I have no issues with SL buring. I was just pointing out the addition and subtraction aspects of the new hardware.




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