[Ti] Re: PowerBook competition

[Michael Levin]

The problem is competition. The ThinkPad is not a competitor of the  
Power Book because, as of this writing, you cannot run Macintosh OS  
on the Think Pad. Thanks to Virtual PC, you can run a hobbled version  
of Windows on a Power Book.

Now, if you could hack the Intel version of the Macintosh OS to  
enable it to run on a Think Pad, then I would agree that the Think  
Pad is a competitor to the Power Book.

As to the design, I despise the TiBook with all my being. I have  
replaced the top case and the bottom is coming off. The screen is a  
mess.

Once upon a time, back when IBM still made the Think Pad, those  
things were nearly indestructible. Ditto Dell's cases (Jeff Jarvis  
notwithstanding). Apple's? Horrid would be an apt description of  
their portable designs.

On Sep 21, 2005, at 1:15 PM, Chris Olson wrote:

> On Sep 21, 2005, at 12:15 PM, Chris Olson wrote:
>
>
>> Yes, one of the PC dealers in Rice Lake, WI has one and I saw it  
>> yesterday.  That's what prompted me to point it out.  The "look  
>> and feel" of the machine is like a PowerBook - attention to  
>> industrial design and detail.  It also comes with Firewire, one of  
>> the few PC notebooks I've seen that do.
>>
>
> One of the things I was impressed with is the price.  I would  
> consider this machine to be in the same class as a PowerBook, only  
> with a starting price of $799 - exactly $700 less money than an  
> entry level PowerBook.
>
> Comparing the two, the PowerBook doesn't have a wide screen aspect  
> ratio and has a 12" screen (1024x768) vs the ThinkPad's  
> 14" (1280x768).  It also has 3 USB 2.0 ports vs 2 on the PowerBook,  
> a built-in card reader, 128MB video RAM vs the PowerBook's 64, VGA  
> out instead of mini-DVI, a three year warranty as standard instead  
> of one year with two years purchased AppleCare, and comes with a  
> dual-layer DVD writer as standard vs the PowerBook's Combo Drive.   
> Finally it's .2kg lighter than the 12" PowerBook.
>
> I think Apple is due for some design changes and restructuring of  
> margins to keep from getting priced out of the market.  I knew  
> Lenovo was the commodity champion, they being the third largest PC  
> manufacturer on earth notwithstanding.  But I never expected to see  
> a ThinkPad this good for that much money.
> --
> Chris
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