[P1] Mini-Book vs. 12"iBook: will it be as sturdy?

[Charles Broderick]

Can't remember what the original question was, but I was thinking of 
the new 12" Powerbook before deciding on the ibook. If you look at the 
specs (I forget who ran the benchmarks) the 800 Mhz G3 was about neck 
and neck with the Powerbook, except for Altivec applications. Also, the 
new Powerbook doesn't have IR or a PC card...add to it the fact that it 
only has 400bps Firewire and only USB 1.1, and I figured I could get a 
nice 700 or 800 Mhz ibook and pocket about $600.

Currently MCE has the best ibook deals, IMO.

Cheers!
On Monday, January 20, 2003, at 07:38 PM, Pat D.Stephens wrote:

> I have had a TiBook 400 for a couple of years and it has withstood a 
> lot of travel...and gets some rough use in the process.  No problems 
> yet...but, then I AM careful of it...of course, I will be with the new 
> iBook....
>
> Pat
> On Monday, January 20, 2003, at 08:46 PM, Brian Pearce wrote:
>> I don't know if the new 12" Powerbook will be any more or less rugged 
>> than the iBooks in the long run, but it shouldn't have the "flexing" 
>> problems.
>>
>> BRIAN/bpearce at cloud9.net
>>
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