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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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