[Ti] Aesthetics?

[Kynan Shook]

Well, as the Jonathan Ive (VP of Industrial Design) put it: "The 
17-inch display defines the x-y, but the real challenge is with the 
product's thickness."  The keyboard on the new computers is exactly the 
same size as the previous PowerBook G4 keyboards, at least size-wise 
(there's an extra eject key-now separate from the F12 key).  When you 
look at photos, you're seeing the extra 2 inches of width and .7 inches 
of depth, making the keyboard appear to be smaller.

FWIW, I believe that the actual computer portion of the laptop (ie 
excluding the display) is thinner than before, in order to accommodate 
a thicker display module (possibly because of airport, probably also 
because of the larger display).

Marcus Raitner <raitner at fmi.uni-passau.de> writes:
> am I the only one who thinks that the 17" PowerBook has lost a lot of
> the appealing beauty of the Titaniums?
>
> Sure, Aluminium is cool. Especially for those of us having these paint
> issues. And it's 17", which is huge I must admit.
>
> What I don't like are the proportions. Why is the keyboard so small? To
> me it looks too small in both dimensions.


Kynan Shook
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