Quote: Originally Posted by Lateralus Scrolling and moving windows is slick. Redrawing and minimizing is seriously fubared in X though, my X800 barely does it will. It works…

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one firewire 800! That just made Apple a bit cooler again. DL Superdrive returns, too.

$100 cheaper if you're willing to take 2x512 MB. I'm surprised that Apple isn't advertising a $100 lower price. P.S. 7200 rpm 100 GB is the same price as 120 GB 5400 rpm.

the pricing is little wrong... 15" 2.16 MBP has the same price as the 17" , while 17" gives bigger screen, bigger HDD, faster super drive, firewire 800 and one extra USB what's go…

Spec up a 15" to 2.16GHz and a 120Gb hard drive and its more expensive than the 17"!! 17" - £1999 15" upgraded - £2059

Quote: Originally Posted by Nyl the pricing is little wrong... 15" 2.16 MBP has the same price as the 17" , while 17" gives bigger screen, bigger HDD, faster super drive, firewi…

it's an exc. piece of kit

keeping FW800 rocks

There is one thing I don't like (if one can say such thing about such computer) but having had a 17 inches in the past, the fact that the slot loadind drive is placed just below th…

I think we're getting ready to see a price cut on the 15's.

Quote: Originally Posted by ajprice Spec up a 15" to 2.16GHz and a 120Gb hard drive and its more expensive than the 17"!! 17" - £1999 15" upgraded - £2059 Quoting myself,…

Well, since it looks like this'll be the thread: They added a USB port. That was nice of 'em. If I wanted to carry around something that big, I'd be all over this thing, but I'm s…

exactly, i've been using PB 15" but i'm guessing i'd go for a macbook (ibook) for my next one ... only if macbook uses coreduo

Surely the 15" has to go down then? Although that will p1ss off a lot of people!

It all makes sense now...most people would opt for the 15" over the 17" in the past due to it being...well, basically a 17" as far as specs go with a smaller screen. Right now, I'd…

Just ordered it as my pBook is dieing a slow death right now! Lack of s-video sucks though....

I can't believe people are still whining about having to use a small adaptor to get S-Video!

what is the point of the 17" really? isn't the 15.4" screen the same resolution? 1440x900? unless the resolution is boosted, i don't see a need for it... just add FW800 to the 1…

It's not that you need the adaptor....it's that it's not included. One thing that impresses people most about my powerbook (sadly) is that I can just plug it into any TV and the tv…

Quote: Originally Posted by sledsbehave what is the point of the 17" really? isn't the 15.4" screen the same resolution? 1440x900? Did you even look at the specs? The resol…

Quote: Originally Posted by WOPR I can't believe people are still whining about having to use a small adaptor to get S-Video! I can't believe nobody's whined about the lack…

Looks like a very nice machine. I love my 17" PB, but I think I'd rather have a 13.3" [i/Mac]Book and supplement that with a dedicated desktop -- iMacs are pretty nice these days.